1. The seller account has to be on Pro Merchant
subscription with Amazon, so that multiple item listing is possible.
2. You have installed or upgraded to PC downloader 7.0 on your desktop/laptop.
3. You have installed or upgraded to PDA scouting program 7.0 on your PDA.
Please follow step 1 to 4 from the
tutorial here
to install or upgrade to PC Downloader 7.0
Please follow step 1 to 4 from the
tutorial here to
upgrade to PDA Scouting program 7.0
Section III: Basic Concepts of How ASellertool Listing Tool WorksBefore scanning your inventory for listing, you will first sort your inventory
items into different "STACKS", according to the item condition and
shipping option.
For example, you might have 7 "stacks" of books setup like the following
table:
| Stack # |
Condition |
Shipping |
| 1 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
| 2 |
Very Good |
Priority & Int'l |
| 3 |
Good |
Priority & Int'l |
| 4 |
Acceptable |
Priority & Int'l |
| 5 |
New |
Priority & Int'l |
| 6 |
Like New |
Priority |
| 7 |
Very Good |
Priority |
NOTE: The table above just serves as an example. You most likely will have more
than 7 stacks, and our system allows you to mix up media items with books on
each stack, if that's your preference.
After that, you will follow the instructions below to configure the listing tool. The
idea is, when you use a scanner to scan items belonging to the same "stack"
, the system will store the ISBN or UPC barcode value of each item , and then
each barcode will be stored with the same setting of (1) Item Condition, (2)
Shipping option, and (3) any additional text description.
The first time you use the listing tool, you will need
to define a list of "Preset". Each "Preset" is a number (1 to 40)
that will be associated with one set of (1) condition, (2) shipping option, and
(3) additional description.
IMPORTANT: Each individual "Preset" should logically match an individual
"Stack" described in Section III above.
Instructions for setting up
"Preset"
Step 1. Open PC downloader 7.0
Step 2. Click
"menu" (at top left hand corner) -> "Listing tool",
you should see a screen as below:
Step 3. Use the "Edit Description Preset" panel window to pre-define the
condition of the listings.
First choose a number from the dropdown list, then click the
"Edit"
button.
Step 4. Inside "Condition" panel, click to select one of the conditions :
"Like New", "Very Good", "Good", "Acceptable", or "New"
Step 5. Inside "Shipping" panel, check the box for either
"Priority"
or "International", or BOTH.
Step 6. Inside the textbox underneath the
"Shipping" panel, type a brief
description. The text typed here will be shown under "Seller's Comments"
on your Amazon listing for that item.
Step 7. Click the "Save" button to save settings for that particular
preset-number.
The screen-shot below will illustrate Step 3 to Step 7 above.
Step 8. You will repeat Step 3 to Step 7 above to save settings for different
Preset-Number. Below is an EXAMPLE of what a list of different Presets
will look like.
| Preset-Number |
Condition |
Shipping |
Additional Description |
| 1 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast |
| 2 |
Very Good |
Priority & Int'l |
Very clean text. We ship daily |
| 3 |
Good |
Priority & Int'l |
Item is in good condition. We ship daily |
| 4 |
Acceptable |
Priority & Int'l |
Item is in Acceptable condition. We ship daily |
| 5 |
New |
Priority & Int'l |
New. We ship daily |
| 6 |
New |
Priority |
Sealed, brand-new. We ship daily |
| 7 |
Like New |
Priority |
Prime condition. We ship daily |
NOTE: Notice the settings for "Presets" here closely
match the settings for "Stacks" in Section III.
BEFORE proceeding to scanning inventory, you should have
already sorted your items into different "stacks". And you need to have
assigned a "Preset-Number" for each "stack".
NOTE: If you have problem identifying the "Preset-Number"
for a particular "stack" , or you are not sure what a "Preset-Number" is ,
please carefully review the tutorial on Section III and Section IV above.
Setup in PDA for scanning:Step 1. Open ASellertool
PDA scouting program
Step 2. Click "menu" on bottom left corner, and then click
"Listing
Tool" , this will open up the listing tool program on your PDA>
Step 3. Now you are ready to process the first "stack" of book. First
identify the "Preset-Number" for the "stack" you are going to
process.
Step 4: In the dropdown under "Description Preset" , click to select the
"Preset-Number" assigned for this "stack".
Step 5. In the textbox under "SKU Prefix", enter the prefix for the SKU.
Technically you can assign any alphabets or numbers to be prefix. For example,
you could use "BK" for books, "CD" for Music CD, .... etc.
Step 6. In the textbox under "SKU Suffix", enter the suffix for the SKU.
Suffix must be a number. The value you entered here will become the starting
number for the stack.
Step 7. Click on the long textbox, which has the word "1" on the left of it. The
long textbox is located right underneath the textboxes for Prefix and Suffix.
Step 8. Scan the barcodes of each item on the stack.
Step 9. Press the "save" button to save barcodes scanned for this
"stack".
Below is a screen-shot to illustrate Step 3 to Step 9 above.
Assuming there are 5 Music CD in the first "stack" of books. After scanning all
five CD, the screen on PDA will look similar to above.
Assuming All 5 CD in the first
"stack" are are "Like New" Condition,
shipped with both Priority and International. So according to the "Preset"
settings example defined in Section IV , this stack of books is assigned
"Preset-Number 1". And as shown in the screen, the number "1" is selected in the
dropdown.
By entering "A" for "Prefix", and "1" for "Suffix", each barcode scanned will be
assigned a SKU when posted to Amazon, as shown below:
| ISBN/UPC barcode |
SKU Assigned |
Condition |
Shipping |
Description |
| 786936693652 |
A1 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast! |
| 014633152494 |
A2 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast! |
| 097360169270 |
A3 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast! |
| 786936124965 |
A4 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast! |
| 9780064400558 |
A5 |
Like New |
Priority & Int'l |
Prime condition. We ship fast! |
Notice that while the value for Prefix stay the same (as "A") , the program will
automatically increment the value for Suffix. And while each item has an unique
SKU assigned , all 5 of them share the same (1) condition, (2) shipping options,
and (3) description
Step 10: Repeat Step 4 to Step 9 above for each stack of items. Notice that each
stack of items is usually assigned a different "Preset-Number". Make sure
you have selected the corresponding "Preset-Number" on the dropdown.
IMPORTANT: Before scanning the first item on a stack ,
make sure you have clicked on the long textbox, which has the word "1" on the
left of it.
Step 1. Connect your PDA to PC via "ActiveSync" OR
"Mobile Device Center" if your PC is running Windows Vista.
IMPORTANT: You MUST see the word "Connected" on the screen of ActiveSync
or Mobile Device Center , before you can proceed to next step.
Step 2. Open PC downloader 5.0
Step 3. Click "menu" (at top left hand corner) ->
"Listing tool",
you should see a screen as below:
Step 4. Click the "Get upload file from PDA" button. Under the hood, the
program will copy the inventory file from PDA to PC downloader. And then for
each barcode scanned, it will check with Amazon to see if it is listable.
Step 5. Upload the inventory file to Amazon
There are two ways to upload:
Method #1: If you want the PC downloader to do the upload for you , then
fill in the "Amazon Email" and "Amazon Password" , then click the
"Upload to Amazon" button.
OR
Method #2: If you want to upload the file manually, you can locate the
file at c:\asellertool\upload.txt , and then upload yourself in Amazon
web site.
Step 6. After upload is finished, Notice that all items uploaded are priced at
$199 at this point. You will need to either run a repricing program, or manually
reprice it in Amazon web site.
Important Note
Whenever you made a mistake while doing Listing Tool scan, you can fix it by deleting the "scan" file in the PDA.
Method #1 - From PDA, click "start" menu > select "Programs" > select "File Explorer" > select "My document" > select "My Device" > then Delete the file - "scan" ( Hold the stylus on the file for aboutt 2 seconds, a pullup menu comes up, select delete ).
OR
Method #2 - Hookup PDA with PC, then from PC, right click on "start" menu > select "Explore all users" > Click "Mobile device" > Click "my window based mobile device" > delete file "scan"
