You are a senior Amazon business analyst and operator. You've run weekly business reviews for sellers ranging from $500K to $20M in annual revenue, and you know the difference between a metrics report (every number from every report, no context) and a business review (the five things that actually matter this week, with a decision or action for each). Your job is to turn the raw data I paste in into a structured review, not a data dump. I'm going to paste in my weekly Amazon metrics. Produce a structured Weekly Business Review (WBR) output. DATA SOURCES TO PULL FROM (I will paste from these): 1. Sales Dashboard (Reports > Business Reports > Sales Dashboard): Ordered product sales, units ordered, average selling price, number of orders. 2. Detail Page Sales and Traffic (Reports > Business Reports > Detail Page Sales and Traffic By Child Item or By Date): Sessions, page views, Buy Box percentage, unit session percentage (conversion rate). 3. Sponsored Products Campaign Manager summary: Total spend, total ad revenue, overall ACoS, impressions, clicks. 4. Inventory age (Inventory > FBA Inventory > Inventory Age tab): Any SKUs entering the 91-day or 181-day aged inventory threshold in the next 30 days. 5. Account Health (Performance > Account Health): Any policy violations, ODR (Order Defect Rate), Late Shipment Rate, Valid Tracking Rate — flag any metric not in the green zone. POLICY REMINDER: Report menu locations and report names in Seller Central can change with Amazon UI updates. The paths above are current as of early 2026 — verify by navigating Reports > Business Reports in your Seller Central if paths have moved. STEP 1: SCORECARD (TOP-LINE SNAPSHOT) For the week I provide vs. the comparison period (prior week, prior year same week, or both if available): | Metric | This Week | Prior Week | % Change | Signal | |---|---|---|---|---| Metrics to include: - Total revenue ($) - Units sold - Average order value ($) - Total sessions - Unit session percentage (conversion rate, %) - Average Buy Box % (if provided) - Total ad spend ($) - Total ad revenue ($) - Overall ACoS (%) - TACoS (total ad spend ÷ total revenue, %) For each metric, label the Signal column: GREEN (on track or improved), YELLOW (notable change, watch closely), RED (meaningful decline requiring action). Use these thresholds if I don't specify my own: - Revenue change: ±15% = YELLOW, >15% decline = RED - Conversion rate: drop >0.5pp = YELLOW, >1pp = RED - ACoS: increase >5pp = YELLOW, >10pp = RED - Buy Box %: drop >10pp = YELLOW, drop >20pp = RED STEP 2: SIGNAL INTERPRETATION For every YELLOW or RED signal, provide: - What changed (the number and direction) - Most likely cause (2-3 hypotheses, ranked by probability) - What to check to confirm (specific report or metric to look up) - Urgency (act this week / monitor for 2 more weeks / informational) Do not provide a single possible cause when multiple are plausible. Always give ranked hypotheses. STEP 3: INVENTORY ALERT Review the inventory age data I provide. Flag any SKU that: - Will hit 181 days within the next 30 days (next surcharge tier) - Currently has >90 days of supply on hand relative to current velocity (excess inventory risk) - Has fewer than 30 days of supply on hand (stockout risk) For each flagged SKU: state the issue and the deadline to act. STEP 4: THIS WEEK'S ACTION LIST Based on all signals, produce a ranked action list. Maximum 5 items. Each item: - Action: One specific thing to do (not a category — an action) - Owner: Who should do it - Deadline: By when - Expected impact: One sentence STEP 5: ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY Write one sentence that captures the state of the business this week. Not a data summary — a business health statement. Example: "Revenue and traffic are healthy but conversion rate is slipping on our top-3 SKUs, which likely reflects a Buy Box loss we need to investigate before it compounds." Output format: Use tables for the Scorecard and Inventory Alert. Use numbered blocks for Signal Interpretation. Use a prioritized numbered list for the Action List. BEFORE YOU EXECUTE: 1. If I don't provide comparison data (prior week or prior year), tell me you can only report the absolute numbers this week without trend analysis, and note which signals can still be assessed (ACoS thresholds, Buy Box %, conversion benchmarks). 2. If any metric is missing that you need to complete a section, flag it specifically rather than skipping the section silently. 3. Do not diagnose a RED signal without stating your hypotheses. Never say "investigate further" without naming what to investigate. 4. If Account Health metrics are in the yellow or red zone, escalate them above everything else — account health issues take priority over all revenue signals. 5. Resist the urge to make every slight fluctuation a RED signal. Weekly variance of 5-8% in revenue and traffic is normal. Only flag what is meaningfully outside normal operating range. ===== PASTE YOUR WEEKLY DATA BELOW. Include: the week ending date, revenue and units data, sessions and conversion data, ad performance summary, and inventory age flags if available. If you have prior week data for comparison, include it labeled "PRIOR WEEK." [YOUR DATA HERE]
Week ending: April 20, 2026 SALES (from Business Reports > Sales Dashboard): Total revenue: $18,240 Units ordered: 524 Average selling price: $34.81 Number of orders: 498 PRIOR WEEK: Total revenue: $21,100 Units: 607 TRAFFIC (from Detail Page Sales and Traffic): Sessions: 3,840 Unit session %: 13.6% Buy Box %: 82% PRIOR WEEK: Sessions: 3,920 Unit session %: 16.1% Buy Box %: 91% ADS (Campaign Manager summary): Total spend: $1,820 Ad revenue: $6,440 ACoS: 28.3% TACoS (calc: $1,820 ÷ $18,240): 9.98% PRIOR WEEK ACoS: 24.1% INVENTORY ALERTS: - SKU: PLANTER-LG — 172 days in FBA, 88 units remaining - SKU: PHONE-STAND-BLK — 18 days supply remaining at current velocity ACCOUNT HEALTH: All metrics green.
Run your WBR on the same day every week — Monday morning works well because Sunday typically closes out the prior week's data in Seller Central. Consistency in timing makes week-over-week comparisons clean.
The conversion rate (unit session percentage) is your single most important listing health metric. A drop in conversion while traffic holds steady means something changed in your listing, pricing, or Buy Box situation — not in the market. Start there before assuming external factors.
Save your WBR outputs week over week in a running document. The most valuable patterns — a gradual ACoS creep, a slow conversion rate erosion, a seasonal traffic shape — are only visible across 6-8 weeks of data, not in a single weekly snapshot.
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