Case 2
A client recently came with three Vendor Central accounts. One of them was the account I had previously sold — clean, functional, and fully connected. The other two had been purchased elsewhere, and at first glance they looked fine.
But once I ran a full diagnostic, everything changed.
Both accounts were already flagged as Blocker in Amazon’s internal system — meaning the contracts had been terminated long before the purchase.
In practice, that looks like this:
– You can still log into the portal
– The interface appears normal
– But no POs are created, no shipments go through, and Amazon has fully disconnected the backend
There were no alerts, no messages — just empty inboxes. From the outside, these accounts seemed intact. But inside, they were completely non-functional.
Even the client’s Vendor ops team didn’t recognize the issue. They’d worked with Vendor before — uploading products, managing basic operations — but didn’t have access to backend data or experience interpreting internal statuses.
I showed them the internal reports, explained how Amazon handles terminations, what happens during the 60-day wind-down, and why no amount of “reactivation attempts” would bring those accounts back to life. Whoever sold the accounts had wiped the traces — no communication history, no context, no warnings left behind.
We agreed to move forward with a long-term consulting setup.
Now I review every potential acquisition, run diagnostics before purchase, and help avoid further losses. In just the first month, we already rejected three other offers that would’ve turned into similar problems.
What you see in the Vendor dashboard is only part of the picture. To understand the actual status of an account, you need access to what’s under the surface — and the expertise to read it properly.
Would you move forward with a six-figure Vendor deal without full internal verification?