On August 30, 2021, Amazon Japan launched the “Amazon Points Center” (shown below) on Seller Central for the first time, which is a dedicated user interface for managing points.

Once the “Amazon Points Center” goes live, sellers can easily set up and manage points using the “Account Level Credit” and “Product Level Credit” features on the Amazon Points Center.

After the launch of the new “Amazon Points Center”, the original menu path for setting up points (Manage Inventory > Manage Inventory interface) will still work, but Amazon recommends that sellers use the “Amazon Points Center” to set up points more easily.

We'll explain the specific features of the Amazon Points Center and how to operate it in detail in this article.

If you want to set or modify points for your products during this time period, you can use the menu path where you used to set up points (Manage Inventory > Manage Inventory interface).
See the “Frequently Asked Questions” and “Operation Guide” sections of this article for details.

You can use the Amazon Points Center to:

These actions take effect immediately.

The system will automatically apply to all of your existing products based on the account-level credit percentage set in your account as of 2021/10/31

See the “Frequently Asked Questions” and “Operation Guide” sections of this article for details.

Starting November 1, 2021, Amazon Japan will also offer a 9% discount on point costs for a period of one year. Currently, the cost of 1 point is 1 yen. After applying this discount, the cost for 1 credit is 0.91 yen. This discount will be applied to the portion of the credit issued that does not exceed 1% of the item price. Amazon will charge the standard rate of “1 point = 1 yen” for points issued that are greater than 1% of the product price. No registration is required and discount will be automatically applied to all your offers with points.

If the product is a product with points sold by a professional seller and the product is delivered between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022, then this item will automatically receive this discount. The system automatically applies that discount every time you close a sale. No additional enrollment is necessary.

From November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022, the cost of points will be reduced by 9% to 0.91 yen per point. This discount will be applied to the portion of the credit issued that does not exceed 1% of the item price. Amazon will charge the standard rate of 1 yen per point for issuing points greater than 1% of the product price. The discount amount is calculated on the cost of points using the rounding method.

No, they don't. Amazon will calculate the referral fee based on the nominal value after the credit is issued (before the point cost discount).

The Amazon Points Center is open to all professional sellers on the Amazon Japan site who are authorized to use Seller Central.

You can set a uniform point percentage for all products (account level credit percentage) or set up different points percentages for individual products (item-level credit percentage list). You can also update the points percentage for all your offers based on these settings with a single click.

You can change the settings as many times as you require.

Until November 1, 2021, you can choose any value between 1% and 50% (decimals are not supported). This value is set to 1% by default.
After November 1, 2021, you can choose any value between 0% and 50% (decimals are not supported).

Starting August 30, 2021, if you want to set a new point percentage for some products that is different from the account-level point percentage, you will need to indicate the corresponding SKU and the point percentage you want to set for it in the item-level credit percentage list.
You can then upload the Offer-Level Points Percent List to Amazon Points Central. It is important to note that:

The current plan is for a one-time update on November 1, 2021. If there are other renewal plans in the future, we will notify you separately.

You can visit the Amazon Points Center anytime from August 30, 2021 to October 31, 2021. Click “Cancel this Program Update” in the blue message box on the Credit Center homepage, and your existing points settings will be retained.
You can also change your points settings at any time after the automatic update on November 1, 2021.

Yes. Starting September 30, 2021, you can use the “Apply Now” feature to update your point percentage in advance. Since customers prefer products that offer points, Amazon recommends that you act now to easily update your product credit settings using the Account-Level Credit Percentages and Product-Level Credit Percentages lists.

Yes. However, starting November 1, 2021, you will only be able to use the new inventory file template to update product information, and Amazon recommends that you start adapting to this new template as soon as possible. The new template can be used starting September 30, 2021.
Compared to the original template, the following two fields of the new template will change, and they will all become mandatory fields starting November 1. With the new template, you can use percentages to set your points. The original template will be usable until October 31, 2021.

You can still download inventory reports from the Inventory tab.

You can do either of the following:

Starting November 1, 2021, when you create a new product in Seller Central, you'll see a default credit percentage of 1%. You can change the points percentage any time and you require.

You are only charged for the cost of points you provide to customers (currently 1JPY per point). No other fees are charged.

The cost of points is calculated as product price (excluding shipping and gift wrapping fee) multiplied by the points percentage.

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If you don't want this setting to take effect, click “Cancel” the plan anytime before November 1, 2021 in the blue message box.

After November 1, 2021, if you want to cancel the method of setting points on an account basis, you can select 0% in the drop-down box below (a 0% option will be added after November 1, 2021)