Amazon Reseller Tip: What an Amazon ASIN is, what it's uses are, where it can be found, and a cool trick to finding it quickly

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In this article, we will go through a step by step explanation of what an Amazon ASIN is, what it can be used for, and a cool trick to finding it quickly.

Amazon's Explanation:

Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (ASINs) are unique blocks of 10 letters and/or numbers that identify items. You can find the ASIN on the item's product information page at Amazon.com. For books, the ASIN is the same as the ISBN number, but for all other products a new ASIN is created when the item is uploaded to Amazon's catalogue. You will find an item's ASIN on the product detail page alongside further details relating to the item, which may include information such as size, number of pages (if it's a book) or number of discs (if it's a CD).

ASINs can be used to search for items in Amazon's catalogue. If you know the ASIN or ISBN of the item you are looking for, simply type it into the search box (which can be found near the top of most pages), hit the "Go" button and, if the item is listed in our catalogue, it will appear in your search results. (Source: Amazon Help Page)

Our Explanation:

An ASIN is a tag that is tied to an enormous amount of information that is located in Amazon's database. There are many tools that pull specific information of an item based on the ASIN.

Uses:

ASINs can be used to pull all sorts of important information for research on any item on Amazon quickly and accurately 

• Price & Rank Tracking - there are many sites that track product pricing & ranking. These sites all pull the information out of Amazon's database based on the ASIN.
• FBA Calculator - In our last article we discussed how to use the ASIN to locate items quickly and accurately. See here. 

Where can I find an ASIN?

There are 2 methods we will discuss here how to find an ASIN:

Method #1 - Locating an ASIN on an Amazon product page.

Step #1 - Locate the item that you are researching and click on the product:

Step 2 - Scroll down to the "Product Description" Section & look for the ASIN field:

Method #2 - Locating an ASIN using your URL link: (Much faster method)

Step #1 - Locate the item that you are researching and click on the product:

Step #2 - Locate the ASIN in the URL bar.

Step #3 - Double click on the ASIN text to select just the ASIN. Alternatively, you can highlight this text manually.

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