Overview

Amazon sellers who upload pricing data through XML feeds or bulk templates sometimes encounter error 14013, which signals that the required Price element is missing from the submission. The error stops the feed from being processed, leaving listings with stale or absent prices. Prompt identification and correction are essential to keep catalog pricing accurate and avoid lost sales.

Key Points

• Error trigger — Amazon returns code 14013 when a feed lacks the mandatory <Price> tag or its flat‑file equivalent.
• Applicable feed types — The issue appears in XML price updates, flat‑file templates, and third‑party bulk‑upload tools that push pricing changes.
• Immediate effect — Listings tied to the rejected feed retain their previous price, which can appear as “price unavailable” on the storefront.
• Schema validation — Running the feed against Amazon’s current XML schema catches missing or malformed price fields before Amazon processes the file.
• Root causes — Common origins include edited template files that drop the price column, automated scripts that skip rows with null values, or incorrect currency formatting within the <Price> element.

How Error 14013 Occurs

1. Feed generation — A seller’s system builds an XML payload for a price update. If the code that maps product data to XML omits the <Price> node, the resulting file lacks the element entirely. Example: a Python script that reads a spreadsheet and skips rows where the price column is empty, producing XML without <Price> for those SKUs.
2. Schema mismatch — Even when <Price> is present, using an unsupported format—such as “19.99” without a currency code in a marketplace that requires “USD 19.99”—causes Amazon’s parser to treat the tag as invalid and report it as missing. Example: uploading a feed to the EU marketplace with price values lacking the “EUR” prefix.