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Amazon: Evaluate Bulk UPCs

by txphi592
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I'm looking for a solution to process 100's or 1000's of UPCs from wholesalers for Amazon Sales Rank, FBA margin, high price, etc. The alternative of searching one UPC at a time on Amazon and manually plugging in to a spreadsheet one by one is not sustainable and horribly inefficient.

I've searched the web and have surprisingly found very few solutions and those that exist cost $50/mo.+. What are you Amazon sellers using/doing in these situations? Is there a free solution? If not, what's the best value?

Thanks
#amazon #bulk #evaluate #upcs
  • Profile picture of the author JosephI
    $50 mo is not unreasonable for what you want to do, especially if you're not using it continuously.
    Armed with that info, you should be able to recoup that investment.

    The only other thing that comes to mind is a visit to odesk and get the software built.
    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author txphi592
    I'm shocked that this post is not getting more reply's and that this is relatively uncovered on the web. I would imagine this is a huge problem for anyone who engages in Amazon sourcing??
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    • Profile picture of the author JosephI
      Originally Posted by txphi592 View Post

      I'm shocked that this post is not getting more reply's and that this is relatively uncovered on the web. I would imagine this is a huge problem for anyone who engages in Amazon sourcing??
      UPCs are not the end all at Amazon. Not everything there needs a upc.
      As a matter of fact most vendors especially small business don't have or are required to have a UPC code.
      Searching for UPCs you may get the big players but you're going to leave out a lot of vendors.

      On the other hand, every item has an ASIN number even if they have UPC, SKUs, Item or ISBN numbers.
      I would think any searches compiled would have more accurate results using the ASIN
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      • Profile picture of the author sidagg21
        Originally Posted by JosephI View Post

        UPCs are not the end all at Amazon. Not everything there needs a upc.
        As a matter of fact most vendors especially small business don't have or are required to have a UPC code.
        Searching for UPCs you may get the big players but you're going to leave out a lot of vendors.

        On the other hand, every item has an ASIN number even if they have UPC, SKUs, Item or ISBN numbers.
        I would think any searches compiled would have more accurate results using the ASIN
        So we can list on amazon without a upc or ean number? Or we have to purchase a upc number.
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        • Profile picture of the author JosephI
          Without digging through their regs, there are a ton on items that you can list without either.
          In some items that require a SKU, if you don't have one, they'll generate one for you.

          Unfortunately Amazon policies are not the same across the board for all categories.
          That would be too easy!
          You would need to do some research for what fits your items.


          Originally Posted by sidagg21 View Post

          So we can list on amazon without a upc or ean number? Or we have to purchase a upc number.
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          • Profile picture of the author sidagg21
            Originally Posted by JosephI View Post

            Without digging through their regs, there are a ton on items that you can list without either.
            In some items that require a SKU, if you don't have one, they'll generate one for you.

            Unfortunately Amazon policies are not the same across the board for all categories.
            That would be too easy!
            You would need to do some research for what fits your items.
            Im selling some pots and planters but none have the same product!! Can u help?
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  • Profile picture of the author JosephI
    Sorry, I'm totally unfamiliar with those products.
    If you have a seller account, from your seller page click on the help option and go to the forum and you can do a search there for sellers in the same spot as you.
    Ask a question there as well if you can't come up with anything. You're bound to get some answers and Amazon monitors the questions also.
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    • Profile picture of the author txphi592
      I think my original question may have been misunderstood. Let me provide a scenario:


      1) I reach out to a manufacturer and receive a line item list of all their products, these usually include Item#, UPC/EAN, wholesale cost, weight, etc.
      2) In order to see which products are profitable on Amazon, I have to search each product, one by one, in order to see its sale price, number of sellers, sales rank, etc, I can search by item# but usually UPC is the best search method.


      There may be hundreds or thousands of UPCs from any given manufacturer. What I'm looking for is a way to evaluate these products in MASS, using the UPC's from the manufacturer's product list.
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  • Profile picture of the author JosephI
    You may want to look at ScanPower Evaluate
    Don't know if it will do exactly what you want but they may have other options you can use.
    But again, you're into that monthly subscription.

    You can check into Profit Bandit also and see what they have to offer.
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    • Profile picture of the author tryan
      For bulk UPC searches there are several options.

      I've had good luck with a few, and although most of which return similar information there are some subtle differences.

      I listed a few below (no affiliate links, but feel free to just type the names into a search engine):

      Price Checker Software App

      eComSpy - FBA Inventory Market Analysis Tool

      https://scope.sellerlabs.com/
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      • Profile picture of the author txphi592
        Originally Posted by tryan View Post

        For bulk UPC searches there are several options.

        I've had good luck with a few, and although most of which return similar information there are some subtle differences.

        I listed a few below (no affiliate links, but feel free to just type the names into a search engine):

        Price Checker Software App

        eComSpy - FBA Inventory Market Analysis Tool

        https://scope.sellerlabs.com/

        This is what I was looking for, thanks!
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      • Profile picture of the author txphi592
        Originally Posted by tryan View Post

        For bulk UPC searches there are several options.

        I've had good luck with a few, and although most of which return similar information there are some subtle differences.

        I listed a few below (no affiliate links, but feel free to just type the names into a search engine):

        Price Checker Software App

        eComSpy - FBA Inventory Market Analysis Tool

        https://scope.sellerlabs.com/
        Update:

        I've been using Sellerscope and while the intended functionality is exactly what I was looking for, I found that results generated are not accurate. Often times seller rank for items will generate as "0" when in fact there is a seller rank and their calculation of FBA fees does not jibe with FBA Revenue calculator. My search continues.
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        • Profile picture of the author travelhuni
          Have you ever found a good solution for this? Jungle scout does Amazon research well, but won't let u upload a list. I need that software too.
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          • Profile picture of the author txphi592
            Honestly, no. I've wasted a lot of $ on programs and they are all either 1) missing critical data in their results file (forcing you to manually check, defeating the purpose) or 2) things simply don't work or are not consistent and cant be trusted.

            I got so irritated with this that I hired a high quality developer and have been developing a program that produces a full result list and is accurate, every-time. It's bee a long and very expensive journey but we're 95% finished and have a VERY nice product as a result. After all this work and money, I'm considering making it available online and undercutting all of these ridiculous software providers that charge you $40+/mo for crap.
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  • Profile picture of the author TapTapper
    Amasuite is the best tool for this. Otherwise, a coder can do the same thing using AZ's REST interface
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  • Profile picture of the author jackshoes
    Managing your product through a plug-in for Amazon. i have that kind of plug-in which use to manage your product and this is shopping cart feed. you can buy and use this one.
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