Effective December 1, Amazon Listing changed these product attributes to required fields, please adjust
November 21, 2022
Contents:
1. What categories need to be updated
2. Page diagram for uploading a new product
3. Add product attributes in batch/individual
Frequently asked questions
IMPORTANT NOTICE
As of December 1, 2022, your product detail pages provide the information customers need to ensure that your product detail pages are provided. Some products have 4 attributes such as “color, size, product description, and category” on the detail page, changed from the original “optional” to “required”. If attribute information is not provided, new products cannot be uploaded to the catalog (catalog). For existing products, sellers are also required to update the attribute information for these products to avoid affecting the listing display at that time.
👇 Here are the product attributes that have changed from optional to mandatory 👇
Properties
Affected product categories
Color
SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT,
SPORTING_GOODS, PANTS, COAT, SWIMWEAR, SWEATER, VEST, SHORTS
Dimensions
SHIRT, SWEATSHIRT, COAT, PANTS
Product Description
HOME, CURTAIN, RUG, BLANKET, HOBBIES, TOOLS, SPORTING_GOODS, CELLULAR_PHONE_CASE, BED_LINEN_SET, AUTO_ACCESSORY, HEALTH_PERSONAL_CARE, DRINKING_CUP, HOME_BED_AND_BATH, POWERSPORTS_VEHICLE_PART, PLANT_SEED, CONSUMER_ELECTRONICS, KITCHEN_TOOLS, OUTDOOR_LIVING
category
BACKPACK
Starting 12/1, when adding product information in the above categories, sellers are required to provide a valid value for the attributes (such as color, size), otherwise the product will not be added to the catalog.
💡 Tips: To ensure that the completeness of your existing product listings is not affected, please also immediately go to Seller Central > Manage Inventory to update your attributes.
👇 The following is an example of operation 👇
Take women's sweater-sweaters as an example, and the color is required (* number)
💡 Tips: If you use a template to upload, these fields become mandatory
Take Sporting Good (Sporting Good) as an example, the product says
Clear (product description) becomes required (* number)
💡 Tips: On the listing creation page, there will be a prompt (red box), you can go to the “Help” page for more information
For attribute updates for existing products, you can choose to manually update each: Inventory > Manage Inventory > Find the appropriate ASIN > Edit on the product detail page.
For large numbers of ASINs, we recommend using Partial Update (Partial Update) for bulk updates: Catalog/Inventory > Upload Products in Bulk.
Select the product category you want to update, you can select more than one
Once selected, click 'Generate Template' to open the form
And fill in the following information:
① 'product type' = select the appropriate product category from the list
② 'item_sku' = add the corresponding SKUs
③'external_product_id_type' =ASIN
④ 'external_product_id field' = fill in the appropriate ASIN
⑤ Fill in the corresponding size attributes according to the different size sets and the mall's valid value list guidelines (such as 'apparel size value')
⑥'update-delete' = PartialUpdate
Fill in and save as .txt (Text Tab delimited)
Go back to Seller Central and upload the file
Seller friends, if any products need to be updated with the necessary attributes, we recommend that you do so as soon as possible to avoid affecting the visibility and traffic of existing products during the next promotional season due to insufficient product detail page completeness!

Further reading: Listing Self-Test
❓ Q1: If an error is reported when uploading batch updates, how can I solve it?
👇 Take updating clothing sizes as an example
1) First, please check if you have downloaded the correct inventory file. Errors are commonly reported when using a comprehensive inventory file; please download an inventory file containing only the product categories you need to upload at this time.
2) Next, please check if you have filled in all the required fields. Other than that, SKU, age, gender, etc., make sure not to fill in any other items that are unrelated or unnecessary to this update; just fill in the size attributes corresponding to each ASIN.
3) Finally, please confirm whether all the information you have entered is in compliance. Make sure that the size itself and the corresponding size attributes are filled in accurately, and fill in the corresponding size attributes according to the list of valid values in different marketplaces.