I’ve given her both the ASIN and the full url, and she gets … random car thingies, with the exact same ASIN as my listing.
I suggested some specific search paths. If those don’t work, I’ll copy the listing to get a new ASIN. However, WHY is Amazon showing her car stuff when she inputs my ASIN? She says she has not searched for any of those car items or similar.
There’s a specific edited link that you need to use to get to the product. @Dogtamer - do your thing pls and provide that. I bookmarked that over at the OSFE but obviously can’t get it now.
As for the direct link not working, that is strange but Dog might know the answer to that too.
I ran the same searches (ASIN, and url) from a private browsing window, and I found the listing both times. No idea why Amazon is showing her car stuff from my ASIN.
She is a repeat customer, so I know she’s not just jacking around. After 8 or 10 messages to create a custom set, this is frustrating for both of us.
Yes, that’s the “raw” ‘simplified’ URL protocol which will generally cut through any of the A9/A10 Algorithm’s attempts to sell ya something.
Another useful “raw” link structure is for the Offer-Listing URL, with which a seller can direct a buyer directly to their own Offer-Listing on a given ASIN’s PDP - pre-populated with the Buy Box:
When I copied directly from your client’s screenshot using my extract text function, it was “O” (capital letter) not “0” (zero). I didn’t even notice.
When I copied B0CWYJ4GHQ from @oneida_books post and searched directly, Amazon didn’t return any results (not even crappy ones; left image), but when I used the link (right image), it went straight to your ASIN.
ETA: Do not get me started on typefaces and fonts that are bad for clarity and accessibility, grrrr. Here on SAS, it’s already a pain with capital i (I) and lowercase L (l)
No, in both of my posts, the first thing I did was input the ASIN into Amazon’s search directly. The only url used for this was basic amazon.com.
On both posts, the second thing I did was use the url you posted, https://www.amazon.com/dp/(ASIN). However, on the first try, the ASIN was incorrect, using a capital “O” for what should have been a zero 0. The second try, I had corrected the ASIN, and it worked.
Search probably isn’t ( or wasn’t) showing the ASIN because it shows as currently out of stock. If you loaded a quantity (or made as a new listing), then it probably wasn’t fully propagated in the system when the customer first tried to find it.
Currently when we search, search shows No results for B0CWYJ4GHQ while the dp/ASIN goes to the product and shows Currently unavailable.
Interesting use of a listing to create a custom order for a specific customer. We do that on our site but never considered doing it through Amazon. Very creative … hats off to you!
I waited several hours before sending the link to the customer, to make sure it was active and searchable.
Yes, currently unavailable because it was OOAK.
On whichever platform a customer sees me and asks for custom items, that’s the platform I do the order. I migrated a custom order only once, when a customer was having so much trouble with Amazon, she asked if I could move it to Etsy.
I made two custom orders this week, one on Amazon and one on MakerPlace. It’s one of the things I miss a lot from my in-person selling days — working with the customer and making something special for them that no one else has. It’s harder to do online.
I used to have my own website, but closed it when the server changed. “Make a new website” is on the back burner somewhere.
