Master managing a Seller Central Catalog
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In order to remove an ASIN as a variation, go to the manage inventory from the inventory tab dropdown menu on the top menu of seller central. Click on the gray edit button to the right of the parent ASIN, not the child ASIN you wish to remove. On the next page, proceed to the variations tab of the listing and scroll down to the table of variations below. Click the box to the left of the ASINs you wish to remove from the parent ASIN and click the gray delete selected button above the table of variations. This will remove the ASIN from the parent ASIN.
show moreBut will also delete your ASIN all together from your inventory. That is, the actual ASIN will now need to be re-added as you would add a new product as an existing ASIN on Amazon.
Remember to click on the yellow save and finish button at the bottom of the page to fix your changes. The only way to remove an ASIN as a variation without deleting the ASIN itself is via template. In order to remove an ASIN as a variation via template and seller central, click on the Add A Product from the inventory tab dropdown menu on the top Menu of Seller Central.
On the next page, click on the link saying Download an inventory file. On the following page, scroll down to the header inventory files. And click on the category specific inventory files link. In the popup window under the Choose a File template section. Click on the templates for specific categories link.
On the following page. Scroll down to the header. You are registered with Release package X, and click on the relevant file template. Of the category for which you are removing the variation ASIN, make sure that you compete all the information for the parent ASIN as before and all information for all child ASINs you want to keep including the ASIN, which you would like to remove as a variation.
It is imperative that you leave the variation fields blank for this ASIN you wish to remove. But everything else must be filled in. If you select partial update from the dropdown menu provided in the update delete field on the sheets, it will update the listing, keeping the variation information in.
If you select update from the dropdown menu provided in the update delete field on the sheet, it will remove the variation information. And so remove the ASIN as a child in this variation family. If you do not fill out the other fields, then your ASIN listing will end up with blank fields, which is why all fields need to be updated for all parent and child ASINs alike.
Only the variation feels for the ASIN you wish to remove from the variation family are to remain blank. With the update option selected all other child ASINs you wish to keep as variations as well as the parent ASIN. Need to have the partial update selected from the update delete field drop-down menu. Be reminded that it is again preferable to save this file in txt format before uploading it.
Under the check and upload your inventory file tab on the ad products via upload page on Seller Central.