Connecting Amazon FBM to Katana enables automatic importing of your self-fulfilled Amazon orders, a real-time inventory push to your FBM listings, and tracking and delivery status write-back to Amazon.
Amazon FBM is a separate connection from Amazon FBA with its own configuration - you can run one or both.
Connecting Amazon FBM
Open the Integrations Marketplace.
Navigate to the Integrations Marketplace
Search for "Amazon FBM" and click Connect - the FBM tile is separate from the Amazon FBA tile
Choose the marketplace to connect.
In the Connecting Amazon FBM with Katana window, select the Amazon marketplace you want to connect - marketplaces are grouped under North America, Europe, and Far East
Click Continue to Amazon Seller Central - you're redirected to the Seller Central of the selected marketplace to authorize the connection
Authorize the connection in Amazon Seller Central.
Log in to your Amazon account if you aren't signed in already
On the Authorize Katana page, review the access details, tick the checkbox directing Amazon to provide Katana access, and press Confirm
After confirming, you're brought back to Katana and the FBM configuration page opens - the header shows Connected, with the sync still inactive until you finish the setup below.
Configuration overview
Before you can activate the integration, complete the three configuration sections:
Products mapping - products are linked between Amazon and Katana by SKUs.
Answer Are item SKUs the same between Katana and Amazon? If they don't match - for example, you use separate FBA and FBM SKUs for the same physical product - select No and upload the SKU mapping file
Then click Start the import to import your FBM listings - once it completes, you'll see "Import finished"
Inventory sync - choose what gets pushed to Amazon:
In-stock - Committed quantity (default), or In-stock - Committed + Expected quantity if you also want inbound expected quantities counted as available for sale
Kits and bundles are handled automatically - Katana pushes their Potential (buildable) stock
Order sync - select the Katana location that fulfills your Amazon FBM orders.
Imported FBM orders land in this location, and its stock is what Katana pushes to your Amazon listings
You can pick any existing location except an Amazon FBA location. Unlike FBA, connecting FBM doesn't create a new location
Once all three sections are set, click Activate sync at the top of the screen - the header changes from Sync inactive to Sync active, and the integration is live.
Post-integration behavior
Amazon FBM orders
New FBM unshipped orders appear in the Sell screen's Open tab tagged "Amazon FBM"
Inventory
Katana pushes stock levels for your mapped FBM products to Amazon in real time whenever stock changes - no schedule needed (Amazon has
Fulfillment and tracking
When you mark an FBM order as Delivered, Katana confirms the shipment to Amazon along with the carrier and tracking number
Managing the connection
You can pause the sync or disconnect the integration anytime from the ⋮ menu at the top right of the configuration page (Pause sync / Disconnect)
Note: FBA and FBM connections are independent - disconnecting one doesn't affect the other. You can have one FBM connection per Katana account.
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