Quick Tip: Variations – Part 1

[Jessica]

What are variations you ask? Variations refer to a set of items that are the same product, but differ according to a consistent theme, for example size and colour. You can reference the following video and FAQ to help create and make updates to Variations: Variation Relationship FAQ

Variating ASINs:
The Variation Wizard allows you to add or update existing variation families and to create a new variation family. The Variation Wizard is located in Seller Central under Menu > Inventory > Manage Inventory > click Add Variation on the right-hand side. To create a new Variation Family, generate a category template with the Product Classifier. Then Upload your Inventory File and monitor your upload status.

Un-Variating ASINs:
If you accidentally Variate ASINs together, use the Split Product Detail Page Self Service Tool to remove the variation.

[Jessica]

[Oneida_Books_EU]

Un-Variating ASINs:
If you accidentally Variate ASINs together, use the Split Product Detail Page Self Service Tool to remove the variation

Requesting a detail page split

Incorrect product merges can result in:

• The detail page representing two distinct products
• The detail page not representing the products that you are offering

In either case, you can request reversal of the incorrect product merge by using the Split product detail pages self-service tool:

I’ve only known this page to relate to “Merged” ASINs, not Variation Relationships.

If this page does work for “Variation Relationships”, then I believe it should be more specific on that and use the term within the help page.

Maybe you can get the page edited?

[Jessica]

Hi @Oneida_Books_EU!

I appreciate you mentioning this.

I haven’t been made aware of any issues with the tool not working for variation relationships but if I get any further details I will of course let everyone know.

Thanks for your post!
Jessica

[Bang_Fancy_Dress]

nice write up @Jessica , can you have a look at case ID 8589715462 and tell me why a Policy violation warning was issued.

I have read extensively the amazon policy and tried to contact account health without any luck to find the exact root cause.

[Jessica]

Hi @Bang_Fancy_Dress,

Thanks for your post.

From reviewing the ASINs I can see the products were in a colour variation, however you had listed child items that were not colour variations of the same product. They were a similar products but they were not the same product that varied by colour which is why you received the warning.
If you are creating a colour variation the items have to be identical except for their colour.

You may have seen this page already but I do find it helpful: Variation Relationships Overview and the pages linked within it.

I hope this helps.
Jessica

[Bang_Fancy_Dress]

Thank you so much for confirming. I have been going around in circles with Account Health trying to get a reason. Am I fine to use a screenshot of your post in the appeal with Account Health? That’s after I have re-uploaded the flat file using the Style Name.

Out of interest, does a human look at Policy Compliance or is it a bot? I ask as I only ever receive the same template response

[Jessica]

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