A $24.99 sale can leave you $2.50.
Amazon's fees, the product and the ads take most of the price. A few cents of wasted ad spend on each sale decide whether a product makes money, so that is where our daily check starts.
- Searches that spend and never sell
- Top sellers about to run out of stock
- Fee changes and reimbursements nobody checks
- The buyer pays
- $24.99
- Amazon's fees
- −$7.49
- Your product cost
- −$6.25
- Ads for this sale
- −$8.75
- Profit left from the sale
- $2.50
We started with our own accounts.
BrimScout was built by a seller who runs three Amazon brands. Before we offered it to anyone, we ran it on those brands. The first audit of one of them found this.
Every change makes five stops, and one of them is you.
Follow one example change from the daily check to its grade. Click any stop to see who does what.
- Our system: The daily check sees that each sale from the search "insulated tumbler" lost $2.10 after ads.
- Your operator: A person reads the reason and the math, and drops anything that does not fit your brand.
- You: You tap Approve, or skip it. Nothing reaches Amazon without that tap.
- BrimScout or you: After you approve, we apply the change where your account allows it, or give you the steps to do it. The before and after are written down.
- Your operator: Once the results are in, it is graded: worked, too early to tell, or didn't work.
Getting started takes three steps
- 1
Connect your store
Use Amazon's own permission screens. The free audit needs read-only access. Edit access covers only the work you approve. Connections and edits also need Amazon's approval of our app, and your authorization.
- 2
Sign the starting numbers
Before any change, we both sign your profit for the 60 days before your start date. Our fee is measured from that number. You also set a daily spend cap and words we must never target.
- 3
Approve the work
Each change comes with its reason and its math. Approve or skip it in one tap. Afterwards we grade it: worked, too early to tell, or didn't work.
The work we do in your account every day
Our system finds the work, and a real operator checks it before it reaches you.
- 01
Ads set from profit
Bids follow each product's profit after Amazon's fee and your cost. Searches that spend without selling get cut.
ExampleBid on "insulated tumbler"$1.20 → $0.75 - 02
Listing fixes
We rewrite titles, bullets and keywords for you to approve. After you approve, we send the change to Amazon where your account allows it, or give you the file to upload.
ExampleTitle, Water Bottle 32 ozRewrite ready for your OK - 03
Stock warnings
Days left on every product, and a reorder warning before a product runs out.
ExampleTumbler 20 oz9 days left - 04
Account health
Sudden sales drops, listing changes and FBA fee jumps, flagged in our daily check. Policy warnings and suppressed listings come once Amazon's account health data is connected.
ExampleToday's checkSales down 38% on 1 product - 05
Fees and profit per sale
Your estimated profit on each sale after your product cost, Amazon's referral and fulfillment fees, and ad spend, with an alert when a fee jumps. Featured offer alerts come once Amazon's pricing data is connected.
ExampleFBA fee, Water Bottle 32 ozUp $0.38 - 06
Money Amazon may owe you
We look for FBA reimbursements Amazon may owe you. Each lead comes with its evidence for you to check before a case is filed.
Example6 units lost inboundAbout $112, possible - 07
Seller Central cases
Drafted with evidence, then filed from your Seller Central, or by us once you authorize BrimScout as a service provider. We can file for you only after Amazon approves BrimScout as a service provider. Tracked to the outcome.
ExampleCase with evidenceReady for your Seller Central - 08
A weekly report
Written by your operator: what we changed, what worked, what didn't, against the starting numbers we both signed.
ExampleThis week5 worked, 1 didn't - 09Coming soon
Creators
Product samples sent to creators, and their videos used in your ads.
For brands that sell on Amazon US.
What we read from Amazon, and why
Each Amazon permission our app asks for when you connect, what it lets us read, and what we use it for. Some of these uses start once Amazon approves our app. We read only your own account and use it only for your account.
- Amazon Ads
- Campaigns, keywords, search terms and their results. Bids are set from each product's real profit, not from ACOS alone, and budget moves to what earns.
- Product Listing
- Your listings, their status and the issues Amazon reports. We flag suppressed or non-compliant listings, and a fix is sent to Amazon only after you approve it.
- Pricing
- Featured offer status, competing prices and Amazon's fee estimates. Profit per sale and the highest bid that still pays. We never change your prices on our own.
- Amazon Fulfillment
- FBA inventory and reimbursement reports. Days of cover, stock warnings and possible missing reimbursements for you to review.
- Selling Partner Insights
- Account health, policy warnings and defect rates. Early alerts, so your operator checks account risk before proposing ad changes.
- Finance and Accounting
- Fees, refunds, reimbursements and payouts from Amazon's settlement data. Estimated profit per product after your recorded product costs, Amazon's referral and fulfillment fees, and ad spend. That number sets bids and measures the profit we add.
- Inventory and Order Tracking
- Orders, units and prices by product and day. What the ads really earn. We do not collect buyer names, addresses or contact details.
- Brand Analytics
- For brand-registered sellers: Search Query Performance, Search Terms, Market Basket and Repeat Purchase reports. The searches you are losing and the keywords worth adding to ads and listings. Used only for your account and never combined with other sellers.
How we use AI
Bid, listing and stock proposals come from our own rules-based math on your Amazon data, and a person reviews them. AI (Anthropic's Claude) answers your questions in the Ask Scout chat, and its answers can be wrong. Your numbers refresh daily, some reports lag by a day or two, and nothing changes without your approval.
A report written by your operator.
- 1The starting pointBefore any change, we both sign your profit for the 60 days before your start date. Every report measures against it.
- 2What changedEvery change from the week, with its reason: approved, skipped, or still waiting for you.
- 3What workedEach change is graded once its results are in: worked, too early to tell, or didn't work.
- 4Profit against the startYour profit next to the starting point, so you can see what was added.
Our fee is 20% of the profit we add.
No base fee during the pilot. We measure against the starting numbers we both signed. Cancel any time.
Your ad spend and Amazon's seller fees are paid to Amazon and are not part of our fee.
Get a free profit audit- Starting point, signed by both of us
- $10,000
- Profit added
- $3,000
- Added profit you keep (80%)
- $2,400
- Our fee (20%)
- $600
Profit went up $3,000. You keep $2,400 of it and we are paid $600.
Who is paid when profit stays flat
How you pay
Retainer-based agency: A monthly retainer or a share of ad spend
Reporting-only software: A monthly subscription
BrimScout: 20% of the profit we add
Who does the daily work
Retainer-based agency: Their team
Reporting-only software: You, from its reports
BrimScout: Our system and your operator
Who approves each change
Retainer-based agency: It depends on the agency
Reporting-only software: You, when you act on a report
BrimScout: You, every change
A month where profit does not grow
Retainer-based agency: The retainer is still due
Reporting-only software: The subscription is still due
BrimScout: No fee during the pilot
Four questions before the audit
Tick what is true for you. Nothing is sent.
Tick what is true for you.
What sellers ask us first
The short answers. The free audit answers the rest on your own numbers.
Get a free profit auditWe've worked with agencies before. What's different?
Many agencies charge a monthly retainer or a share of your ad spend, so they are paid whether your profit grows or not. We are paid 20% of the profit increase over numbers we both sign, and you approve every change before it happens.
Why not use Amazon's own tools?
Someone still has to run them every day. We do that work, count your real costs, and are paid only when your profit goes up.
Do you change anything without asking?
No. Every bid, keyword, listing edit or budget move is shown with its reason and its math, and nothing is applied until you approve it. Every change is logged with its before and after values.
What access do you need?
For the free audit, a report export or read-only access. For the pilot, you authorize BrimScout through Amazon's own permission screens for the ad accounts and listings in scope. We never ask for your Amazon password, and you can remove our access at any time.
What does it cost?
No base fee during the pilot. You pay 20% of the profit increase over a starting baseline we both sign. A month where profit does not go up costs nothing.
Is my data shared with anyone?
Your data is used only to run your account. We never sell it and never combine it with other sellers' data. The providers that help us run the service are listed on our Data Processing page.
Do you work with creators?
Not yet. It is coming soon: product samples sent to creators, and the best videos used in your ads.
Which marketplaces?
Amazon US. We work in your Seller Central and Amazon Ads accounts.
Is this the same company as the RV park software?
Yes. BrimScout LLC also makes BrimScout reservation software for RV parks. The two products are separate and share no customer data.
Are you part of Amazon?
No. BrimScout is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon.
Find out which of your products lose money after ads.
- Insulated Tumbler 30 ozUnits sold: 268Profit per sale after ads: −$1.40What the audit found: Loses money after ads
- Insulated Tumbler 20 ozUnits sold: 412Profit per sale after ads: $2.50What the audit found: 3 searches spend and never sell
- Slide Lid 2-packUnits sold: 520Profit per sale after ads: $3.10What the audit found: Title changed overnight
- Steel Straw SetUnits sold: 145Profit per sale after ads: $4.05What the audit found: Sales down 38% this week
- Water Bottle 32 ozUnits sold: 190Profit per sale after ads: $6.80What the audit found: Healthy
