2009 Seller Conference

July 10-13, Seattle Airport Marriott

The Sellers' Conference for Online Entrepreneurs 20009 (SCOE) is the independent Conference for entrepreneurs who utilize Amazon.com as a sales channel.  No matter what type of inventory you list or how long you've been selling online, SCOE has something to offer you to help you improve and grow your business.

This year, we'll be focusing on how to think creatively to thrive and succeed in challenging economic times.  If you are a media seller, we'll help you navigate the often tricky path to broadening your product offerings, showing you the way to  "think outside the books."  If you already offer non-media, we'll be inviting inventory-type specific specialists from Amazon to the Conference so that you can get some of your questions answered in person.  

Although the normal Conference attendee fee is $325 per person, if you click on http://scoe.biz/REFERRAL.html between now and June 15th, you can attend for the reduced fee of $250 per attendee.  We know that you will find great value in this conference, and will want to return again in upcoming years. 

Looking forward to seeing you at the conference! 

Rhonda, Conference Organizer
sellersconference@comcast.net

Product Ads on Amazon Launches Yahoo Store Sync

For all Product Ads sellers that also have a Yahoo! Store, we have released new ways for you to integrate your Yahoo! Store to your account.  You can now either sync your Yahoo! Store or upload your catalog XML file through Seller Central.

Existing Catalog Yahoo! Store Sync

The existing Yahoo! Store catalog option is recommended for most merchants and should only take a few minutes to complete.  Setting up your Product Ads account to sync with your Yahoo! Store means that Amazon will automatically retrieve your product catalog data on a regular basis keeping your product information up to date on the Amazon site at all times without you having to even think about it.

Provide us with your catalog.xml URL in Seller Central

If you’d prefer to manually uploading your catalog, you can use the option to “Upload your Yahoo! Store catalog.xml” through Seller Central. This is a one-time upload and is similar to uploading a txt file as you may have previously done.  If your product information changes you will have to manually upload a new catalog.xml file through Seller Central for your Product Ads account to be updated on site.

 

Enhanced attributes 

To optimize your Product Ads performance, we recommend that sellers add three custom fields to your Yahoo! Store catalog.xml file.  These changes will improve the categorization of your products on Amazon. The three fields we recommend adding are:

• product-ads-exclude
• product-ads-category
• product-ads-description

For specific instructions on how to create custom fields in your Yahoo! Store catalog, consult Yahoo’s Help section.

Once these custom fields have been added to your catalog, simply sync your store or upload your catalog.xml URL in Seller Central.

To learn more about how to upload product information from your Yahoo! Store to your Products Ads account, register to attend our free webinar on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PDT.

-Michelle

Upcoming Webinars – Did you reserve your seat?

Amazon is offering a series of webinars to help you understand the different products and services we offer. Sign up for any of the LIVE webinars below, or you visit our website to view recorded webinars.

Thurs, 5/14 - 10am PST
Product Ads by Amazon - A new way to drive traffic to your website.
Product Ads is a cost-per-click advertising program that puts your products in front of millions of Amazon.com customers.  Don’t miss out, join us to learn more.  Reserve Your Seat

Tues, 5/19 - 10am PST
Getting Started Selling on Amazon.
Just getting started Selling on Amazon as a non-media seller? In this webinar we will give you a brief overview and show you where to find information on: Account Set Up, Uploading Products, How to enter the right data for your product listing, and How to Manage Your Listings Information. Reserve Your Seat

Tues, 6/02 -10am PST
Managing Your Amazon.com Business.
Now that you are Selling on Amazon, you probably have some questions. In this webinar we'll talk about best practices and what to avoid. If you missed Part 1 - Getting Started Selling on Amazon, don’t worry you can view it below under Recent Webinars. Reserve Your Seat

Big News Day for Amazon Payments

Amazon Payments just announced that leading shopping cart and e-commerce solution providers now offer Amazon Payments as part of their offerings. If you're interested in check out with Amazon Payments, you want to read their post on “Big news day: Integrating with major solutions - Free Processing Offer” linked here.

 

They’re offering free payment processing offer through September 30, 2009 to businesses and organizations that begin accepting Amazon Payments using Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay on or after April 29, 2009.

For additional details and terms of the offer are available at www.amazonpayments.com/offer.

Happy Weekend!