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Update: Collectible Listings in Amazon Marketplace
Posted: Jul 24, 2006 12:54 PM

Greetings from Amazon.com,

In response to buyer and seller feedback, we are making some changes to improve the experience for customers shopping for Collectible media. We have made a change to the Collectible condition and pricing guidelines in our Books, Music, Video, and DVD stores:

Items priced at or above the list price (MSRP) or $10, whichever is greater, are eligible for “Collectible” designation. Items priced below this may be listed under “Used” or “New”, but will not be eligible for “Collectible” designation.

These additional guidelines, although not mandatory, may be used to determine whether to list a book as “Collectible.” To be considered collectible, books should be unique in a way that increases value for a collector, for example:
• First edition and first printing, signed, inscribed or scarce
• Not ex-library, a remainder or a book club edition

Seller comments should include:
• Further detail on condition/completeness of exterior, interior and dust jacket (if applicable)
• Edition and printing
• Presence of signatures, inscriptions or other personalization

As of today, new and updated Collectible listings will be subject to the new guidelines. Listings that have not been modified and are still active and unsold by the third week in September will be automatically cancelled, and you will need to re-submit them in a non-Collectible category in order to maintain those listings. Note: Listings created by non-Pro Merchant sellers will be permitted to expire per their normal listing schedule. When relisted, any listings which do not meet the new Collectible criteria will need to be modified appropriately.

We offer several ways for sellers to modify their listings. If you still need to make changes to your listings, we have included some specific instructions below.

These changes will be an improvement for buyers and sellers and will increase the visibility of collectible items on Amazon.com. If you have any feedback about these changes, please feel free to send an e-mail message to collectible-books-feedback@amazon.com. If you need assistance in modifying your listings, or you have questions about these changes, please contact us.

Thank you for selling with Amazon.com.

To change the price of listings manually:
1. Go to your Seller Account (www.amazon.com/seller-account)
2. Click the “open” link to view your open Amazon.com Marketplace items.
3. Click “Edit” to edit price manually, or edit the price in the Price column and click “Save changes.”

To change the condition of listings manually:
1. Go to your Seller Account (www.amazon.com/seller-account)
2. Close each listing you need to change the condition for. Click “Edit” to close each listing individually; alternatively, check the box in the Close Listing column for each listing you would like to close, and then click “Save changes.”
3. Go to the “closed” section of your Seller Account.
4. Click “Relist this item” for each listing you would like to relist, and choose the appropriate condition on the next page.

To edit price details in bulk:
1. Request an Open Listings Report (or use your own file).
2. Edit the price of your listings within the report.
3. Modify the report so that it meets the requirements of Inventory Loader files, available here.
4. Save the file in Text tab delimited format.
5. Upload the file using the Add/Modify/Delete option.

To edit the condition of listings in bulk:
1. Request an Open Listings Report (or use your own file).
2. Remove the rows associated with the listings you do not want to change.
3. Add a “d” to the add-delete column.
4. Modify the report so that it meets the requirements of Inventory Loader file, available here.
5. Save the file in Text tab delimited format.
6. Upload the file using the Add/Modify/Delete option (this will delete the listings in the file).
7. Using the same file you just uploaded, modify the condition code and remove the “d” from the add-delete column (leave that column blank).
8. Save the file in Text tab delimited format.
9. Upload the file using the Add/Modify/Delete option. This will add the listings back to your inventory with the new condition.

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