Welcome to the Amazon E-Commerce Service Who Should Read This Guide? What Is ECS? How Do I Make Money Using ECS? International Locales Organization of This Guide Getting Set Up Getting Registered Becoming an ECS Developer AWS Access Key ID Secret Access Key Registering with Amazon Payments Becoming an Associate Becoming a Seller Becoming a Marketplace Pro Merchant Becoming an Amazon Advantage Seller Reading Amazon's Licensing Agreement Introducing E-Commerce and Web Services What is E-Commerce? What is a Web Service? What is XML? XML Syntax XML Structures Using XML What is a WSDL? Anatomy of a WSDL Response Definitions PortType Binding Service WSDL Location What is a Schema? Schema Locations ECS Terminology and Basic Concepts The Marketplace Vendors on Amazon Associates Sellers Amazon Advantage Sellers Individual and Pro Merchant Sellers Individual Sellers Pro Merchant Sellers Merchants Merchants@ Pro Merchants Merchants@ Sellers Items for Sale Item Identifiers Other Item Identifiers Summary of ECS Operations Find Items Find Out More About Specific Items Shopping Cart Customer Content Seller Information Other Operations ECS Developer Community ECS Developer Aids Visual Introduction to ECS Finding Items Finding Out More About an Item Getting Seller Information Implementing a Shopping Cart Organization of Items for Sale on Amazon Item Organization Browse Nodes Browse Node Properties Root Category Browse Nodes and Items Browse Node IDs Browse Nodes and Search Indices Finding Browse Nodes Search Indices Search Indices and Locales Variations Variation Parents Variation Dimensions Collections Parent and Child Collection Items Lists ECS Operations and Lists URLs for Lists URLs for WishLists URLs for Listmania Lists URLs for WeddingRegistry and BabyRegistry Lists Finding List IDs Accessories Making Requests and Understanding Responses Making REST Requests Making SOAP Requests Understanding Responses Finding Items to Buy Search Operations Items You Cannot Buy Finding Items Sold by Merchants Required ItemSearch Parameters Common ItemSearch Parameters Returning Only Available Items Inaccurate Availabilities Availability Parameter Restrictions and Constraints Power Searches Power Search Syntax Power Search Operators Power Search Tips Searching Using TextStream Using Search Bins to Find Items NarrowBy Attribute NarrowBy Values NarrowBy Values Per Search Index Finding Items Sold by Sellers Finding Items Using Browse Nodes Traversing the Browse Node Hierarchy Understanding BrowseNode Results When Drilling Down Finding Items on Lists Finding the Items Using the Customer ID Finding Customer Information CustomerContentSearch CustomerContentLookup Motivating Customers to Buy Using Images Multiple Images Versus Variation Images Image Sets ImageSet Categories Retrieving Images Manipulating Image URLs Promotions Promotion Categories Customer and Seller Reviews Getting Customer Reviews Getting Editorial Reviews Getting Seller Feedback Returning Additional Seller Reviews Suggesting Other Items Sold by the Seller Suggesting Similar Items to Buy Finding Similar Item IDs Returning Items Similar to Cart Items Using SimilarityLookup Specifying Multiple Items Filtering Similar Items Similar Versions of the Same Item Recommending Other Items Sold by the Same Seller Top Sellers Getting Top Sellers From the Shopping Cart New Releases Sorting by Popularity, Price, or Condition Suggesting Items on a Customer's Wish List Returning Price and Availability Information Returning Prices Offer Summaries Returning More Information About the Offer Providing Price Ranges for Product Categories Items That Do Not Have Offers Determining Parent Items Returning Offers From Item Variations Variation Dimensions Determining Availability Availability Values Checking for an Offer Listing ID Determining the Availability of Items Sold by Sellers Working With Remote Shopping Carts Shopping Cart Concepts Cart Identifiers Merging Local and Remote Shopping Carts Remote Shopping Cart Tasks Creating a Remote Shopping Cart Specifying the Items in the CartCreate Request AssociateTag Parameter MergeCart Parameter Using Values Returned by CartCreate in Other Cart Operations Modifying the Items in a Remote Shopping Cart Adding Items to a Cart