Amazon Marketplace Web Service Overview
If you are a member of the Professional Selling Plan, you can use Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) to manage your selling business on Amazon at no charge. Developers in the Professional Seller Plan can also use Amazon MWS at no charge to create applications that help sellers sell products on Amazon.
By using Amazon MWS, you can:
Create or license applications that help you manage your selling business on Amazon.
Upload product and inventory information.
Get product information.
Receive notifications and recommendations.
Download orders to be shipped.
Schedule and retrieve reports.
Amazon MWS provides secure authentication for API callers. Sellers in the Professional Plan can use the MWS Authorization Service to grant developers access to your API. By granting a developer access to your sales data on your behalf, the developer can view or edit information about your products, as well as information related to order management, shipping, pricing, performance, and finance.
The Amazon MWS API is designed to facilitate and automate all stages of selling on Amazon.
Amazon MWS provides the following key features and functionality:
Inventory management: You can perform bulk uploads of inventory, add products, check inventory levels, view pricing information, and other inventory management tasks.
Order management: You can download order information, obtain payment data, confirm orders, and schedule reports.
Report management: You can use Amazon MWS to request various reports, check the status of these reports, and download them.
Shipping management: You can purchase shipping services or create and manage Amazon logistics shipments.
Sign up for Amazon MWS
To get started with Amazon MWS, go to User Permissions and click Sign up for Amazon MWS. If you are not already on the Professional selling plan, learn more about how to switch selling plans to use Amazon MWS.
Check the Amazon MWS Developer Forum for notifications about new Amazon MWS features and links to updated documentation.
Using the Marketplace Appstore
The Marketplace Appstore is a centralized location where you can find apps that can help you automate, manage, and grow your Selling on Amazon business.
You can purchase apps through the developer’s website. All transactions are directly between you, the seller, and the developer of this app. The developer sets its own pricing, usage, and cancellation policies related to this app. Because Amazon is not directly involved in the development or sale of this app, you will need to contact the developer for any technical support or customer service issues.
Details from the original Amazon official website:
Amazon Marketplace Web Service overview
You must be registered as a Professional Seller and as an Amazon MWS Developer in order to authorize or create apps.
If you decide to use or develop apps for Seller Central,you must have a Professional selling plan and also register as an Amazon MWS developer.
As an Amazon MWS developer, you receive the MWS Auth token which is used for:
Using Amazon tools such as theAmazon Merchant Transport Utilityand theListing Loader.
Using desktop applications developed by third-party developers.
Using Web applications that you develop.
Sending requests to Amazon MWS for your own seller account.
Sending requests to Amazon MWS on behalf of other sellers.
Note:In order to send requests on behalf of other sellers, you must receive the MWS Auth token from the seller in order to make the connection.
For more information about registering as a developer, visitRegistering to use Amazon MWS – Registering as a developer.
If you have a Professional selling plan, you can use Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) free of charge to manage your selling business on Amazon. Developers with a Professional seller plan can also use Amazon MWS free of charge to create applications that help sellers sell on Amazon.
As an Amazon MWS developer you can perform the following functions:
Create or authorize applications that help manage selling on Amazon.
Upload product and inventory information.
Get product information.
Receive notifications and recommendations.
Download orders for fulfillment.
Schedule and retrieve reports.
Amazon MWS provides secure authentication of API callers. Professional plan sellers can delegate calling rights to developers using the MWS authorization service. When authorizing a developer to access selling data on your behalf, that developer may view or edit your information pertaining to product listing, order management, shipping, pricing, performance, and financial information.
The Amazon MWS API functions are designed to facilitate and automate the stages of the business process for selling on Amazon.
Amazon MWS provides the following major features:
Inventory management:You can perform batch uploads of inventory, add products, check inventory levels, examine pricing information, and perform other inventory management tasks.
Order management:You can download order information, obtain payment data, acknowledge orders, and schedule reports.
Reports management:You can use Amazon MWS to request generation of a variety of reports, query their status, and then download them.
Shipping management:You can buy shipping services or create and manage Fulfillment by Amazon shipments.
Sign up for Amazon MWS
To get started with Amazon MWS, go toUser Permissionsand clickSign up for Amazon MWS. If you are not already on a Professional selling plan,learn moreabout switching your selling plan to access Amazon MWS.
Check theAmazon MWS developer forum for announcements of new Amazon MWS functionality and updated documentation links.
Use the Marketplace Appstore
TheMarketplace Appstoreis a centralized location to discover applications to help automate, manage and grow your selling on Amazon business.
You can purchase apps through the developers’ website. All transactions are directly between you (the seller) and the developer of this application. Developers can set their own policies on pricing, usage, and cancellation related to this application. Because Amazon isn’t directly involved in the development or sale of this application, you will need to contact the developer for any technical support or customer service questions.
Article source: Amazon official website