<aside> ⚠️ Starting from M2E Pro version 1.38.0, the Description Policy functionality is no longer supported in M2E Pro. Instead, you need to use Product Types to provide item information. Read more in this article.
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Amazon provides several variations of its category structure depending on the purpose:
That is why the same product may be found in different Amazon categories of different categories trees.
Let’s say you sell socks. When assigning the Amazon category using M2E Pro, you can find this product under Sports & Outdoors > Fan Shop > Sports Collectibles > Clothing & Uniforms > Socks.
A buyer, when searching on the Amazon website, can find the same product under Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry > Novelty & More > Novelty > Clothing > Men > Socks.
As you are a seller, when using M2E Pro, you will work with the Categories structure developed by M2E Pro on the basis of the following data sources:
Therefore, the category structure on Amazon Seller Central does not coincide with the category structure within M2E Pro.
<aside> ℹ️ Some of the Amazon Categories are not currently supported by M2E Pro. A list of available categories will be expanding in the future.
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Each Amazon category has two characteristics:
Browsenode ID is a numeric code that identifies the location of a product category on the Amazon website. It determines the reasonable location, not the path of the category.