Amazon audit with an action plan

A fixed-price audit for brands on Seller Central and Vendor Central. I find where your account loses money, put a cost on each problem and show you what to fix first.

From £295 · Report in 4 to 7 days · Free 15-minute call

Top findings Sample account
01 Ads paying for searches that never sellAdvertising £1,840a month
02 Best-seller hidden from search for 19 daysProduct pages £1,260a month
03 Another seller wins the sale on 6 productsWho wins the sale £1,180a month
38 problems found, ranked by cost £7,240a month

Artur, the person who runs your audit

15+ yearsin e-commerce
Since 2012selling on Amazon
$5M+ a yeargrown with my own brand
4 regionsUS, UK, EU and Canada
Sample report

See what you get

Amazon audit report
Sample brand, UK marketplace, 30 products

Part 1Your account

The biggest problems first, each with what's wrong, what it costs you and what to do.

£7,240lost each month
38problems found
6fixes for the first 30 days
01 Ads paying for searches that never sell £1,840a month Advertising
What's wrong212 search terms got ad clicks over the last 60 days without a single sale.
What it costs£1,840 a month with nothing back. That's 27% of your ad budget.
What to doBlock these terms (the full list is in the report) and move the money to the 18 terms that sell at a profit.
02 Your best-seller was hidden from search for 19 days £1,260a month Product pages
What's wrongAmazon pulled it from search because a required safety detail was missing. Shoppers could only reach it through a direct link.
What it costs£1,260 a month at risk. Sales fell by 60% while it was hidden, and the same gap can get it pulled again.
What to doAdd the missing detail this week, then check your other 29 products for the same gap.
03 Another seller wins the sale on 6 of your products £1,180a month Who wins the sale
What's wrongA reseller prices 50p below you, so on most days their offer is the one shoppers get when they press "Add to basket".
What it costsAbout £1,180 a month. On most days the reseller gets the order on these 6 products, not you.
What to doCheck whether the reseller is authorised. If not, report them through Brand Registry. If they are, agree a minimum price.
04 Shoppers open your page, then buy from a competitor £790a month Product pages
What's wrongOut of every 100 people who open your page, 9 buy. On the same searches the average is 14.
What it costs£790 a month in sales you'd make at the average rate.
What to doMake the changes in Part 2 below, starting with the photos and the first bullet point.

Your 90-day plan

Days 1-30

Stop the wasted ad spend, bring the best-seller back into search, deal with the reseller and add the missing safety details.

Days 31-60

Update photos, bullet points and A+ content using the competitor research, and answer the size question on the page.

Days 61-90

Add the missing search words, start ads on them and check the results against this plan.

See all problems, ranked
#ProblemAreaCost a monthFix by
01Ad clicks on 212 search terms with no salesAdvertising£1,840Week 1
02Best-seller hidden from search over a missing safety detailProduct pages£1,260Week 1
03Reseller winning the sale on 6 productsWho wins the sale£1,180Week 2
04Fewer visitors buy than on competing pagesProduct pages£790Days 31-60
05Bids higher than the sale can pay for on 11 keywordsAdvertising£470Week 2
06Buyers keep asking about size and the page doesn't sayReviews£430Days 31-60
07Safety contact details missing on 9 pagesRules£250Week 3
083 sizes on separate pages instead of oneProduct pages£200Week 3

These are the 8 biggest. The full report lists all 38 problems, with the evidence behind each one and the steps to fix it.

Part 1Your account

The biggest problems first, each with what's wrong, what it costs you and what to do.

£9,860lost each month
31problems found
4fixes for the first 30 days
01 12 products show "Currently unavailable" £3,420a month Products shoppers can't buy
What's wrongOn 9 of them Amazon has run out while you still hold stock. On the other 3 the page itself is broken.
What it costs£3,420 a month in sales these pages made before they went unavailable.
What to doFix the 3 broken pages first, because they need no stock. For the other 9, confirm open orders and flag them to Amazon's vendor team.
02 Cheaper sellers take the sale from Amazon on 5 products £2,150a month Who wins the sale
What's wrongOther sellers price below Amazon, so shoppers buy from them instead.
What it costsAbout £2,150 a month. Amazon sells less of these products, then orders less from you.
What to doFind out where those sellers get their stock, and check whether your price to Amazon leaves room to match them.
03 A quarter of Amazon's orders get cancelled £1,640a month Amazon's orders
What's wrongAmazon ordered 1,240 units over 8 weeks and 26% were cancelled, mostly on products you had in stock.
What it costsAbout £1,640 a month in orders turned down. Each cancelled line also teaches Amazon's ordering system to order less next time.
What to doUpdate stock and delivery times every week, and confirm part of an order instead of turning down all of it.
04 14 product titles hidden from search £980a month Product pages
What's wrongThe titles use wording Amazon restricts, so these products drop out of search results.
What it costs£980 a month in sales from search.
What to doRewrite the 14 titles. The report gives a new version of each one, ready to paste.

Your 90-day plan

Days 1-30

Get the 12 unavailable products back on sale, broken pages first, and stop cancelling orders on products you have in stock. Start the price check on the 5 undercut products.

Days 31-60

Rewrite the 14 titles and add the missing safety details.

Days 61-90

Win more of your main searches using the competitor research, and set up a weekly check on what's unavailable.

See all problems, ranked
#ProblemAreaCost a monthFix by
019 products unavailable while you hold stockAvailability£2,610Week 1
02Other sellers cheaper than Amazon on 5 productsWho wins the sale£2,150Week 1
03Order lines cancelled on products you had in stockAmazon's orders£1,640Week 2
04Restricted wording hides 14 titles from searchProduct pages£980Days 31-60
053 broken product pagesAvailability£810Week 1
06Buyers' most common question not answered on the pageReviews£460Days 31-60
07Safety details missing on 6 productsRules£300Days 31-60

These are the 7 biggest of 31. For every unavailable product, the full report shows whether Amazon has stock, whether you have stock and the reason the page is down.

Part 2Your competitors

Your best-seller next to the three listings that show up beside it most often on your main searches.

YouCompetitor ACompetitor BCompetitor C
Price£24.99£21.99£26.50£19.99
Star rating4.34.64.44.1
Reviews4122,180960305
Photos5776
VideoNoYesYesNo
A+ contentBasicFull, with chartFull, with chartNone
Place on your main search14th2nd5th9th

Red marks where you're behind the leader.

Swipe the table sideways to see every competitor.

What they do better

  • Competitor A shows the product in use in 4 of its 7 photos. All 5 of yours are on a white background, so shoppers can't judge the size.
  • A and B answer the size question in their first bullet point. Yours answers it in the description, which most people on a phone never open.
  • B's A+ content ends with a chart comparing its products, so shoppers who aren't sure stay with B instead of leaving.
  • A and B both have a short video among their first photos.

What to change on your page

Photos

Add 2 photos of the product in use and 1 with measurements. Add a 30-second video.

Text

Put the size answer in the first bullet point and shorten the title so the key point shows on a phone.

A+ content

Add a chart comparing your 3 best-sellers, so shoppers stay with your brand.

Price

Keep £24.99. C is cheaper but rated lower, and A wins on reviews rather than price. Run a 10% coupon for six weeks while your reviews build.

Search words

Add the 14 searches that A and B both show up for and you don't. Together they get about 21,000 searches a month.

The full report does this for each of your main products.

3 more problems, the 90-day plan and the competitor comparison

You finish the audit knowing exactly what to do next

A plan you can start on Monday

Every finding goes into a plan, in the order that saves you the most money. You get 30 days with the Listing check and 90 days with the full audits. You see what to fix this week and what can wait.

DAYS 1-30Stop the biggest losses
DAYS 31-60Fix listings and content
DAYS 61-90Grow traffic and sales

Every review, search term and ad report

Software reads the full data set on your account. I check every finding and write every recommendation myself.

A price tag on every problem

Each issue comes with an estimate of what it costs you a month, so the expensive ones get fixed first.

Selling yourself or selling to Amazon

I work on Seller Central, where you sell to shoppers, and Vendor Central, where Amazon buys from you. For vendors I also check Amazon's orders and which products shoppers can't buy.

What the audit covers

Everything on your account that wins or loses a sale, in plain English. Where Amazon has its own name for something, you'll see it in small print so you can find it in your account.

Your product pagesWhat shoppers see before they buy

  • Titles, bullet points and photosWhether someone scrolling on a phone understands the product in a few seconds.
  • A+ contentThe extra photos and text lower down the page that help people decide.
  • Hidden search wordsKeywords Amazon reads but shoppers never see. Backend keywords
  • Products pulled from searchPages Amazon has hidden or blocked, with the reason for each one. Suppressed listings
  • Sizes and coloursWhether they sit together on one page, so reviews and sales count for all of them. Variations

Your competitorsWho you're up against and how to beat them

  • Who they areThe listings that show up next to yours when shoppers search for your product.
  • Side by sidePrice, star rating, number of reviews, photos, video and A+ content, compared in one table.
  • What they do betterThe specific things on their page that win them the sale.
  • What to change on your pageA list of updates for your photos, text, A+ content, price and search words, in order.

Ads and searchHow shoppers find you

  • Wasted ad spendSearches you pay for that never turn into a sale.
  • What ads cost per saleHow much of each sale goes on ads, against what your margin can afford. ACoS
  • Searches you're missingWords your competitors show up for and you don't, with how many people search for each.
  • Clicks and sales from searchHow often shoppers click your product and then buy it, compared with everyone else on the same search. Search Query Performance

ReviewsWhat buyers tell you

  • What buyers likeThe points people praise most, so your page can lead with them.
  • What buyers complain aboutProblems that keep coming up, and whether the fix is the product, the page or the packaging.
  • Questions the page leaves openThings buyers keep asking that your photos and text should already answer.

Selling to AmazonFor brands on Vendor Central, where Amazon buys from you

  • Products shoppers can't buyPages showing "Currently unavailable", split into stock problems and page problems.
  • Who wins the saleWhether shoppers buy from Amazon or from another seller on your page. Buy Box
  • Amazon's ordersWhat Amazon ordered, what you confirmed and what was cancelled. Purchase orders
  • Sellers cheaper than AmazonOther sellers pricing below Amazon, which leads Amazon to sell less and order less from you.

Money and rulesWhat protects your margin

  • Fees and marginWhat's left from each sale after Amazon's fees, ads and returns.
  • Safety detailsThe product safety information the UK and EU now require on every page. GPSR
  • Green claimsEco wording that new EU rules restrict unless you can prove it. ECGT
  • TranslationsGerman, French, Italian and Spanish pages checked for wrong or machine-made wording.
  • Brand protectionOther sellers changing your page or selling fakes. Brand Registry
Pricing

Fixed prices, agreed before we start

Every audit includes competitor research, a walkthrough call and a money-back guarantee.

Listing check

£295
one-off
1marketplace10products4-7 daysdelivery

Best for: a quick check of your pages before you spend more on ads

  • Every product page checked: title, bullet points, photos, A+ content and hidden search words
  • Products pulled from search, and why
  • Who wins the sale when other sellers are on your page
  • Safety details and restricted wording
  • Your pages next to your closest competitor, with the changes to make
  • Fix list, ranked by cost
  • 30-day action plan
  • Walkthrough call
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Recommended

Full account audit

£595
one-off
1marketplace30products4-7 daysdelivery

Best for: most brands with one main marketplace

  • Everything in Listing check, plus:
  • Competitor research on your three closest rivals, with the changes to make on your pages
  • Ads review: wasted spend, search terms and bids
  • What buyers say across all your reviews
  • Searches your competitors show up for and you don't
  • 90-day action plan
  • 45-minute walkthrough call
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Multi-marketplace audit

£1,195
one-off
3marketplaces75products4-7 daysdelivery

Best for: brands selling in several countries, and US brands moving into the UK or EU

  • Everything in Full account audit, plus:
  • Brand Store and photo review
  • Brand protection: sellers changing your page, and fakes
  • Ready for a new country: translations, safety details, green claims and pricing
  • Second call after 30 days to check progress
  • Questions by message for 14 days
Book a call

Need it sooner? Express delivery gets your report to you in 2 to 5 days. We agree the price on the call.

More than 75 products? I audit catalogues of 200, 300 or more, for a fixed price agreed on the call.

Money-back guarantee

If the audit doesn't show you anything worth fixing, you get a full refund.

  • View-only access. I never change anything in your account.
  • Rather not give access? Send the reports I list instead.
  • NDA on request.
  • Your data is deleted once the audit is done.

How it works

Book a free call

15 minutes on your account, your goals and which audit fits, or whether you need one at all.

Share access or reports

You add me as a view-only user in Seller Central or Vendor Central and the ads console. Rather not? Download the reports I list and send them over.

Get your report

The report arrives in 4 to 7 days, or in 2 to 5 with express delivery.

Walk through it

We go through the findings on a video call and agree what to fix first. Then your data is deleted.

Artur, founder of Marketlift

Hi, I'm Artur

I've worked in e-commerce for over 15 years and sold on Amazon since 2012. I grew my own brand to more than $5M a year, so I've had to find the leaks on an account myself, with my own money on the line.

Today I work with brands selling on Amazon in the US, UK, EU and Canada, on Seller Central and Vendor Central. I run every audit myself, from the first data pull to the walkthrough call. No account managers, no juniors: the person on the call is the person who did the work.

15+ yearsin e-commerce
Since 2012selling on Amazon
$5M+ a yeargrown with my own brand
4 regionsUS, UK, EU and Canada

Questions before you book

Is the first call really free?

Yes. It takes 15 minutes. We look at your account and your goals, and I tell you which audit fits, or whether you need one at all.

What access do you need?

View-only access to Seller Central or Vendor Central and to the ads console. I send you the exact permissions to set. I never change anything in your account, and you can remove my access as soon as the report arrives.

Rather not give access? Download the reports I list and send them to me, and I run the audit from those. Either way, the more you tell me about the business, such as margins, stock and goals, the sharper the audit.

What happens to my data?

It's used only for your report and deleted once the audit is done. I'm happy to sign an NDA before we start.

How do you put a cost on each problem?

From your own sales, traffic and ad data. Each finding shows how the figure was worked out, and the estimates are kept on the cautious side.

What if the audit doesn't help?

If it doesn't show you anything worth fixing, you get a full refund.

Can I get the report faster?

Yes. Express delivery gets your report to you in 2 to 5 days instead of 4 to 7. We agree the price on the call.

Is the walkthrough call included?

Yes, with every audit. We go through the findings together and agree what to fix first.

My catalogue is bigger, or I sell in more countries

Tell me on the call. I'll quote a fixed price for your size before we start.

Send me your store or your best-selling product

I'll tell you where I'd start. Book a free 15-minute call, or write to me directly.