Creating a new listing from scratch

Sell On Amazon Listing Management & Reports
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Hello, everyone.

Can anyone here help me with this? My client has asked me to create a new listing on Amazon for a new product. I’m a bit confused about how to obtain the ASIN and SKU from the scratch to start creating the listing. Additionally, I’m not sure what he means by “add a product tool for creating a listing”.

I’m looking forward to getting some ideas here so I can move forward with the task. Thank you!

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The ASIN is assigned to a product when the listing is created. The SKU can be something meaningful, or you can just let Amazon assign it automatically, which is what I do.

Refer to the Add one product at a time Article for detailed information.

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To create a new Amazon listing, you’ll need to use the “Add a Product” tool in your Seller Central account. ASIN is generated when the product is listed, and SKU is a unique identifier you create for your product.

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This is really helpful. Thank you! So which is better, do I need to create my own SKU, or let amazon assign? And when I created one, can I still change it once the product is already listed?

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You’re welcome.

So which is better, do I need to create my own SKU, or let amazon assign?

MEGA sellers assign their own SKU to track their products. I don’t need this level of detail, so I let Amazon assign it. It’s so much easier.

And when I created one, can I still change it once the product is already listed?

In general, you can edit most of the product detail page and/or have make the changes for you. The UPC cannot be changed.

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You can keep it for your own memory, but Amazon will suggest you if you don’t. Once you’ve saved an SKU, you can’t edit it again

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No you can’t edit it, but you can delete the listing and reuse the SKU’s, although Amazon discourages it.

Reuse of SKUs

  • In general, we discourage reusing SKUs for different products. Each SKU should have a one-to-one relationship with a unique ASIN.
  • Assign a new SKU to each new product being sold. This will maintain previous item data contributions that are associated with a specific SKU.
  • If you do reuse a SKU, first delete the active ASIN data or you will receive an error message. To remove old associations before reusing a SKU, enter an “x” in your Inventory Loader file. This is important for sellers who routinely reuse SKUs to associate previous SKUs with new ASINs.
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