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How to connect Amazon FBM to Katana

Connect to Amazon FBM, set up product mapping and inventory sync, and configure your fulfillment location.

Written by David Lorbiecke

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 together.

Connecting Amazon FBM

  1. Open the Integrations Marketplace from the top toolbar (puzzle piece icon)

    1. Search for "Amazon FBM" and click Connect (ensure you're not choosing the FBA integration
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  2. Choose the marketplace to connect.

    1. 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

    2. Click Continue to Amazon Seller Central where you're redirected to the Seller Central of the selected marketplace to authorize the connection

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  3. Authorize the connection in Amazon Seller Central.

    1. Log in to your Amazon account if you aren't signed in already

    2. On the Authorize Katana page, review the access details, tick the checkbox directing Amazon to provide Katana access, and press Confirm

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  4. After confirming, you'll be brought back to the configuration page inside Katana. The header will show Connected, but the sync is inactive until setup finishes.

Configuration overview

Before the integration can be activated, you'll need to complete the 3 sections of the configuration:

  1. Products mapping (products are linked by SKUs between Amazon and Katana).
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    1. Select yes/no for whether SKUs are 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 file of mapped SKUs

    2. When ready, click Start the import to import your FBM listings. When it completes, you'll see Import finished
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  2. Inventory sync (choose what is pushed to Amazon):
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    1. Choose between the default of In-stock - Committed quantity or In-stock - Committed + Expected quantity (if you also want inbound expected quantities counted as available for sale)

    2. Kits and bundles are handled automatically - Katana pushes their Potential (buildable) stock
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  3. Order sync (select the Katana location that fulfills your Amazon FBM orders).
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    1. Imported FBM orders land in this location, and its stock is what Katana pushes to your Amazon listings

    2. You can pick any existing location except an Amazon FBA location. Unlike FBA, connecting FBM doesn't create a new location

  4. Once all three sections are complete, click Activate sync at the top of the screen, and the header will change from Sync inactive to Sync active.

Post-integration behavior

Amazon FBM orders

  • New FBM unshipped orders appear in the Sell screen's Open table and will be 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
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  • 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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