Does Amazon set SKUs arbitrarily? What are the rules?

For Amazon merchants, after opening a store, they need to upload products and follow relevant rules in product settings, such as sku settings. So does Amazon set sku arbitrarily? The following content will answer your questions.

Does Amazon set the sku arbitrarily?

no.

Amazon sku is set by the merchant based on the specific circumstances of the product.

What are the rules?

1. Merchants must fill in the sku when uploading products. Amazon sellers can give their own product numbers according to their own product management rules and fill in the sku compiled by the seller to facilitate the later management of the product. If a novice merchant does not know how to write it, the Amazon backend will automatically generate it.

2. If there are more SKUs for store products, it will be more difficult to manage them than choosing your own regular coding. Therefore, it is recommended that sellers compile their own Amazon SKUs. It should be noted that Amazon SKUs are unique, that is, each product is marked with a unique SKU code and cannot be reused, otherwise it will cause inventory confusion.

3. The SKU code in Amazon can be up to 40 characters long and can be letters, numbers, or a combination of letters and numbers. When writing the SKU code, merchants often use the code method of combining the product's letters with the ISBN or UPC.

4. Each product corresponds to a unique SKU number. If a store has multiple variants of a product, there will be multiple SKUs. For example, if a piece of clothing has 3 colors and 4 different sizes, there will be 12 different SKUs. Then each character corresponds to a unique feature of the product, such as product type, color, size, style, etc.

When setting up SKUs, Amazon merchants should still carefully understand the rules of the platform and remember not to violate the rules, so as not to cause more trouble to the store in the end. At present, the platform has no clear regulations on the number of product SKUs, so when setting up, you only need to complete it according to the relevant categories.

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