See how we assess, plan and report the work.

Explore illustrative product assessments, cost models, listing reviews and operating reports. These examples show the format and reasoning behind the work. They are not client case studies, measured performance results or forecasts. Read how we work or explore Insights.

Six working documents: verdict sheet, landed-cost model, monthly report, purchase order with a blank approval line, listing analysis and packaging spec
Illustrative example.

The documents, one per row

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The verdict sheet, ending in Do not buy

Every candidate gets one page: landed cost, fees, returns, competition, demand, and a verdict. This one fails — most do. The sheet is the deliverable whether or not anything is bought, and it is the reason a bad product costs you a reading instead of a purchase order.

PRODUCT VERDICT · CANDIDATE 0412 · SEPILLUSTRATIVE
Stackable kitchen storage set · sell price22.43
Landed unit cost11.40
Marketplace fees (referral 3.36 + fulfillment 3.49)6.85
Returns and advertising allowance (0.90 + 2.20)3.10
Left per unit1.08
Competing offers14
Margin against a 20% floor4.8%
VerdictDO NOT BUY
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The landed-cost model, ending in Do not buy

The arithmetic under the verdict. Landed cost means what the unit costs you on arrival; it excludes marketplace fees. The number that kills most products is rarely the unit price — it is what stacks on top of it.

LANDED COST · CANDIDATE 0412 · PER UNITILLUSTRATIVE
Ex-factory price7.20
Freight1.35
Duty and customs1.90
Testing and inspection0.40
Prep and inbound0.55
Landed unit cost11.40
Marketplace fees6.85
Returns and advertising allowance3.10
Left from a 22.43 sell price1.08
Margin against a 20% floor4.8% · DO NOT BUY
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A listing before and after

What changed, marked. The title carries the terms buyers type; the bullets answer questions instead of describing the factory; the backend terms stop repeating the title. Scope, fees and timing are agreed before production — the listing optimization page has the scope.

The same Amazon listing before and after: a dim photo, stuffed title and three generic bullets, rebuilt with a clear title, five factual bullets, seven images and A+ content; illustrative indexed-term counts, not measured client results
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A monthly report page

Margin by product, not revenue by product. Every managed account gets this every month: what sold, what it cost, what was left, what we changed and what happens next month.

MONTHLY REPORT · AUGUSTILLUSTRATIVE
Line A · units / margin412 · 22.4%
Line B · units / margin198 · 17.1%
Line C · units / margin64 · 6.2% ⚠
Action on line CREPRICE OR EXIT
Next monthWRITTEN AT THE TOP
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A purchase order with the approval line

Nothing is ordered without your written approval — so the approval is a line on the document, not a promise on a website. The supplier invoices you directly and the stock is yours from the moment it exists.

PURCHASE ORDER · PO-0088ILLUSTRATIVE
SupplierAUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR
Lines / units3 / 720
Invoice issued toTHE CLIENT
Approved by client, in writingREQUIRED · BLANK UNTIL SIGNED
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One product family (illustrative)

One proven product, extended into the adjacent products the sales data supports — designed once, extended deliberately. This is what “expand into new products” looks like in practice.

One proven body wash with its box at the center, expanding into a hand wash, lotion, scrub, refill pouch and bar soap, beside the measure, improve, expand and scale loop
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A product and its packaging

For a category chosen on purpose. The private label build runs research, sourcing, packaging and launch in that order — the private label page walks the six stages.

Real numbers, when they are real.

No client results are published yet. The first will appear here, anonymized and dated, when a full reporting period closes.

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