Adding Amazon to an existing storefront starts with product and responsibility mapping. The storefront's identifiers, customer-order process and stock record may not line up with the seller account's records.
Map the existing operation
- Match each intended Amazon product to the physical item, pack size and storefront variant.
- Identify the party responsible for listing facts and supporting product documents.
- Record which stock pool will serve each channel and how reservations are handled.
- Assign preparation, shipment and return responsibilities for the Amazon offer.
- Identify the access each provider needs for the work assigned to them.
If a software connection is used, keep its authorization record with the setup file. Amazon's connection guidance describes the authorization involved in selling-partner API access.
Verify a documented handoff
Follow a product record and a stock movement through the proposed process. Check identifiers, quantity meanings and the person responsible for an exception before expanding the handoff.
Keep proposed listing and price changes pending until the owner gives written OK. Preserve the mapping and its revisions so future account work can identify which product and process were in use when an issue arose.