Not sure if you're restricted from selling products you're considering purchasing? Let InventoryLab and Scoutify check for you automatically by turning on the Product Alert options in your Settings!

To manage these settings, click your Account Name > Settings from the dropdown menu.

Click General from the left menu.

Next, scroll to the Product Alerts section.

Click the toggle next to Check for Amazon Restrictions to turn this option On or Off.

With this setting turned On, you can select which conditions you want InventoryLab to check restrictions for by clicking the checkboxes next to them.

The product conditions available to choose from are:

• New
• Used Like New
• Used Very Good
• Used Good
• Used Acceptable
• Collectible Like New
• Collectible Very Good
• Collectible Good
• Collectible Acceptable
• Refurbished

When searching for products in Scout and List, you will see an Amazon Restricted Alert next to a product if you are restricted from selling it in a condition you have set up in these settings.

In Scout, the alert will appear as shown below:

In List, the alert will show like this:

Clicking View Product Alerts and expanding the Amazon Restrictions section in Scout, or hovering over the icon in List, will show you under what conditions you are allowed to sell the product and under what conditions you are restricted from selling it.

In Scout:

In List:

If Amazon is accepting applications to sell the product, you will see a Request Approval link in Seller Central under the Restricted Conditions section.

In Scout:

In List:

Clicking this link will open a new tab in your browser where you can sign in to Seller Central and complete the steps to request approval.

If Amazon is not accepting applications to sell the product, you will see a note saying that Amazon is not currently accepting applications to sell this ASIN.

In Scout:

In List:

Click the toggle next to Ideal Buy to turn this option On or Off.

You can set your properties to only identify an Ideal Buy when Amazon isn't the seller and/or if the item has a Great Rank and enter a maximum Number of Offers you would want an item to have in order to be considered an Ideal Buy under Settings > Research.

When an item in the search results in Scout meets the requirements you set, you will see a green Ideal Buy indicator.

The alert will appear as shown below:

You will also see the Ideal Buy indicator after clicking on a product to view its information.

The alert will appear as shown below:

Clicking View Product Alerts will show you the qualifications the product meets to be considered an Ideal Buy.

InventoryLab automatically checks if an item is hazmat (dangerous goods) for you.

You will see an alert that an item is considered hazmat regardless of whether you are enrolled in the FBA Dangerous Goods program or not.

You will see the Hazmat Alert after clicking on a product to view its information if Amazon has classified it as a dangerous good.

In Scout, the alert will appear as shown below:

In List, the alert will show like this:

Clicking View Product Alerts in Scout and expanding the Hazmat section will show a message saying that the item is considered hazmat by Amazon or that it is under hazmat review.

While listing, InventoryLab will automatically check if the item you are adding to your batch requires an expiration date. If it does, you will see an expiration date Product Alert.

When entering your listing details, you will also see a message saying the item requires an expiration date in the Expiration field.