5 Proven Steps to Get Amazon to Accept Your Cost Price Increase (CPI): 1/ Inform

By Martin Heubel ยท November 7, 2026 ยท Curated by George's Blog

5 Proven Steps to Get Amazon to Accept Your Cost Price Increase (CPI):

1/ Inform your VM about your planned cost increase early.

2/ Adjust MSRP/RRPs in line with your CPI.

3/ Set a firm deadline by which the CPI becomes active.

4/ Offer a temporary CSA (60 days) or PO at the old price.

5/ Cancel PO line items at the old cost price past the deadline.

Most importantly:

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.

Don't think that just because you said something once, they'll remember.

What other tactics have you seen working?

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