Illustrative example — all figures are synthetic. Your report is generated from your own Vendor Central data.
Free Margin Recovery Audit — Example Vendor Co.
Prepared by Tahiti North Consulting · July 02, 2026 ·
based on the account exports you provided
$435,141
estimated recoverable across 244 open opportunities
— plus $377,320 already lost to expired dispute windows that a
monitoring cadence would have caught.
Account scorecard vs. industry benchmarks
| Metric | Your account | Benchmark | Status |
|---|
| Chargeback rate (% of shipped COGS) Compliance penalties across PO, ASN, prep, transportation and receive categories. | 5.82% | <0.5% strong | ~1.5% average | >2% systemic | ✗ Urgent |
| Shortage rate (% of invoiced COGS) Most shortage deductions are receiving artefacts and recoverable with POD/ASN proof. | 8.82% | 1-3% well-managed | 5-10% systemic | ⚠ At risk |
| Effective co-op rate (% of net receipts) Includes any duplicate, expired-agreement and over-rate billing defects found below. | 6.3% | ~10% typical | 5-22% observed range | ✓ Good |
| SKUs missing Cost of Goods Amazon pays reimbursements on manufacturing cost; blank COGS means near-zero payouts. | 10 (8% of events) | 0 - blank COGS zeroes reimbursement payouts (Mar 2025 policy) | ⚠ At risk |
| A-to-z claims about to auto-grant Response window is ~5 business days from claim date. | 3 | 0 - unanswered claims auto-grant and debit the account | ✗ Urgent |
| Recovery windows already missed Not recoverable now, but proof of the leak run-rate; usable as AVN negotiation evidence. | $377,320 | $0 - money that was recoverable and expired unfiled | ✗ Urgent |
| Recoverable expiring within 30 days Dispute windows as short as 30 days (chargebacks) and 60 days (FBA lost/damaged). | $41,983 | $0 - anything here needs filing this month | ⚠ At risk |
Your top 3 recovery opportunities
$22,611 estimated — expired agreement (Contra-COGS / co-op)
Record COOP-00051 · 605 days left to file · files in: Vendor Central > Payments > Co-op (enter invoice #; unlimited re-disputes)
$20,748 estimated — duplicate charge (Contra-COGS / co-op)
Record COOP-00014 · 206 days left to file · files in: Vendor Central > Payments > Co-op (enter invoice #; unlimited re-disputes)
$14,002 estimated — duplicate charge (Contra-COGS / co-op)
Record COOP-00055 · 257 days left to file · files in: Vendor Central > Payments > Co-op (enter invoice #; unlimited re-disputes)
+ 241 further opportunities worth an estimated $377,780
Shortages & price claims: 90 · Net PPM reconciliation: 41 · FBA reimbursements: 37 · Contra-COGS / co-op: 20 · FBA returns: 18 · A-to-z / SAFE-T: 16 · DF freight & chargebacks: 11 · Chargebacks: 8
The itemized queue, evidence checklists, and ready-to-file dispute drafts for every item are part of the full Deduction Audit.
Beyond recovery: 416 operational findings, ~$397,765/month at stake
Advertising waste, listing conversion gaps, account-health risk and FBA storage exposure, audited against published Amazon thresholds.
✗ Urgent listing suppressed (Listings · B025460445)
~$21,812/mo at pre-suppression traffic and conversion — Fix via the Suppressed tab today - every day dark is lost revenue
✗ Urgent listing suppressed (Listings · B024894008)
~$20,059/mo at pre-suppression traffic and conversion — Fix via the Suppressed tab today - every day dark is lost revenue
✗ Urgent selling at a loss (Profitability · B042779491)
CM1 22% / CM2 -3% / CM3 -15% / net -16% - losing $2,956/mo — Chronic negative contribution - reprice, cut fees, or prune within 90 days
+ 413 further findings
Advertising: 156 · Listings: 113 · FBA inventory: 73 · Profitability: 36 · Pricing / Buy Box: 21 · Listing content: 12 · Account health: 5
The full audit itemizes every finding with its fix.
Next step - the full Deduction Audit.
Every opportunity itemized with evidence checklists and ready-to-file dispute text, a filing plan
sequenced by deadline, and a prevention roadmap for the recurring defects. The audit fee is credited
toward recovery work if you proceed.
Robert Antolin - Tahiti North Consulting - robertantolin@gmail.com