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Ask how many cases are open now and how old the oldest is, then require a named owner and a weekly open-case report.","Ask how many open cases they are handling right now and how long the oldest has been open.\nCase management is a workload question before it is a skill question, and an agency carrying\ntoo many accounts cannot chase cases that need weekly follow-up for a month.\n\n## The short version\n\n- **Ask for current open case volume** and the age of the oldest.\n- **Cases need persistence, not brilliance.** Follow-up cadence is the skill.\n- **Ask who chases,** by name. Cases die when nobody owns them.\n- **Ask what they escalate and when.** Most cases need re-opening at least once.\n- **Caseload governs this.** We run about 1.4 brands per operator.\n\n## Why case management is a capacity question\n\nI run Flapen with 50 operators managing about 70 brands, at about 1.4 brands per\noperator. That ratio matters more here than almost anywhere else in an agency relationship.\n\nAmazon cases are not solved by one excellent submission. They are solved by a correct\nsubmission followed by disciplined follow-up, sometimes over weeks, occasionally with a\nre-open and a fresh escalation. Every step is small and none can be skipped.\n\nAn account manager carrying twelve brands will handle the urgent case and let the two-week-old\nreimbursement claim lapse, not through negligence but through arithmetic. Which is why the\nright question is about volume rather than about expertise.\n\n| Question | What you are testing |\n|---|---|\n| How many cases are open across your accounts right now? | Whether they track it at all |\n| How old is the oldest? | Whether anything has been abandoned |\n| Who chases, and how often? | Named ownership and cadence |\n| When do you escalate? | Whether they know the path |\n| How do you decide to re-open? | Persistence discipline |\n\nThe first question does double duty. An agency that can answer it immediately has a system. An\nagency that has to check has cases living in individual inboxes.\n\n## The categories of case, and who is good at which\n\nNot all cases are alike, and agencies are rarely equally good across them.\n\n**Reimbursement claims** for lost and damaged inventory. High volume, low complexity, real\nmoney, and the most commonly neglected because nothing breaks if they go unfiled. Ask how\noften they are run. Quarterly at minimum.\n\n**Listing suppressions and flags.** Time-critical, because ranking erodes every hour. Needs\nsame-business-day response.\n\n**Account health and policy notices.** Highest stakes, needs a proper plan of action rather\nthan a support ticket.\n\n**IP and brand complaints,** both filing them against infringers and defending against them.\nRequires Brand Registry and a different process.\n\n**Category and gating approvals.** Slow, documentation-heavy, and best handled before\ninventory ships rather than after.\n\nAsk which of these they handle routinely and which they refer out. A candid split is more\nuseful than a claim to cover everything.\n\n## What to ask for in writing\n\n1. **Response time by severity,** with business days defined for their time zone.\n2. **A named owner** for case management on your account.\n3. **Reimbursement claims run at a stated frequency.**\n4. **Open cases reported weekly,** including status and age.\n5. **An escalation path** when the standard route stalls.\n\nPoint four is the one that changes behavior. A weekly line listing open cases with their age\nmakes neglect visible, and visibility is most of what keeps small cases alive.\n\n## What most agencies will not tell you\n\nReimbursement recovery is real money that goes unclaimed constantly. Amazon loses and damages\ninventory routinely, claims have deadlines, and if it is nobody's explicit job the deadlines\npass quietly.\n\nSome agencies charge separately for it or take a percentage of recovered funds. That is a\nlegitimate model and worth knowing about in advance, because it is one of the few places\nwhere the incentive aligns with effort.\n\nThe second thing: case outcomes depend heavily on persistence and somewhat on luck, and no\nagency controls Amazon's decisions. Be skeptical of anyone claiming a high success rate on\nappeals without describing what they count. What you can reasonably require is speed,\ndocumentation quality, and follow-up discipline, and those three are what the questions above\ntest.\n\n## Related answers\n\n- [How agencies handle suspension appeals and compliance](\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-agencies-handle-suspension-appeals-and-compliance)\n- [Questions about inventory forecasting and ops support](\u002Fblog\u002Fquestions-about-inventory-forecasting-and-ops-support)\n- [How to avoid Amazon suspension when starting out](\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-avoid-amazon-suspension-when-starting-out)\n- [Questions about brand protection and review strategy](\u002Fblog\u002Fquestions-about-brand-protection-and-review-strategy)\n- [Hiring an Amazon agency: the complete guide](\u002Fblog\u002Fhiring-an-agency)\n\nAsk us how many cases are open right now. We can tell you, 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","amazon-fba","brand-registry","listing-setup","joel-turcotte-gaucher","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fclusters\u002Fhiring-an-agency-09.jpg","2026-09-04T01:34:51.798+00:00",{"faq":22,"seo":47,"batch":48,"cluster":49,"cover_alt":50,"answers_prompt":51,"primary_benchmark":52},[23,27,31,35,39,43],{"id":24,"answer":25,"question":26},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-1","How many cases are open across your accounts right now, and how old is the oldest. It tests whether they track case volume at all, and whether anything has quietly been abandoned.","What is the best single question?",{"id":28,"answer":29,"question":30},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-2","Because cases are solved by persistence rather than brilliance. A manager carrying twelve brands handles the urgent case and lets the reimbursement claim lapse, through arithmetic rather than negligence.","Why does caseload matter so much here?",{"id":32,"answer":33,"question":34},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-3","Reimbursement claims for lost and damaged inventory. Nothing breaks when they go unfiled, they have deadlines, and they are real money. Ask for them quarterly at minimum.","Which case type is most often neglected?",{"id":36,"answer":37,"question":38},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-4","No, and be skeptical of anyone implying otherwise. What you can require is same-business-day response on account-threatening issues, documentation quality, and disciplined follow-up.","Can an agency guarantee an appeal outcome?",{"id":40,"answer":41,"question":42},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-5","Some agencies charge a percentage of recovered funds, which is a legitimate model and one of the few places where the incentive tracks the effort. Just establish it in advance rather than discovering it on an invoice.","Should reimbursement recovery be charged separately?",{"id":44,"answer":45,"question":46},"how-to-vet-amazon-case-management-and-appeals-support-faq-6","Listing suppressions and flags, because ranking erodes every hour a listing is down, so they need same-business-day response. Account health and policy notices carry the highest stakes and need a proper plan of action rather than a support ticket. Category and gating approvals are slow and documentation-heavy, so handle them before inventory ships. Ask which of these an agency handles routinely and which it refers out, since a candid split is more useful than a claim to cover everything.","Which case types need the fastest response?",{},"B02","C01","Flapen cover for How to vet Amazon case management and appeals support: two Flapen operators and a client over a binder and a laptop at a meeting table","how to vet amazon case management and appeals support","B1",0,null,"'\u002Famazon-consulting':792C '\u002Fblog\u002Fhiring-an-agency':776C '\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-agencies-handle-suspension-appeals-and-compliance':743C '\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-avoid-amazon-suspension-when-starting-out':760C '\u002Fblog\u002Fquestions-about-brand-protection-and-review-strategy':768C '\u002Fblog\u002Fquestions-about-inventory-forecasting-and-ops-support':751C '\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-models':799C '\u002Ftools\u002Fbusiness-value-calculator':804C '1':521C '1.4':150C,173C '2':534C '3':544C '4':552C '5':561C '50':165C '70':169C 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