Catalog Setup Overview
Part of your store setup will involve establishing a catalog of items that will be available for merchandising.
The items identified in the catalog must match the items in your source system to ensure consistent use of product
placement and lookup if integrating with your system for cart calculation.
Typically, Item-level detail can be found in an ERP, merchandising or some home-grown system. These systems may or may not have APIs available for import and export. The item-level detail housed and maintained in these systems is fairly complex and we only need a small sub-set this item-level detail, to be ingested into your Merchant Catalog.
If automation is desired, then the standard data exports will typically need to be modified such that we only receive what is required by our catalog.
Considerations
While your catalog may get updated multiple times, it is important to only update Just Walk Out catalog with the changes that will impact the Just Walk Out technology by Amazon enabled store such as SKU and description
You are required to update the Just Walk Out catalog when new items are offered for sale in the store or any of the following changes to items occur:
- SKU
- Scannable Barcode
- Product Description
Following list might be applicable depending on the responsibility ownership:
- Pricing
- Promotions
Catalog Items can take up to 1 hour to be fully populated in the Amazon systems. This can also depend on the size and frequency of the request.
Note: In order to increase efficiency and reduce cost, it is recommended to perform catalog updates in a batch manner and only when an essential change to the store is required
Mechanisms
There are two mechanisms available to provide Amazon with your catalog content.
- Catalog template (xlsm) ingestion
- Catalog API. If you wish to establish an integration for your store with the Catalog API, please refer to the API reference
Amazon Just Walk Out Catalog API:
API Spec / Sample solution: https://jwo.amazon.com
You can update your catalog manually using the Merchant Portal or you can use our Catalog API, which allows you to programmatically update your catalog through a simple REST API. This spec will assist you in automating your catalog updates using the Just Walk Out Catalog API.