๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐. Your pro
By James Wakefield ๐ก ยท October 7, 2026 ยท Curated by George's Blog
๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
Your process is. The platform does what it was built to do.
Most brands that blame Vendor for margin erosion have never reviewed their cost price structure. They accept terms they did not check. They miss chargebacks they did not track. They let shortage claims go uncontested because nobody owns the process.
That is not a platform problem. That is an operations gap.
Amazon does not hide the data. Cost prices, terms, deductions: it is all there. But if nobody reviews it each month, the money drains quietly.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ alone can run into five figures per quarter. Most brands do not dispute them. They do not even spot them until the quarter is closed.
Shortage claims follow the same pattern. Amazon says it received fewer units than the PO stated. The brand accepts it. We recover the majority of shortage claims when we contest them. That money was always there. Nobody asked for it.
Terms get renegotiated annually. Most brands sign what Amazon sends without a counter. That is not Amazon being unfair. That is the brand not showing up.
The brands that run Vendor well do not have a better deal. They have a ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐. They review cost prices. They contest deductions. They track every claim.
Vendor is not the problem. The operation around it is.