Is there a way to put item cost in my amazon listing?
HI
I sell used items under the margin scheme so i pay VAT on the profit
every 3 months i file for VAT and its a lot of time to go to each order and put my item cost ( each transaction is a different SKU)
can i put the SKU cost when i list the item? this would save me a lot of times calculating the profit for VAT purposes
any advise is much appreciated
thank you
12 replies
Seller_BS5lg2keRs2QO
Yes, the SKU can be effectively whatever you want. It must be unique though. You can’t change existing SKUs - you would need to list again with your chosen SKU
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
You can put a cost price against your listings, via the inventory management tool.
Though frankly, I would strongly suggest that you don’t. Why give Amazon information that they don’t require?
Better to use a spreadsheet for the basics. If you want to use something more advanced, then I would suggest that take a look at something like Sellerboard.
Seller_esvgLzKXw2YAl
Just looking back at this, I’m not entirely sure why you need to put prices on a listing for VAT purposes?
It doesn’t seem to make any sense.
Surely you are keeping a copy of all invoices for the goods, that you can either enter into some sort of accounts software etc, or a simple spreadsheet.
For VAT purposes, this should be all that is required.
Seller_NFsfN9lkamUnh
If you have a lot of transactions you would need software like SAS, but I only have 100-150 transactions a months so I put my cost price in every SKU.
I sell used books. My SKU format is
listing date-ISBN-source-condition-cost price
