A Lightning Deal is a time-bound, promotional offer where an item is
featured for a limited number of hours, usually 4 to 12 hours (as determined by Amazon),
on the Amazon
Deals page. Featuring an item as a Lightning Deal may help increase sales and
reduce your inventory. Learn how to use Lightning Deals to help improve your brand awareness and sales.
A 7-Day Deal is a time-bound, promotional offer where an item is featured
for a limited number of days on the Amazon Deals page.
To be eligible for deals,
you must be a Professional Seller with at least five Seller Feedback Ratings per month
and an overall rating of at least 3.5-stars. Additionally, products must meet these
criteria:
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Have a sales history in Amazon stores and
at least a 3-star rating
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Include as many variations as possible
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Not a restricted product or offensive, embarrassing or inappropriate product
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Prime eligible in
all regions
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New Condition
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Compliant with customer
product reviews policies. To know more, refer to Customer product reviews policies.
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Compliant with pricing
policies. For more information, see Amazon Policy on Reference
Prices.
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Compliant with deal frequency policies. To know more, refer to Create a Deal.
Note: If your product is approved for a deal and then it violates the above criteria, your deal will be canceled immediately and you might not be eligible for a refund of your deals fees.
You can create two Deal variations -
Lightning Deal and 7-day Deal.
If you meet the criteria for a Deal:
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In the Deals Dashboard, click Create a New
Deal tab.
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Select a product in your inventory and click Select.
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Enter the Schedule, and click Continue to next
step.
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For Lightning Deals, enter Deal price or
Discount per unit, and Minimum deal
quantity.
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For 7-day Deals, enter Deal price or Discount
per unit for each product.
Note: You will also need to choose
the main product whose image will be featured on the Deals page. This image
must be complaint with our Deal image policy or all Deal eligibility will be
removed.
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Click Continue on to next steps.
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Click Submit new Deal.
How can I become eligible?
Currently, only Professional Sellers are
eligible to run Deals. Here's how you can upgrade.
Which products are eligible for
Deals?
Eligible products are automatically displayed
in the Eligible ASINs section of the Deals
Dashboard when they meet the following criteria (subject to change based
on country and time of year):
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Quality: Products must have a sales
history in Amazon stores and at least a 3-star rating.
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Product variations: Deals should include as many product variations (for example, size, color, style and so on.) as possible. For some products, such as clothing and shoes, at least 65% of variations should be included in the deal. The pre-determined minimum percentage of product variations are specified when you create the Deal.
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Category: Restricted products and products that are offensive,
embarrassing or otherwise inappropriate are not eligible. Examples of ineligible
items include e-cigarettes, alcohol, adult products, medical devices, medicines and
baby formula.
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Fulfillment method: Products must be Prime-eligible in all states
including Puerto Rico. You can choose either Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) or Seller
Fulfilled Prime in Shipping Settings.
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Condition: Only items in New Condition
are eligible for Deals.
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Seller Feedback Rating: You must receive a minimum
of 5 ratings per month and have at least an overall 3.5-star rating.
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Return Rate: Products with high return rates will be ineligible for
Deals.
Note: Because of other criteria that
Amazon is unable to disclose, it's possible that certain ASINs may not receive a
recommendation although they meet the criteria listed above.
You can choose to Create a Deal from the list of eligible ASINs in the Select
Products tab of the Deals Dashboard. Eligible
ASINs are refreshed every week, so a Deal you see this week may not necessarily be there
next week.
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