Overview

Amazon Seller Central offers a variety of inventory file templates that allow Professional sellers to manage their product listings in bulk. These spreadsheet-based templates let you upload new products, update existing listings, adjust pricing and quantities, and modify shipping settings — all without manually editing each listing one by one. Choosing the correct template for your task is essential to avoiding errors and streamlining your catalog management workflow.

Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know

• Professional selling plan required — Inventory file templates are only available to sellers enrolled in Amazon's Professional selling plan. Individual sellers do not have access to this feature.
• Multiple template types exist — Amazon provides different templates depending on what you need to accomplish, from creating new listings to updating prices or modifying shipping options.
• Category-specific templates — Product data requirements vary by category, so Amazon offers templates tailored to specific product types with the correct required and optional fields.
• Custom templates available — Sellers can generate customized inventory templates that combine fields for multiple product categories into a single file, simplifying management for diversified catalogs.
• Correct template selection prevents errors — Using the wrong template or missing required fields is one of the most common causes of upload failures and listing errors.

Template Types and When to Use Each

Amazon provides several inventory file template types, each designed for a specific task. The Listing Loader template is the simplest option, designed for matching your products to existing Amazon catalog entries when you don't have complete product information. For sellers creating new listings or providing comprehensive product data, category-specific templates include all required and optional fields for that product type. The Price & Quantity template is a lightweight file for sellers who only need to update pricing or stock levels without touching other listing data. For shipping adjustments, the template lets you set custom shipping service options per listing, while the template allows changes to shipping costs for specific products.