Amazon announced the launch of its order-notification software, Amazon Services Order Notifier.
When Amazon announced plans for this software last summer, it threatened to eliminate customer information from the “Sold, ship now” e-mails. But as of this evening, I’m still receiving customer shipping addresses and e-mail addresses in my “Sold, ship now” e-mails.
I’ve been using the beta version of ASON for a few weeks, and it’s been working fine, except for two weekends ago when I couldn’t get a connection for a few hours. Amazon’s Web site was down at the same time.
Two features recently added to ASON that I think are very helpful:
- The ability to export order data to a comma-separated file.
- Copy-to-clipboard functionality, allowing you to copy order information into other applications like Endicia, for postage printing.
One bug that still irritates me about ASON — the “ship to” name often includes only the buyer’s first name. I’m not sure if this has been fixed or not.
If you’re currently depending on the “Sold, ship now” e-mails for your Amazon orders, it probably wouldn’t hurt to download ASON and get familiar with it. It does provide better security. But if you’re using a Mac, you’re stuck with cutting and pasting from your Seller Account page.
Here’s more information about ASON.
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It doesn’t support Windows XP x64 (64 bit) Edition so I’m SOL. And it doesn’t support Vista (but really who cares about that?). Amazon will have to get it’s act together to support both of these platforms. In the meantime, I’ll have to set up an old PC with regular Windows XP to get my notifications. I’m interested in using it if it will make inputting into my database easier. I’ve tried DLing the current sales spreadsheets and it takes longer to manipulate them it to work with my database than it takes to cut and paste the info into my database.
~Grunchlk
As a small seller, I just check my Marketplace Orders on my seller account page a couple of times a day.
I use AOB and have never failed to receive everything I need through their shipping page, but sometimes it takes a half hour or so for a new order to show up there.
At this point, I can’t see that I’m missing anything, so I have no desire or need to download another software program — particularly one that may not have all the bugs worked out of it.
I’m probably stupid. Okay, I am definitely stupid about a lot of what it takes to be computer savy (like math skills!). So I am not certain how to make my life easier with listing books online. I use the three services (Abe/Amazon/Alibris), but as I use HOMEBASE as the data base for my inhouse inventory (on my computer)…it was the first service I had and until it sort of tanked for me last year, it was my only service for almost 7 years. So, when I list a book I first put it on Homebase with that nifty lookup service, then I cut and paste into the other services. When I first went on Amazon, they accepted my HOMEBASE, but anything that wasn’t a condition they use, they put as ‘acceptable’ even if the book was Near Fine or even AS New. This severely hurt my sales (and does with most things that are common…and my 3,3000 listings are mostly common). I am trying to figure out a way to do this that allows my condition to remain fixed (and not altered by Amazon), as well as an ease of operation.
I am willing to use a scanning device if it isn’t too costly. I use XP.
Any help here. And KIS folks! I am really slow reading software info (see above).
Debbie K.
Copy-to-clipboard functionality, allowing you to copy order information into other applications like Endicia, for postage printing.
I have the hardest time to find that..where is it, please? I can not copy anything from the supplied order form..is there a way around it. thanks!