When + Why to Change a Removal to Sellable or Unsellable

July 1st, 2019- Present Data

Prior to July 1st, 2019 Data

As a rule of thumb, any item that you can no longer sell again, you will mark as Unsellable. If you plan to sell the item again, regardless of the Amazon disposition (even if on another marketplace), you will mark the removal as Sellable on the Disposition Management page.

July 1st, 2019- Present Data:

For the data starting July 2019, changes in the disposition of removals are managed on the Disposition Management page, under the Accounting tab. 

For the disposition of a removal, you'll just need to click either the Sellable or Unsellable button for each item on the Disposition Management page. 

In the screenshot above, we have 1 Defective, or Unsellable item. The Buy Cost Credit is $2.63. Click on the Unsellable button and a dropdown box appears. To change this item from Unsellable to Sellable, click the Down Arrow in the dropdown box: 

To make the dropdown box go away, click anywhere else on the page.

This action causes several changes:

• The quantity will change to 0 on the Unsellable button and in the dropdown box
• The Unsellable button will turn gray
• The Sellable button will turn green and its quantity will change from 0 to 1
• The Buy Cost Credit column changes to reflect the correct logic depending on the removal.
• A date of modification will appear to the right of the Unsellable box, indicating when this was manually changed

You can type the 1 into the dropdown box and press the Enter key to accomplish the same result.This works the same way to change an item from Sellable to Unsellable.

To understand what Cost/Unit changes to expect, see the below articles:

Accounting for Removals and Disposals prior to 2020

Accounting for Removal and Disposal Orders

If you have multiple items in the removal, you can split the quantities between the two dispositions by adjusting the amounts for each button.

Changing the default disposition

The default disposition for the Disposition Management page is Sellable. 

You can change the default dispositions a couple of ways.

The first is by going to Settings>Accounting and changing the Disposition Management Defaults.

You can also do this from the Dispositions Management page. 

To select a default disposition for items that have been removed, or for Merchant (MFN) returns, click on the small gear icon under the blue Advanced Search button:

Once clicked, your options appear below in a drop down (you can also access this by clicking on your name in the upper right corner of the page and selecting Settings>Accounting)

Either method will update how the items on the Disposition Management page default, but will not alter any past dispositions. 

Prior to July 1st, 2019 Data:

For your data prior to July 2019, changes to the disposition are done on the Accounting>Refunds page. When you make a decision on whether the item is Sellable or Unsellable, just click the dropdown arrow of the correct disposition and increase the quantity.