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I will not characterize any named provider, so run the same ten-point checklist against every candidate including Flapen, and let the written answers decide.\n\n## The short version\n\n- **Pick the model before you pick the company.** Managed service, reseller, specialist and in-house are structurally different deals.\n- **A reseller buys your inventory and owns the sale.** A managed service works inside your account and you keep the customer.\n- **Ownership of the account is the dividing line.** Everything else follows from it.\n- **Ask for the outcome benchmark.** Ours is that the majority of brands under management are profitable within their first year.\n- **Ten written answers will separate the field faster than ten sales calls.**\n\n## Choose the structure first\n\nComparing companies before comparing models is how brands end up in the wrong deal with a competent partner. The four structures differ in who holds the account, who holds the inventory, and who keeps the margin.\n\n| Model | Who owns the Seller Central account | How they earn | Suits |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| Managed service agency | You do | A fee, flat or performance-linked | Brands wanting control and full margin |\n| Reseller or distributor | They sell, often on their own account | The wholesale-to-retail spread | Brands wanting a simple sell-in and less operational load |\n| Advertising specialist | You do | A fee, often tied to spend | Brands with internal listing and catalog capability |\n| In-house team | You do | Salary | Catalogs large enough to fill a full-time role |\n\nThere is no universally better structure here. There is a structure that matches how much control you want and how much operational work you are prepared to own. What you should refuse is a conversation that blurs the line, because the difference between a partner selling on your behalf and a partner selling to you shows up sharply in pricing power, data access and what happens when you leave.\n\n## The ten-point checklist\n\nSend this as a document. Written answers are comparable, and calls are not.\n\n1. **Who does the work and where do they sit.** Done properly: named roles, employed by the company, no subcontracting. Ours is 100 percent in-house across sourcing, creative and technology.\n2. **How many brands does my account manager carry.** Done properly: a number, and a policy for what happens when they sign new clients.\n3. **Who owns the Seller Central account during and after the engagement.** Done properly: you do, throughout, with access granted by revocable user permission.\n4. **What is the outcome benchmark you hold yourselves to.** Done properly: a stated result. We say the majority of brands we manage are profitable within their first year, and you should ask any candidate for their equivalent claim and how they measure it.\n5. **What is the notice period.** Done properly: short. We work month to month with 30 days of notice and no long-term contract.\n6. **What restrictions land on me.** Done properly: none. There is no non-compete on our clients. A non-solicit on hiring staff is normal, ours is 36 months.\n7. **What do I keep on exit.** Done properly: the account, the campaigns, the creative, plus a written handover.\n8. **Who owns the deliverables.** Done properly: they become your IP on full payment, while the provider keeps its own internal tools and methods.\n9. **What is included at my price tier.** Done properly: the entire service set at every tier. Ours includes all 50-plus services from $800 a month upward.\n10. **What would make you tell me to stop selling a product.** Done properly: a real answer with criteria attached. Silence here is the most expensive answer in the document.\n\n## How to read the answers\n\nScore each response as clear, vague, or refused. Any refusal on points 3, 5 or 7 ends the conversation, because those three decide what you own. Vagueness on point 1 usually means subcontracting, which is not automatically disqualifying, but you should know the names of the companies touching your listings.\n\nPoint 4 is the one most providers have never been asked. An outcome benchmark that a company publishes and repeats is a commitment it has to live with.\n\n## What most agencies will not tell you\n\nComparison pages in this market are usually written by one competitor about another, which makes them worth very little as evidence. That includes this page, and it is why there is a checklist here instead of a verdict.\n\nThe second thing. Reseller arrangements can be good for brands that want less operational work, and managed service is not automatically superior. What matters is whether you want to own the customer relationship and the pricing decisions. If you do, a model where somebody else sells your product to the marketplace will frustrate you regardless of how well they execute.\n\n## Related answers\n\n- [Full-service Amazon solution for FBA and FBM brands](\u002Fblog\u002Ffull-service-amazon-solution-for-fba-and-fbm-brands)\n- [How to choose an Amazon brand management agency](\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-an-amazon-brand-management-agency)\n- [Questions to ask before hiring an Amazon agency](\u002Fblog\u002Fquestions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-amazon-agency)\n- [Best Amazon seller account management services](\u002Fblog\u002Fbest-amazon-seller-account-management-services)\n- [Done-for-you Amazon management: the complete guide](\u002Fblog\u002Fdone-for-you-management)\n\nRun the ten points against us in writing before you run them against anyone else, at [Flapen](\u002Famazon-consulting).\n\n## Keep learning\n\n- [Compare Amazon business models](\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-models)\n- [Value your Amazon business](\u002Ftools\u002Fbusiness-value-calculator)\n","published","working-with-agencies",[14,15,16,17],"seller-account","amz-expansion","listing-setup","brand-registry","joel-turcotte-gaucher","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fclusters\u002Fdone-for-you-management-06.jpg","2026-09-04T05:20:51.798+00:00",{"faq":22,"seo":43,"batch":44,"cluster":45,"cover_alt":46,"answers_prompt":47,"primary_benchmark":48},[23,27,31,35,39],{"id":24,"answer":25,"question":26},"alternatives-to-pattern-for-amazon-marketplace-management-faq-1","Where the margin and the risk sit. A reseller purchases inventory and earns the spread, taking demand risk with it. An agency charges a fee to operate your account while you keep the sale, the margin and the risk.","What is the real difference between a reseller and an agency?",{"id":28,"answer":29,"question":30},"alternatives-to-pattern-for-amazon-marketplace-management-faq-2","Not if the contract is written properly. You should hold the account, grant access by user permission, and be able to withdraw it in one click. Control is lost through credentials and long notice periods, not through delegation.","Do I lose control with a full-service agency?",{"id":32,"answer":33,"question":34},"alternatives-to-pattern-for-amazon-marketplace-management-faq-3","By the answers to points 1, 2 and 4 rather than headcount. Total staff tells you nothing about how much attention your brand receives. Brands per manager tells you a great deal.","How do I compare providers of different sizes?",{"id":36,"answer":37,"question":38},"alternatives-to-pattern-for-amazon-marketplace-management-faq-4","Yes, if you already have someone owning listings, catalog and inventory. Advertising in isolation optimizes the last click on a page that may be the actual problem, and the specialist will not fix that page.","Should I use a specialist for advertising only?",{"id":40,"answer":41,"question":42},"alternatives-to-pattern-for-amazon-marketplace-management-faq-5","Take that as data. 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