AnAmazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN) is a 10-characteralphanumericunique identifier assigned byAmazon.com and its partners for product identification within the Amazon organization.[1] They were designed in 1996 by Rebecca Allen, an Amazon software engineer, when it became clear that Amazon was going to sell products other than just books. The 10-character format of the ASIN was adopted so that Amazon databases and software, which were designed to expect a 10-characterInternational Standard Book Number (ISBN) field, would not have to be changed to accommodate the new identification format.[2]
Each product on Amazon.com is given a unique ASIN. For books with a 10-digitInternational Standard Book Number (ISBN), the ASIN and the ISBN are the same.[3] TheKindle edition of a book will not use its ISBN as the ASIN, although the electronic version of a book may have its own ISBN. The ASIN forms part of theURL of a product detail page on Amazon's website.[4]
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