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Concept of Amazon Categories

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Before starting work with the Description Policy it is necessary to understand the concept of Categories structure on Amazon. 

There are several Categories structure representations on Amazon depending on who they are used by:

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Amazon provides several variations of its category structure depending on the purpose:

• Category structure for buyers

• Category structure for sellers

• Category structure in Amazon API

That is why the same product may be found in different Amazon Categories categories of different Categories categories trees.

Example:

You Let’s say you sell socks. When assigning the Amazon Category category using the M2E Pro, you can find this product in: under Sports & Outdoors > Fan Shop > Sports Collectibles > Clothing & Uniforms > Socks.

A buyer, when searching via on the Amazon Interfacewebsite, can find the same product in:  under Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry > Novelty & More > Novelty > Clothing > Men > Socks.

As you are a seller, when using M2E Pro, you will work with the Categories structure developed by M2E Pro on the basis of the following data sources:

• Amazon API

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• Amazon Classifier Category Tree.

RememberTherefore, the Category category structure on Amazon Seller Central does not coincide with the Category category structure within M2E Pro. That is why you should not expect that a particular category will be found on the same path within M2E Pro as on Amazon. Try to find this category in different categories of the higher level using the logical assumption of where it may be located.

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Note: Some of the Amazon Categories are not currently supported by M2E Pro. A list of available categories will be gradually expanded expanding in the future.

Amazon Categories in terms of M2E Pro

Each Category on Amazon category has two characteristics:

• Path;

• Browsenode ID.

Browsenode ID is a specific identifier of the Category used by Amazon which characterizes the location of the Category numeric code that identifies the location of a product category on the Amazon site.

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website. It determines the reasonable location, not the path of the

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Example:

The category.

Different paths can be used to find the needed category, but you eventually reach the same reasonable category location.

For example, the category “Socks” can be found either in:  under Sports & Outdoors > Fan Shop > Sports Collectibles > Clothing & Uniforms > Socks or in:  under Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry > Novelty & More > Novelty > Clothing > Men > SocksYou can see that different paths can be used to reach the needed category but finally, you are taken to the same logical location.

To set a category, click Edit and choose from the selection window that appears in the Category section of your Description Policy. You can choose from Recently Used Categories, to Browse browse a Category list or to , search by keywords, or Browsenode ID.

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Product Type

Once the category is set, you should select according the relevant Product Type for your Itemitem.Image Removed

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The Product Type defines the set of available Specifics available. So you You can change the set of Specifics by selecting a different Product Type.

For example, you are selling cell phone accessories like charges. So chargers, and you need a Specific like specific "Charging Time", but it is not available. You can go absent for the selected Product Type. Navigate to the General tab of your Description Policy and change the Product Type, so the needed Specific will become availablerequired specific becomes available for selection.Image Removed

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The Product Types are divided by 3 possible statesdisplayed in three possible ways:

• M2E Pro

  proposes 1

  offers one Product Type to be used in

  this

  the selected Category, so it is

  shown

  displayed automatically. But you can always change it.

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• M2E Pro

  proposes

  offers several Product Types to be used in

  this

  the selected Category.

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• M2E Pro does not

  propose

  offer any Product

  Type

  Types to be used in

  this

  the selected Category.

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You can also use up to 5 may also choose from five of the recently used Product Types for the current Marketplace.Image Removed

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The list of available Product Types depends varies depending on the Marketplace Amazon marketplace you are using and varies by them.

You can change the Product Type whenever you need, except in those cases, when the Category cannot be edited.

When Category and Product Type are selected, the Specifics in the Specifics tab appear for selection.

Example:

You select the “Socks” category navigating Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry > Novelty & More > Novelty > Clothing > Men > Socks. The following specifics appear for selection: Clothing Type, Apparel Closure Type etc.

You select the “Socks” category navigating Sports & Outdoors > Fan Shop > Sports Collectibles > Clothing & Uniforms > Socks. The following specifics appear for selection: Character, Fabric Type etc.

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Some of the Amazon categories do not support Variational productsProducts. If you choose such a an unsupported Category, M2E Pro will notify you about it. Image Removed

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If the Category is not selected, you are will be able to specify values only for set options only in the Definition tab optionsonly. In case you want to add more detailed Product Information using the , like Specifics tab, you need to select the Category.

The selected category cannot be changed in the case:

• Description

  policy

  Policy is assigned to

  the

  Magento

  product

  Product on the basis of which new ASIN/ISBN will be created or is being created now.

• The

  Description

  policy

  Policy is assigned to Magento

  product

  Product on the basis of which new Child

  products

  Products may be created for the

  respective

  corresponding Amazon Parent

  product. It is done to prevent listing

  Product. This way, your Amazon Parent and

  Amazon Child products into different categories

  Child Products will be listed in the same category.