How to create and assign Amazon Product Type to products

Modified on Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 at 6:43 PM

M2E Pro streamlines the process of assigning the correct Amazon Product Type easy to ensure that your products are displayed in the appropriate category within the Amazon category tree. 


Watch our video tutorial about creating and assigning Amazon Product Types.


How to create Amazon Product Types in M2E Pro?

  1. Go to Amazon Integration > Configuration > Product Types.

  2. Click Add Product Type and select the Marketplace you want to use it for.

  3. In the pop-up, select the Product Type and click Confirm. You can find the relevant Product Type by keywords in the Search tab or go to the Browse tab and pick it directly from the list.

  4. Assign Product Specifics using Magento Attributes or enter them manually.

  5. Save the settings.


General Product Type in M2E Pro is the default Product Type used by Amazon to create an Offer for a product.

General Product Type includes only 
the essential Product Specifics required by Amazon and cannot be used in M2E Pro to create new ASINs.

How to assign Product Types to Amazon items?

  1. Go to Amazon Integration > M2E Pro > Listings.

  2. Open the Listing and switch to the Setting View Mode.

  3. Select the Products you would like to update.

  4. In the Actions menu select Assign Product Type.

  5. In the pop-up click Assign next to the proper Product Type.

  6. Confirm your choice to save the settings.


That’s it! After saving, M2E Pro will update your product according to the Sync Policy in use.


Also, you can assign Product Types to your M2E Pro Listings using Auto Add/Remove rules.


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