# Listing Items on Amazon

Before you can send anything to Amazon, you need to add the product to your inventory in Seller Central. This creates your seller offer on an existing Amazon listing — you're not creating a new listing from scratch, you're joining one that already exists.

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**Step 1 — Find the ASIN**

Every Amazon product has an ASIN — a unique identifier that looks something like B08XYZ1234. You can find it in:

* The product URL — look for **/dp/** followed by a string of letters and numbers
* The product details section further down the page
* The lead posted in Discord — most leads will include the ASIN directly

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**Step 2 — Add the product in Seller Central**

1. Go to **Inventory → Manage All Inventory → Add Product**
2. Paste the ASIN into the search bar
3. Find the exact matching product — double check the brand, size, and pack quantity before selecting it. Getting this wrong means labelling issues down the line.

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**Step 3 — Set your offer**

* **Condition** — always select New
* **Fulfilment method** — Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA)
* **Price** — set it slightly above the current Buy Box price to begin with. This protects you while your stock is in transit to Amazon. Once it's live you can adjust down to compete properly.

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**Step 4 — Barcode settings**

When prompted to choose a barcode type, always select **Amazon barcode (FNSKU)**.

This generates a unique label for your specific stock. It costs nothing and reduces the risk of your items getting mixed up with another seller's stock in the warehouse — which does happen, and it's a nightmare to sort out when it does.

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**Step 5 — Save and finish**

Click save and finish. Your product will now appear in your inventory with a status of **Inactive (FBA)**.

That just means it's listed but you haven't sent any stock in yet. It'll stay inactive until your first shipment arrives and is checked in by Amazon.

The next step is printing your labels and creating your shipment — which we cover in the next section.


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