Amazon as a channel in Flxpoint allows for efficient management of product listings, inventory synchronization, and order processing. Through this integration, you can automatically update product details, pricing, and availability on Amazon, retrieve new orders for fulfillment, and sync shipment information. This setup helps maintain accuracy and streamline operations for a smooth selling experience on one of the world’s largest marketplaces.
How To Connect via Amazon Seller Portal (OAuth2)
Enter your channel integration page
1. Click Add Connection
2. Click New Connection
3. Click Amazon
4. Fill in the connection requirements
- Connection Requirements: Connection Name, Market Place, MWS Auth Token : After saving the connection, go to your Amazon store and install the Flxpoint app to get the token, Seller ID
Enter your Selling Partner ID and Market Place and save the connection to start the OAuth2 process.
Steps For Locating The Seller/Merchant ID, Token
In Amazon,
- Start in Seller Central,
- Select "Apps and Services" / "Selling Partner Appstore"
- Search the Appstore for "Flxpoint"
- Select the Flxpoint result and then "Authorize Now" on the right side of the screen.
- Follow the prompts to enable the Authorize new developer and it then opens Flxpoint.
In Flxpoint,
- Create a new channel, Select Amazon as the Integration type.
- Select the "Amazon Oauth" connection that was created. (it has the refresh token loaded and the merch token)
- Edit the connection and update the marketplace as appropriate.
The process can be done in reverse order as well, but it requires knowing the Merchant token and Marketplace and entering it into the Connection information.
You Need To Locate The Seller/Merchant ID, Auth Token on Amazon Seller Central With FLX
You can locate these required items by following these steps:
- Log in to your Amazon account
- Go to https://developer.amazonservices.com/
- Click the "Appstore" button on the right
- Search for "Flxpoint" app in the Marketplace
- Click "Authorize Now"
Amazon US, CA, MX Developer's Name: Super Sale Source Developer
Account Number: 8674-2750-6503
For Amazon UK Developer's Name: Inventory Source Developer
Account Number: 9441-1215-9391
- Once you will authorize the app, you will be redirected to the FLX Sales channel app to link the GeneratedToken.
- After you've submitted this information, Amazon will provide you with your "SELLING PARTNER ID" and your "API Token"
- Marketplace IDs are always the same based on the marketplace. You can select your marketplace from a dropdown when setting up the connection in FLX .
Supported Operations
Import Listings SUPPORTED
Publish Listings SUPPORTED
Sync Listings SUPPORTED
Get Orders SUPPORTED
Sync Orders SUPPORTED
Operation Breakdowns
Import Listings SUPPORTED
Import Listings can import pre-existing Amazon listings into Flxpoint.
Potential Listing Duplications
- Import listings will only link FLX SKU to Amazon's SKU.
- Mismatched SKUs will result in duplicate listings and products.
- Linking to Flxpoint channel listings and product catalog based on ASIN, GTIN, MPN, or UPC is not supported.
Will Not Import
- Quantity is empty or extremely high (such as 9999999)
- Pending Quantity is empty or extremely high (such as 999999)
- Price is empty
Advanced Settings
- Create Only: Magento listings will be imported and linked to existing FLX listings based on SKU. If there is not a SKU match to an existing FLX listing, a new listing will be created.
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Create & Overwrite Existing: Magento listings will be imported and linked to existing FLX listings based on SKU. For all SKU matches, the listing data in FLX will be overwritten by the imported Shopify listing data. If there is not a SKU match to an existing FLX listing, a new listing will be created.
- If Create & Overwrite Existing is selected, you will need to choose from the option above it if you would like to update product data
If Set New Listing to Paused
- Pausing Listings will need to be unpaused, so they can go through the workflow
- Unpause the listings by going to Products ---> Select Listings --> Actions --> Change Listing Status --> Unpause Listings
Publish Listings SUPPORTED
When publishing listing variants to Amazon, we will only create offerings for products that currently exist on Amazon. Our operation links existing listings in our system to existing products on Amazon.
It does not create brand new items on Amazon.
Limitation
- Price is required when publishing