What is the use case for having multiple vendor IDs?

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NewUser-47d62460-a5ad-4e9d-81d9-e293a47abed8 asked · May 29, 2019 at 04:04 PM

What is the use case for having multiple vendor IDs?

What is the use case for having multiple vendor IDs?
I am asking as I have noticed that vendor ID(s) is/are returned on a list.
I need to know that to be able to handle properly the use case.

This documentation suggests it is possible to have multiple vendor ID: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/vendor-operations.html.
This implementation suggests it too: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ask-cli -> node_modules/ask-cli/lib/commands/init/ask-setup-helper.js.

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Answer 1 · 2019-05-29T18:28:02Z

KirkC@Amazon answered · May 29, 2019 at 06:28 PM

Hi. If I'm an Amazon developer, I might be asked by an organization to help them build their skills or apps. The owner of that organization's developer account would then invite me and add me to their developer account with a given role, like "Administrator" or "Developer."

In that scenario then, I as one user would be associated with two developer accounts (and two vendor IDs). For more information, please see the documentation below:

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/app-submission/manage-account-and-permissions.html#add_other_users

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NewUser-47d62460-a5ad-4e9d-81d9-e293a47abed8 · May 30, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Thanks @KirkC@Amazon for quick reply.

I understand now that there is a "organization account" to which many users developers may be assigned.

1) Knowing that, is it possible to login to 'organization account' with 'organization credentials' (not credentials of any particular user) and choose on behalf of which vendor ID I am performing actions?

2) Or is it possible to login as an administrator of the organization and choose on behalf of which vendor ID I am performing actions?

I am asking about such a scenarios because when I look at the API it seems that such scenarios might be possible and so my team might need to cover them in our app.

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KirkC@Amazon ♦♦ NewUser-47d62460-a5ad-4e9d-81d9-e293a47abed8 · May 31, 2019 at 09:35 PM

Hi. The Amazon Developer Console doesn't have a concept of organizational credentials, logins are tied to a user's Amazon.com account. That said, if my user account is associated with multiple developer accounts (defined by separate vendor IDs) then yes, it is possible to choose on behalf of which vendor ID you are performing actions. The way that this is handled within the developer console's user interface is through a dropdown menu in the upper-right. If your Amazon account is associated with multiple developer accounts, you'll have a "Change User" option allowing you to toggle between the accounts you're associated with.

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