Amazon Vendor Central Glossary

Amazon metric used to measure vendor performance and product availability by taking into account in-stock percentages, pricing and selection of available items. If an item has a “Fast Track offer” the page states - Want it delivered Tuesday Dec 19th? Order in the next XX hours and XX minutes.

Total cost of the units, Amazon received from you during the selected time period.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. / Cost of goods sold to customers.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. Cost of goods sold to customers.

A chargeback on Amazon Vendor Central is a fee Amazon deducts from your remittance when an order or shipment misses one of its compliance requirements.

Percentage of Items Confirmed as ‘Accepted’ during PO confirmation.

Percentage of Quantity Confirmed as ‘Back Ordered’ during PO confirmation.

The percentage page views during which Amazon had the item in replenishable state and lost buy box to a third party merchant due to uncompetitive price. This excludes items that are not released yet.

Monthly Estimated Net Received is a calculated value using the weekly "Net Received" value from the "InventoryHealth" report. Currently, Amazon ARA doesn't provide a Monthly Net Received so this is used as an alternative.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. Cost of goods sold to customers.

Net amount received by Amazon after subtracting the amount returned to the supplier in the selected time frame.

On Hand Revenue is the estimated amount of revenue that amazon would generate if it sold off it's current inventory. On Hand Revenue is calculated by multiplying On Hand Units by Retail Price.

Listing out of stock items with a Replenishment Code of 'Planned Replenishment (PR)' or 'New Product (NP)'. All other items are not listed.

The percentage of customer glance views during which the item was Out of Stock but Replenishable, measured over the total customer glance views the item had.

Shipped Revenue is InsightLeap's estimate to what Amazon's Shipped revenue is for a given period. We calculate this value by multiplying Shipped Units by Retail Price.

Top products shipped this month (units)

Unit Cost is the price that amazon purchased the product. It is calculated by dividing Shipped COGS by Shipped Units. If Shipped COGS is not available we divide On Hand Cost by On Hand Units to determine the Unit Cost.

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Amazon metric used to measure vendor performance and product availability by taking into account in-stock percentages, pricing and selection of available items. If an item has a “Fast Track offer” the page states - Want it delivered Tuesday Dec 19th? Order in the next XX hours and XX minutes.

Total cost of the units, Amazon received from you during the selected time period.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. / Cost of goods sold to customers.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. Cost of goods sold to customers.

An ASN (Advance Shipment Notice) is the electronic notice a vendor sends Amazon before a shipment reaches the fulfillment center, declaring what is on the truck, in which cartons, and against which PO.

A chargeback on Amazon Vendor Central is a fee Amazon deducts from your remittance when an order or shipment misses one of its compliance requirements.

Percentage of Items Confirmed as ‘Accepted’ during PO confirmation.

Percentage of Quantity Confirmed as ‘Back Ordered’ during PO confirmation.

The percentage page views during which Amazon had the item in replenishable state and lost buy box to a third party merchant due to uncompetitive price. This excludes items that are not released yet.

Monthly Estimated Net Received is a calculated value using the weekly "Net Received" value from the "InventoryHealth" report. Currently, Amazon ARA doesn't provide a Monthly Net Received so this is used as an alternative.

Total shipped cost of goods sold by Amazon during the selected time period. Cost of goods sold to customers.

Net PPM (Net Pure Product Margin) is Amazon's product-level margin metric for vendors: pure product margin after cost of goods and services are deducted, shown as a percentage against the prior period and year over year.

Net amount received by Amazon after subtracting the amount returned to the supplier in the selected time frame.

On Hand Revenue is the estimated amount of revenue that amazon would generate if it sold off it's current inventory. On Hand Revenue is calculated by multiplying On Hand Units by Retail Price.

Listing out of stock items with a Replenishment Code of 'Planned Replenishment (PR)' or 'New Product (NP)'. All other items are not listed.

The percentage of customer glance views during which the item was Out of Stock but Replenishable, measured over the total customer glance views the item had.

A purchase order (PO) on Amazon Vendor Central is the order Amazon issues to a vendor against its own demand forecast, naming the items and quantities Amazon wants shipped and the window it wants them in.

Shipped Revenue is InsightLeap's estimate to what Amazon's Shipped revenue is for a given period. We calculate this value by multiplying Shipped Units by Retail Price.

Top products shipped this month (units)

Unit Cost is the price that amazon purchased the product. It is calculated by dividing Shipped COGS by Shipped Units. If Shipped COGS is not available we divide On Hand Cost by On Hand Units to determine the Unit Cost.

Weeks of Coverage