Some manufacturers now label their products with Transparency 2D barcodes to better track their inventory and ensure its authenticity. Your Transparency-enabled products for sale on Amazon must be appropriately labelled with Transparency codes. The Transparency-enabled ASINs you source from vendors must also include Transparency codes.
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Transparency 2D barcodes are affixed to the outer packaging of each individual unit of the product. Generally, it is square and printed in black and white. For example:
The Transparency code is a unique alpha-numeric identifier for each unit of a product. This can be available in two formats. It can be a 26-digit, alpha-numeric identifier beginning with AZ: or ZA: (e.g. AZ:L1Z2H38F4C5Q6R7E5K6Z1C2K3E; total length is 29 characters). It could also be a Serialised Global Trade Item Number or SGTIN (e.g. 0100376204200301214P1OZMT7D8B81EMF4WW4; total length is 38 characters).
You can scan the codes using a 2D barcode scanner or 2D data matrix barcode scanner mobile application. You can find examples of 2D barcode scanners by doing a quick search on the Internet using the keyword "2D barcode scanner". You can find examples of 2D data matrix barcode scanner mobile applications by searching for "2D barcode scanner" in your mobile app store.
You can identify Transparency-enabled items in two ways:
Transparency-enrolled ASINs are highlighted with a blue Transparency badge on the Manage Orders page in Seller Central. For these ASINs, you must provide Transparency codes when you confirm your shipment.
You can also go to Order Reports:
Once complete, the Transparency field will automatically display when you download your report.
If the value in this field ("is-Transparency") is set to “True” in the order report, you must upload Transparency codes for these ASINs when confirming the shipment.
When you retrieve order details in the Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS) API, use the ListOrderItems API to identify orders with Transparency-enabled items. For additional information, please see ListOrderItems .
Follow the steps below to download the file template in Seller Central.
You can use this template to upload Transparency codes even if you confirmed your shipment in another tool, such as Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) API or a third-party software.
Your Transparency-enrolled ASINs are highlighted with a blue Transparency badge on the Manage Orders page in Seller Central.
Follow the steps below to confirm, upload and dispatch products with Transparency codes:
If you confirm your shipments in Amazon MWS, you can use the SubmitFeed API to upload Transparency codes for orders with Transparency ASINs. For details, see SubmitFeed .