Lost inventory is one of the most common ways Amazon FBA sellers lose money without realizing it. Products can go missing during warehouse transfers, customer returns, or fulfillment processing, and many sellers never notice these losses.

Amazon provides inventory adjustment reports, but manually identifying the discrepancies can be difficult because sellers need to compare multiple reports over long periods of time.

Some common signs of lost inventory include:

a. Stock decreases without any recorded sales

b. Returned items that never go back into inventory

c. Warehouse damage reports without reimbursement

d. Inventory reconciliation mismatches

If sellers do not perform regular audits, these small losses can slowly add up and reduce overall profit margins.

Automated reimbursement tools make this process easier by automatically analyzing FBA reports and instantly identifying missing inventory. This helps sellers submit reimbursement claims within Amazon’s allowed claim window.

For more knowledge on how to identify and recover lost inventory reimbursements, read our blog Why You Need Amazon Reimbursement Software?