Scaling Up Amazon Vendor Central (AFS) Connection

Avatar for Emre Tan
By
Scaling Up Amazon Vendor Central Connection

Icecat finalizes the last phase of its Amazon Vendor Central (AFS) connection to further automate content publishing directly from the Icecat database into Amazon Vendor Central. With the addition of product images, the new process fully replaces the manual submission of NIS (New Item Setup) templates.

New capabilities of the AFS connector

The new version of the AFS connector allows faster vendor on-boarding. This enables Icecat to publish a high volume of products in single instances.

As the image publication is included, vendors are no longer required to upload their images separately via the Vendor Central user interface.

Another important new feature is the ability to publish content without cost (advise price) information. If you want to publish the price information, that can be done by Icecat via a separate feed or list. Vendors can also publish price information directly in Amazon Vendor Central, and this will then be merged automatically with the content fed through Icecat.

How can Vendors start publishing their content directly in Amazon via Icecat?

Vendors like HP and LG have already been publishing their content successfully in Amazon via Icecat. The AFS Connector supports data push of many verticals in the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Singapore, UAE, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and India. Who can participate in the program? Basically all vendors holding a Vendor Central account.

Despite the automation of interfaces, still, the minimum AFS requirements for data completeness should be met. Icecat supports gathering missing information via its own back-end or via Syndy.

See for more details the Manual for the Icecat Amazon Upload through AFS.

Get in touch with Icecat to find out if your product content can also be published automatically in Amazon.

Avatar for Emre Tan

Managing Director of Icecat, MSc. in International Finance, investor via E-nvest., ex- IBM, PwC, McKinsey

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Icecat xml

Open Catalog Interface (OCI): Manual for Open Icecat XML and Full Icecat XML

This document describes the Icecat XML method of Icecat's Open Catalog Inte...
 November 3, 2019
Manual

Manual for Icecat Live: Real-Time Product Data in Your App

Icecat Live is a (free) service that enables you to insert real-time produc...
 June 10, 2022
Manual for Icecat CSV Interface

Manual for Icecat CSV Interface

This document describes the manual for Icecat CSV interface (Comma-Separate...
 September 28, 2016
 October 4, 2018
LIVE JS

How to Create a Button that Opens Video in a Modal Window

Recently, our Icecat Live JavaScript interface was updated with two new fun...
 November 3, 2021
Addons plugins

Icecat Add-Ons Overview. NEW: Red Technology

Icecat has a huge list of integration partners, making it easy for clients ...
 October 27, 2023
Manual

Manual for Open Icecat JSON Product Requests

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an increasingly popular means of trans...
 September 17, 2018
 January 20, 2020
New Standard video thumbnail

Autheos video acquisition completed

July 21, Icecat and Autheos jointly a...
 September 7, 2021
Manual

Manual Personalized Interface File and Catalog from Icecat

With Icecat, you can generate personalized or customized CSV or Excel files...
 May 3, 2022