Listing creation for global accounts

Once you've created a seller account in a new target marketplace, the next step is to create product listings in your new marketplace. Product listing requirements may be different depending on the marketplace, so be sure to refer to the guidelines in each marketplace's Help pages. The following are the components of an Amazon marketplace listing:

Product ID:

A global identification number such as a UPC, EAN, or ISBN number.

Product title:

A concise description of the product.

Bullet points and product description:

Bullet points briefly list the top product features and catch the customer's interest. The product description provides detailed information about the product.

Product images:

Clear photographs of the product that show as much detail as possible. Images should be at least 500 x 500 pixels in size, although 1000 x 1000 pixels is recommended when you want your product to be viewed in detail. Some categories may have different image size requirements, so refer to the guidelines in Seller Central.

Search terms:

Keywords that someone looking for your product might enter in the Search field. You can provide several search terms.

Choose a listing tool and list your products

If you have a small inventory (fewer than 100 products), it may be easier to use the Add a Product listing tool to list each product one at a time. Alternatively, for sellers with Professional accounts and larger inventories, you can create an inventory file and load the inventory. Go to Inventory File Templates to find a template for your inventory.

Listings need to be in the language of the Amazon marketplace where you intend to sell. For example, to sell on Amazon.de or Amazon.jp, your product listings need to be in German or Japanese, respectively. If you don't know the language of the Amazon marketplace where you want to sell, there are many online resources that can help sellers professionally translate their listings.

Here are a few links other sellers have found useful:

• Gengo
• Language Wire
• Lionbridge Technologies
• Transperfect Translations

Build International Listings (available in Europe)

Build International Listings tool saves you time managing listings and enables you to create and update listings at the same time across multiple Amazon marketplaces. Once you've launched and created listings in your primary "source" marketplace, you can then select these listings and identify a target marketplace in which you currently have no offers. Build International Listings performs the following automatic functions:

• It creates listings on multiple target marketplaces based on products you are selling in one source marketplace.
• Whenever you add a listing or delete a listing, it updates listings in the target marketplaces.
• It adjusts prices in your target marketplaces based on changes you make to the source marketplace prices, according to pricing rules you set.
• It adjusts prices in the target marketplaces to reflect exchange rate fluctuations with the source marketplace currency.

For more details, watch How to Build International Listings.

If you already sell in Europe, try Build International Listings now.