Product master data
Product master data is the canonical list of what you sell — your SKUs, the bundles you’ve built from them, the ASINs they map to, and the attributes (cost, dimensions, brand, category) Hilal uses for forecasting, fee analysis, and reporting.
In this guide:
- Open the Products view
- Sync from Amazon
- Add and edit a SKU
- Create a bundle
- Use attributes for downstream features
Prerequisites
- Amazon Seller account connected.
- Owner / Admin / Member with
inventory.manage.
Step 1: Open the Products view
Go to Inventory → Products in the sidebar.
The list shows all SKUs your Seller account knows about, plus any bundles you’ve created in Hilal.
Step 2: Sync from Amazon
Hilal pulls SKUs and ASINs automatically from your Seller account. To force a re-sync (e.g., after listing new products on Amazon), click Sync from Amazon in the top-right.
Step 3: Add and edit a SKU
Most SKUs come from Amazon, but you can add custom SKUs (e.g., raw components you don’t list on Amazon but track for forecasting). Click Add SKU:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| SKU | Your internal ID. Must be unique. |
| Title | Human-readable name. |
| Cost | Per-unit cost. Used for profit and P&L calculations. |
| Brand / Category | Tags used for filtering and reporting. |
| Dimensions / Weight | Used by the Amazon fee analyzer and FBA shipment builder. |
| Image | Uploaded via Cloudinary; appears in lists and detail views. |
Edit a SKU later by clicking its row → Edit.
Step 4: Create a bundle
A bundle is a SKU made up of other SKUs sold as one unit (e.g., a 3-pack of a single product, or a multi-component gift set). Click Create bundle:
- Bundle SKU — the parent SKU you list on Amazon.
- Components — child SKUs and quantities (e.g.,
WIDGET-A × 3).
Hilal tracks both the parent stock (what’s listed on Amazon) and the underlying component availability. If a component runs low, the bundle’s days-of-cover drops accordingly.
Step 5: Use attributes for downstream features
The attributes you set here power features elsewhere:
- Cost drives the profit column in the dashboard and the P&L report in Finances.
- Dimensions / Weight drive the Amazon fee analyzer and the FBA shipment builder’s pallet estimation.
- Brand / Category are filters in Analytics & trends and dimensions in Superset BI dashboards.
- Image appears in lists, the dashboard’s top-SKUs card, and exported reports.
Investing in clean master data on day one pays off everywhere.
Troubleshooting
- A new Amazon listing isn’t here. Click Sync from Amazon. If still missing, the listing is in a marketplace you haven’t ticked under Settings → Marketplaces.
- Bundle stock looks wrong. Bundle stock is the minimum of (parent stock, ⌊component stock / qty⌋ across all components). Check each component.
- Cost field is empty for many SKUs. Bulk-edit by exporting to CSV (top-right menu → Export), filling in costs, and re-importing.