Amazon is standardizing shoe sizes across the US, Japan, and Europe, and listings that aren’t updated by the deadline will be suppressed!
12/23/2019 | About 1,900 words, about 6 minutes to read
“Following Amazon US, the new shoe size rules will also apply to Amazon Europe and Japan!You'll never have to worry about partial customer returns due to the wrong shoe size again!Abbottt, Premiere Creative’s creative director.

The new shoe size rules apply to all new ASINs and existing ASINs. If you do not make the changes by the deadline, your product will be search suppressed!
● The transition period for the new shoe size rules on European Marketplaces is 08/30/2019–10/30/2019
● The transition period for the new shoe size rules on the Japan Marketplace is 09/05/2019–12/04/2019
During the transition period, the old Size Name attribute will be retained as needed. If you provide both attributes, the value you provide for the new FootwearSize will override the value provided in Size Name. The existing Size Name attribute will be removed after the transition period, and the FootwearSize attribute will become required.
| Why make this change
To provide a better shopping experience for customers, Amazon has standardized shoe size attribute values and requires every size menu to use the same consistent size format, making it easier for customers to search by size and width. At the same time, standardized size displays can also help increase ASIN traffic and help footwear sellers improve sales conversion. The new shoe size includes information related to footwear size, width, gender, and age group, and the Size Name attribute will be removed.
| What does the new shoe size attribute look like?
The Europe Marketplace includes 8 new fields, while the Japan Marketplace includes 5 new fields. We’ve organized the meanings and requirements for the relevant fields by marketplace.


Examples

| Seller Q&A
Let’s go over the key points again for some of the questions sellers have asked most often so far!
● Question 1: How should the newly defined Footwear Width be calculated?
Answer: Shoe widths may vary by brand, retailer, or country, and the same shoe width label may mean something different for men’s shoes than for women’s shoes.
For example, a women’s "B" width indicates medium, while a men’s "B" width indicates narrow; a women’s "3A" width indicates extra narrow [XN], while a men’s "3A" width indicates extra extra narrow [XXN].
Amazon no longer uses alphanumeric width labels. Instead, it uses its own general shoe width range—from XXN to XXW—with clear values that are easier for end customers to understand. The table below shows the range of shoe widths approved by Amazon, corresponding to the most common shoe widths used in the industry. Just use the table below to find the corresponding Amazon standard shoe width!



● Question 2: How do I fill in the unisex size?
Answer: See here!

● Question 3: Still not sure how to set the size range!
Answer: Look here!

● Question 4: What should I do if I get this error code: What should I do when the error code is "The 'width' values of the '[footwear_size]' attribute must be the same"?
Answer: Please check whether the country code appears twice in the Size attribute. As shown in the image below, delete the UK before Women and upload again to complete the process successfully.

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