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Overview


If you have existing listings on Amazon you can match your products on Omnivore to their corresponding listings on Amazon. In order to accomplish this, you will need your Amazon listing ASIN. The listing ID on Amazon is called an ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). It is a ten-digit alphanumeric code that is unique for each product and is assigned when you create a new product in Amazon’s catalogue. 


If you are selling a product on Amazon that already exists on Amazon by another Seller then there will only ever be one ASIN or one product listing for that product. The first seller to create the listing determines the images, product title, description etc. 


When Omnivore pushes products up to Amazon we check to see if there is an existing ASIN based on your GTIN (EAN or UPC). If there is an existing ASIN, Omnivore will link up to that ASIN. If we cannot link to an existing ASIN we will create a new listing. 


The ASIN matching feature in Omnivore enables you to search for an ASIN or if you know the ASIN you can enter it to assign directly to an existing listing. 


Note: ASIN's should only ever be assigned to one product SKU in Omnivore. i.e. you cannot have two different products or variations linked to the same ASIN or you will have errors and/or order issues.


Find your ASIN

You can also find product ASIN's by simply using the search box on Amazon’s homepage. Once you've found a corresponding product, go to the product page and scroll down to the Product Information > Technical Details section. You will find the ASIN data in this section as shown on the following image:


NEW:  Also in Omnivore you can Export Your Products to CSV, this CSV file has a column for ASINS that we have in our system.

Go To Products - Amazon - Manage Listings and use Export CSV on the right.

This is a good way to check in Omnivore which SKU's are assigned to.


Key points before you proceed:


  1. This ASIN Matching/Create & Manage Listing section allows you to:  see matched ASIN's and Create listing.  Assign an ASIN if known.  Block a product from listing.  Check the status on Amazon.  Quickly view Amazon errors.
  2. When you click Create listing it does not mean the product will become live on Amazon, it means a matched listing can now be created in seller center.  
  3. After the matching process the created listings are likely to still have Amazon errors or warnings.  
  4. Always check an ASIN is correctly matched before you create listing.
  5. Amazon require approved brand names, if you have your own Brand we recommend seeking advice from Amazon to ensure your brands will be accepted.
  6. Use the on-screen contextual help for guidance.
  7. It's best practice to check that each product has been matched to the correct ASIN, looking at the image will help but it is advised to click on the ASIN link to view the listing.
  8. Remember that matched products will still appear on this page after you have completed the matching process. The Amazon status 'Listed' means the product is live.
  9. To find new unmatched products use the search filter Not On Amazon.
  10. You can skip the ASIN Matching step for each product and instead focus on the products that do not have a matched ASIN, search by status Not On Amazon if doing this.
  11. You will need to use the ASIN matching if:
    • In the case Amazon has an incorrect UPC or your UPC is not correct
    • If you have a UPC exemption and you want to match it to an existing ASIN
    • You use the 'not on amazon' search and you want to match to an existing ASIN so your products will list.
    • Amazon has more than one ASIN matched to the same UPC.


Match ASIN & Create Listings

  1. In Omnivore, go to 'Products - Amazon Australia - Create/Manage Listings Tab.
  2. View the table of your products - the left column shows your products in Omnivore. The right column shows the Amazon listing and Actions.
  3. Note: Use the Search for SKU to filter the products you want to check and/or match. And use the left-hand product select and Modify Selected Products Menu to preform actions in bulk.
  4. Also use the Search by SKU field to find products, note you can also search by UPC in this field.
  5. Finding Matched ASIN's and Creating Listings. Check the matched ASIN we have found. Click Create listing if the button is active and you are happy with the match. This will run a check with Amazon and create the listing in your seller center. Creating the listing does not necessarily make the product live and listed, it mean the ASIN is matched and product validation with the Amazon catalog will continue, this means you are likely to see Attribute Warnings and some validation errors.
  6. If the ASIN is not matched, you can search for a new one OR enter the ASIN if you know it and click Assign.
  7. If there is no GTIN it is either your product in Omnivore does not have a UPC/GTIN OR that your GTIN is not in the Amazon Catalog. 
  8. Block Product. If an ASIN that we have found is NOT correct or you can't find a matched ASIN BLOCK the product from Amazon. To block the product on this page, click the red Block product button.



Once you have matched your ASIN's on all the products, return to the dashboard and click the 'Upload to Amazon'. Depending on the amount of products you have matched it could take between 2-24 hours for Amazon to validate the change.   



Need ASIN match on the dashboard

If you can see the below information in Omnivore on the Dashboard it does not always mean that you need to match ASIN's.

  • Unless your listings have other errors, if they are showing under ASIN matching they will still be live on Amazon.  See the final section of this article.
  • The ASIN matching is used so retailers can confirm that they are happy with the ASINs that the products are listed against on Amazon.  Listings will automatically match to an ASIN using the UPC code but sometimes you may discover the ASIN on Amazon has the wrong UPC code associated with it or they have the wrong UPC code against their product data.  The matching step is so retailers can see which listings are matched to the correct ASIN.


Import ASIN Using CSV Instructions

  1. From the ASIN linking screen you can click Import ASIN, make sure you have a pre-prepared CSV.
  2. The pop up message will look like this:
  3. Create a CSV with the following column names: seller-sku and asin1.
  4. Add the Omnivore SKU in to seller-sku and the ASIN into asin1.
  5. If you have variants the seller-sku will be the Omnivore SKU + Retailer Ref (variant SKU).  Check what this looks like on any product page in Omnivore, see below.  In the field on the CSV you would put a hyphen between the SKU and Retailer Ref.
  6. Ensure your CSV data is correct.
  7. Save the file and import into Omnivore.
  8. If you find that it does not work for some reason and you contact Support, make sure you send us the CSV you used so we can check it for you.