Authorize Selling Partner API Access (SP-API) for Sellers
This guide will walk you through the process of authorizing Reason Automation to access Amazon data on your behalf through the Selling Partner (SP) API.
In order to authorize seller accounts for SP-API, your authorizing user must have the following Global Account permissions:
- View & Edit Manage Service Request
- View & Edit Manage Authorized Partners
If your user does not have these permissions, a Super Admin for the seller account must provision them. A Super Admin is someone who has the ability to manage user permissions at Global Account level. A Super Admin can do so with the following instructions:
How to Provision Seller Central Permissions1. Log in to the Reason Automation client portal.
If you have not yet created an account, please follow these instructions:
Create a Reason Automation portal account2. Connect your Amazon account.
In the portal, click on “Connect New Account” on the homepage or in the left navigation under “Manage Your Data.”
- Please identify the account by giving it a name in the “Brand Name” field.
- Choose Seller Central from the “Account Type” dropdown.
- Choose a marketplace (e.g. US). If you are connecting multiple marketplaces, you must authorize each marketplace one at a time.
- Click “Continue.”
- Please double-check the Brand Name, Account Type, and Marketplace, then click “Authorize.”
- An Amazon login will open in a new window. To authorize Reason Automation, please log in as a Super Admin, or an account with the following Global permissions:
- View & Edit Manage Service Request
- View & Edit Manage Authorized Partners
- After logging in, you will be asked to authorize the “Reason Automation VC-SC Data Pipeline.” Please check the box and click “Confirm.”