South AfricaSelling on amazon.co.za
English with British spelling, metric measures and prices in rand, so an American listing needs both its spelling and its units turned around.
- Listing language
- English
- en-ZA
- Prices in
- ZAR
- Not a euro market
- Amazon marketplace ID
- AE08WJ6YKNBMC
- Amazon's published identifier
What has to change
- Spelling follows British usage: "colour", "grey", "aluminium".
- South Africa is metric. A capacity written as "11 lb" for the US market goes back to "5 kg".
- Prices are in South African rand. English is one of several official languages and it is the listing language here.
What a translator gets wrong
Reusing the amazon.com listing because both are English. The pounds and the American spelling both come along with it.
The same title, both ways
Before
Nordhaus Digital Kitchen Scale 11 lb, Stainless Steel, Gray
On amazon.co.za
Nordhaus Digital Kitchen Scale 5 kg, Stainless Steel, Grey
Starting from a US title: the capacity back in kilograms and the colour in British spelling.
Written as an illustration of the difference. For a real before and after from the engine, see the home page.
What every amazon.co.za listing is checked for
Title within 75 characters
Written to the budget before a word is set down, so it is never cut or replaced by Amazon.
Search terms within 249 bytes
Counted in bytes, the way Amazon counts them, and trimmed between characters.
Actually in English
A listing that came back in the source language, or half in it, is held back for you.
One upload file for amazon.co.za
Tab separated, in the shape Seller Central expects, uploaded by you in your own account.
Every other marketplace
Write your catalogue for South Africa in one run.
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