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Amazon Multi-Location Inventory (MLI)

Overview

Amazon Multi-Location Inventory (MLI) is a feature that allows you to manage and track inventory across multiple physical locations. It helps you to fulfill orders from the closest or most appropriate location, track inventory levels, and manage stock transfers between locations.

This article explains how to set up Amazon Locations, map them to your Sellercloud warehouses, and how you can switch from the normal inventory management workflow to MLI.

Amazon Multi-Location Inventory (MLI) is only available for Amazon US.

If you already have an active integration with Amazon and would like to switch to MLI, follow the steps outlined in the last section of this article instead.


Enable MLI

Once you have set up your Amazon Account Integration in Sellercloud, and the Multi-Location Inventory feature is enabled in Seller Central:

If you are switching an existing Amazon integration to Multi-Location Inventory, we recommend configuring your Amazon location mappings before enabling this setting. See Switch to MLI section below for more details.

  1. Go to Company Settings.

  2. Open the Toolbox > Amazon General Settings.

  3. Click Edit.

  4. In the Controls panel, check Enable Amazon Locations.

  5. Click Save.

Once the setting is configured in Sellercloud, all SKUs within that company will be managed per location for Amazon.


Manage Amazon Locations

In Sellercloud, you can create and download your Amazon Locations, and update their details. The Amazon Locations page is available regardless of the Enable Amazon Locations setting status. You can download locations and configure warehouse mappings in advance. The mappings are only used after Amazon Locations is enabled in Amazon General Settings.


Download

To download and sync your Amazon Locations in Sellercloud:

  1. Go to Company Settings.

  2. From the Toolbox, select Amazon Locations.

  3. In the Amazon Locations panel header, click the rotating arrows icon to Download/Sync Locations from Amazon.

  4. Alternatively, you can add locations manually. Click the + icon in the panel header and fill in the Location Code. Then, click Add Amazon Location.


Configure

To open the Amazon Location details page:

  1. Go to Company Settings.

  2. From the Toolbox, select Amazon Locations.

  3. Click the Location Code hyperlink.

On this page, you can configure the location's details, as described below:

  • In the General panel, you can view the location Code, Amazon Code, and Active Status. Additionally, you can configure the address and contact details.

  • The Inventory panel allows you to designate a Ship From warehouse and specify warehouses for storing inventory. Before you activate the Default Warehouse for Orders feature, you must enable the required order report column in Seller Central. To do this, go to Orders > Order Reports > Add or remove order report columns, and enable Fulfillment Plan.

  • The Supply Source Hours panel lets you configure working hours for the location.

  • The Hours For Delivery panel provides settings related to order fulfillment from the location.

  • Any warehouse mappings you create are saved immediately. Sellercloud begins using them only after Enable Amazon Locations is enabled.


Actions

The Amazon Location Details page action menu allows you to:

  • Deactivate Location on Amazon - By performing this action, you notify Amazon that you wish to deactivate this location. If Amazon Locations are enabled, Sellercloud will also update Amazon inventory for the affected location.

  • Update Location on Amazon - If you have edited the location's details, you can use this action to send the new information to Amazon.


Manage Products Per Location

Once the MLI workflow is enabled in the Amazon General Settings of your integrated company, all products linked to it will be managed per location. This means that instead of sending the combined inventory from all sellable warehouses, we will break down the feed per location. To view the specific numbers:

  1. Go to the Product Details page.

  2. From the Toolbox > click Amazon Properties.

  3. In the Inventory panel, click the View Per-Location Inventory hyperlink.

  4. In the pop-up modal, you will see which active locations this SKU has inventory in and how many units.


Order Warehouse

Once you have configured your products, the next step is to ensure new orders are assigned the correct Ship From Warehouse in Sellercloud. This can be achieved by enabling the necessary column in Amazon's order report, which we use to create new orders.

To start importing the order location selected in Amazon:

  1. Log in to Seller Central.

  2. From the top Orders menu, select Order Reports.

  3. Click Add or remove order report columns on the right.

  4. From the list of Optional Columns, enable Fulfillment Plan.


Switch to MLI

If you already have an existing Amazon integration and use the standard Amazon inventory workflow, you can switch to MLI.

Open a ticket with Sellercloud Support and verify that App Setting AmazonSendDefaultZeroWithMultiLocationInventory is enabled on your server. This ensures Amazon uses only location-based inventory quantities.

To transition to MLI:

  1. Navigate to Company Settings > Amazon Locations and download your Amazon locations into Sellercloud.

  2. Map each Amazon Location to the appropriate Sellercloud warehouse, and Save your changes. Always map your SKUs before enabling location settings. Otherwise, Amazon defaults each location and the respective stock to zero.

  3. Go to Company Settings > Amazon General Settings and enable Amazon Locations.

  4. Send an inventory update manually using the Update Inventory on Channel bulk action, or wait for the next scheduled inventory update to apply the location mappings and begin sending inventory quantities by location.


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