I'm getting started with Amazon MWS and I can't seem to see any real information on the correct flow for listing an item as an existing ASIN. Let's say for example I am selling a "Vulli Sophie the Giraffe Teether". I do an initial lookup using "listMatchingProducts" and find that my item already exists with the ASIN "B000IDSLOG". What is the next stage in the process?. All the documentation talks about the fact that the product feed is intended to match our SKU to the Amazon ASIN but i've not seen any definitive information to suggest how this actually works - especially in the scenario where you already know the ASIN you wish to use.
Ideally i'm interested in seeing the correct flow for each scenario (existing product for search found/not found) in terms of what API calls should be made in what order.
Thanks
The process of listing an item on Amazon is actually very similar for existing ASINs and new ones.
Listing items can consist of these steps:
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_PRODUCT_DATA_
feed
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_PRODUCT_RELATIONSHIP_DATA_
feed
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_PRODUCT_IMAGE_DATA_
feed
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_PRODUCT_PRICING_DATA_
feed
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_INVENTORY_AVAILABILITY_DATA_
feed
Call SubmitFeed()
to send a _POST_PRODUCT_OVERRIDES_DATA_
feed
More information on feeds is available on the Amazon Developer Documentation website and in Selling on Amazon: Guide to XML