--- title: "Working with Agencies — Blog — Page 86 - Flapen" canonical_url: "https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/86" last_updated: "2026-09-08T19:30:27.291Z" locale: en meta: description: "How to hire, price, and manage an Amazon agency. Contracts, fees, build versus buy, and what good account management looks like. Page 86." "og:description": "How to hire, price, and manage an Amazon agency. Contracts, fees, build versus buy, and what good account management looks like. Page 86." "og:title": "Working with Agencies — Blog — Page 86 - Flapen" --- `` 1. [Home](https://flapen.com/) 2. 3. [Blog](https://flapen.com/blog) 4. 5. [Working with Agencies](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies) # **Working with Agencies** How to hire, price, and manage an Amazon agency. Contracts, fees, build versus buy, and what good account management looks like. Page 86. ![Flapen cover for How to test an Amazon agency with a pilot project: a Flapen operator and a client walking an aisle of cartons with a tablet](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-08.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to test an Amazon agency with a pilot project](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-test-an-amazon-agency-with-a-pilot-project)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to test an Amazon agency with a pilot project** Run 90 days on one or two products with success and kill criteria written before day one. Judge diagnosis at week two, speed at week six, numbers at day 90.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to structure bonuses tied to Amazon revenue: a Flapen operator and a client walking an aisle of cartons with a tablet](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-07.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to structure bonuses tied to Amazon revenue](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-structure-bonuses-tied-to-amazon-revenue)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to structure bonuses tied to Amazon revenue** Never bonus on revenue, since your ad budget can buy it. Tie the bonus to contribution margin after ad spend or to cost of customer acquisition at held volume.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to spot shady Amazon audit offers: a client watching the Flapen photographer frame a product in the studio](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-06.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to spot shady Amazon audit offers](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-spot-shady-amazon-audit-offers)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to spot shady Amazon audit offers** A real audit names one number specific to your account and something to kill. Generic findings, urgency, and credential requests mark a sales deck.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to migrate campaigns between Amazon agencies: a client watching the Flapen photographer frame a product in the studio](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-05.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to migrate campaigns between Amazon agencies](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-migrate-campaigns-between-amazon-agencies)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to migrate campaigns between Amazon agencies** Campaigns stay in your account, so nothing migrates. Export structure, bid logic, negatives, and search term history before notice, then freeze two weeks.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to handle Brand Registry and catalog during switch: a Flapen operator showing a client a sales chart beside an open proposal binder](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-04.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to handle Brand Registry and catalog during switch](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-handle-brand-registry-and-catalog-during-switch)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to handle Brand Registry and catalog during switch** Confirm you are the registered brand owner, swap the agency user role, export the catalog, and freeze edits for two weeks. Nothing in Registry should transfer.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to evaluate Amazon PPC agencies: a Flapen operator showing a client a sales chart beside an open proposal binder](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-03.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to evaluate Amazon PPC agencies](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-evaluate-amazon-ppc-agencies)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to evaluate Amazon PPC agencies** Score five things, ACoS targets by stage, cost of customer acquisition over ACoS, conversion diagnosis, accounts per specialist, and written commitments.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to choose an Amazon FBA marketing partner: a Flapen operator walking a client through product samples at a factory table](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-02.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to choose an Amazon FBA marketing partner](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-choose-an-amazon-fba-marketing-partner)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to choose an Amazon FBA marketing partner** Ask which of the 5 traffic channels they run, how many brands each manager carries, their ACoS target by stage, and what would make them tell you to stop.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to avoid lock-in with Amazon agencies: a Flapen operator walking a client through product samples at a factory table](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-01.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to avoid lock-in with Amazon agencies](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-avoid-lock-in-with-amazon-agencies)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to avoid lock-in with Amazon agencies** Lock-in is structural, not contractual. Own the Seller Central account, grant revocable permissions, and keep campaigns and creative source files in reach.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to avoid Amazon suspension when starting out: two Flapen operators and a client over a binder and a laptop at a meeting table](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-10.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to avoid Amazon suspension when starting out](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-avoid-amazon-suspension-when-starting-out)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to avoid Amazon suspension when starting out** Register in your own entity with matching documents, never share logins, keep one account per person, and watch order defect and late shipment rates weekly.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**![Flapen cover for How to audit current Amazon agency performance: two Flapen operators and a client over a binder and a laptop at a meeting table](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fclusters%2Fhiring-an-agency-09.jpg&w=1536&q=100) [How to audit current Amazon agency performance](https://flapen.com/blog/how-to-audit-current-amazon-agency-performance)Working with AgenciesSep 4, 2026 ## **How to audit current Amazon agency performance** Pull four numbers yourself, cost of customer acquisition trend, organic share, conversion rate, and return rate, then read three monthly plans side by side.![Joel Turcotte Gaucher](https://flapen.com/_vercel/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam%2Fjoel-turcotte-gaucher-avatar.webp&w=64&q=100)**Joel Turcotte Gaucher**[First Page](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies) [Previous Page](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/85) [84](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/84) [85](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/85) [86](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/86) [87](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/87) [88](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/88) [Next Page](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/87) [Last Page](https://flapen.com/blog/category/working-with-agencies/page/88)