Glossary

SourceDock uses some Amazon words and some words of its own. Here is what each one means, in one plain sentence.

Term	What it means
Alert	A note SourceDock works out from your data, like a stale sync or a slow product, shown on the Alerts page and the Command desk.
Amazon holds	Every unit of a product that has gone through Amazon, counting live stock plus units already sold, lost, or damaged.
Amazon Received	The number of units Amazon counted when your boxes reached its dock, also called “checked in”.
ASIN	Amazon’s 10-character ID for one product listing.
At risk	The cost of units Amazon lost or damaged and has not paid you back for yet.
Auto approve	A column on the Gate Scanner that reports whether Amazon approved a listing on its own, as seen by the Chrome extension.
Batch	One lot of one product that you bought, which Capital Recovery tracks from purchase to payout.
Blocked	A Gate Scanner verdict meaning Amazon will not let you list the product.
Buy Box	The main “Add to Cart” price on an Amazon listing, which SourceDock uses as the sell price.
Buy cost	What you pay the store for one unit of a product.
Capital Recovery	The page that shows how much of your stock money has come back from Amazon.
Cash recovered	Money already back from Amazon, including payouts still in its 7 to 14 day reserve.
Checked in	See Amazon Received.
Combo order	An order you recorded with more than one product from the same checkout.
Command desk	The home page, with today’s figures, alerts, and next moves.
Data completeness	A badge that says how much of a batch’s profit is backed by real Amazon events instead of monthly totals.
Dismiss	Hides an alert for 7 days.
Estimated Payout	What Amazon actually deposits for a product, after fees and with reimbursements added.
FBA	Fulfillment by Amazon, where you ship stock to Amazon and Amazon stores, packs, and ships it to buyers.
FBA fee	Amazon’s charge to pick, pack, and ship one unit, also called the fulfillment fee.
Gate	A brand or listing restriction that stops you from selling a product until Amazon approves you.
Gate Scanner	The page that checks a list of ASINs for gates and gives each one a verdict.
Inbound	Stock that is on its way to an Amazon warehouse, or the shipment record for it.
Inbound discrepancy	Amazon counted fewer units at the dock than its own shipment record said it sent.
Invested	What you paid for a product across all its batches.
Landed cost	The cost of one unit including its share of shipping and tax.
Lead	Another word for a prospect, used in the code and in CSV files.
Live	Stock Amazon holds right now, as opposed to what it was told or what it checked in.
Marked Sent	Units on orders you set to Sent to FBA, minus write-offs, also called “sent”.
Needs approval	A Gate Scanner verdict meaning you must apply before you can list the product.
Needs review	A mark on a row an import filled in with a default value, like a $0 cost or today’s date.
Net P&L	Recovered minus what you put to work, which says whether you are up or down on a product.
On hand	Units you bought that have not been recorded as shipped to Amazon.
On shelf	Money sitting in batches that have zero sales so far.
Ord	Short for ordered, the units you bought across every batch of a product.
Placement fee	Amazon’s charge for choosing which warehouses your inbound stock goes to, shown as FBA Inbound Convenience Fee.
Prepped	An old order status for stock that was boxed but not yet sent to Amazon.
Prospect	A product you saved to the Vault with its ASIN, buy cost, and live pricing.
Recovered	The cash Amazon has booked for you after fees, plus reimbursements.
Reconcile	Checking that your counts and Amazon’s counts agree at each step of the trip to the warehouse.
Referral fee	Amazon’s cut of each sale, often 8 to 15 percent of the price.
Reimbursement	Money Amazon pays you back for a unit it lost or damaged.
Removal fee	Amazon’s charge to send stock back to you or throw it away.
Road to break-even	The bar on each Capital Recovery row that fills as units sell toward the point where your money is back.
ROI	Return on investment, which is profit divided by what you paid, as a percent.
Scout	The page that watches other sellers’ storefronts and shows their new products.
Sellable return	A returned unit that is still good enough to sell again, so its cost comes back to you.
Selling	Money in products that have started selling but have not paid back in full yet.
Sent On Amazon	The units Amazon recorded as shipped inbound, also called “told”.
Sent to FBA	The order status that means you shipped the goods to Amazon.
Settlement	Amazon’s statement of a payout period, which Capital Recovery matches its figures against.
Shortfall	Units that never made it into your count, which you resolve with a write-off.
Snooze	Hides an alert for a time you pick: 1 hour, until tomorrow, 7 days, or 30 days.
Still recovering	A Capital Recovery filter for products with at least one lot that has not paid back yet.
Storage fee	Amazon’s monthly charge for the space your stock takes up in its warehouse.
Storefront	Another Amazon seller’s shop page, which Scout can watch for new products.
Sweep	One scheduled check of a watched storefront by Scout.
Told	See Sent On Amazon.
Units in motion	Units you bought that have not yet sold, been lost, or been damaged.
Vault	The Prospect Vault, where you keep products you might buy.
Verdict	The Gate Scanner’s answer for one ASIN: Approved, Needs approval, Blocked, or Error.
Watch	Adding a storefront to Scout so it checks for new products on a schedule.
Write-off	A record of units that never became sellable stock, with what happened and any refund.

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