I'm trying to update the inventory with more information on clothing sizes, material composition etc. by uploading the appropriate inventory file. Now, the template table that I got from here has loads and loads of required columns such as country_of_origin and target_gender that I need to fill out, as well as main_image_url. I'm not sure what to enter there, as the existing images are just fine.
After researching (see below), I'd like to know if I need to go through the trouble of somehow downloading and uploading all of the product images just for the sake of the inventory table, or if there is any other way to create an inventory file that will not mess up the product information.
Or am I maybe misguided in the way that I am trying to do the product updates?
Thanks for any help!
My Research
Can I just leave the field blank even though it is a required field?
On this Amazon help page, it says to include every piece of information for existing products into the table even it might seem redundant. Whether that is a recommendation or an absolute requirement, I cannot tell.
Is there an efficient way to retrieve all of the main image URLs for existing products?
- Apparently, it is not possible to download the main_image_url in a inventory report like I did with most other required product data columns.
- As our products are imported to Amazon by a Shopify app, we do not have all of the product images saved on a server by product ID or anything like that.
- According to this StackOverflow answer, there are API calls for retrieving product images by ASIN, but those are scaled down, I cannot use those.
