Amazon MWS sandbox

Question

I intend to develop a client for Amazon's Marketplace webservices (MWS). My requirements would be to update the order, synchronize the order status, get the order details using the APIs they have.

However, I could not find a Sandbox environment to test these scenarios. Amazon has a payment Sandbox I understand, but is there a sandbox available to test these web-services? If not, any pointers on how to go about testing the above mentioned scenarios with Amazon MWS?

Answer 1

UPDATE

As seen in the comments to this post, Amazon no longer provides a staging / test environment.

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i just had a conversation via sellercentral ticket with an amazon employee.

they say:

"We can provide you with a free Seller Central test account to be used in ungated categories only, which are the Amazon categories that do not require approval to sell in. For a list of ungated categories, please scroll down to the middle of the page here: http://www.amazonservices.com/content/sell-on-amazon.htm."

For orders:

"After you’ve logged into the staging site, you then need to log into a real Amazon buyer account (not your staging account) to buy items. Then, navigate to the offers you’ve created. If you want to buy anything from your staging account (in order to test MWS order functionality) you will be using real credit card data, so make sure your offers are priced at only one cent, and your shipping is also set to one cent. These offers will not be visible on Amazon .com. Do not buy from any other sellers on the staging site."

So (conclusion): Just file a ticket** and tell them you want a seller central test account like this!

First register** for an account that you can access seller central with (please note, that some kind of accounts have a monthly fee, so choose a "per sale" plan. This fee won't be charged with your test account), then you can file the ticket (click the link above).

All resources about the MWS API are here.

** Replace .com with your local Domain for the Amazon Site you want a test (staging) account for.

Hope that helps :-)