Analyze FBA Excess Inventory Strategy with Claude

Learn how to prepare Amazon FBA inventory data and use Claude AI to generate pricing, discount, and liquidation strategies.

September 2, 2026 By SellerPro Amazon Agency

This guide walks through using Claude AI to evaluate Amazon FBA excess inventory and generate actionable pricing, discount, and liquidation strategies to minimize storage fees.

This procedure applies to Amazon FBA brand managers, e-commerce analysts, and inventory specialists conducting periodic inventory health and aging fee audits.

Preparing the Inventory Dataset

Before running the analysis through Claude, clean your inventory spreadsheet to isolate only the necessary data points. Remove extraneous columns and ensure the sheet includes:

Product title and ASIN
Current listing price
Lowest price over the last 30 days
Amazon's recommended sales price and sale duration
Accruing excess storage fees across various aging tiers
Total inventory quantity stored in fulfillment centers

Step #1: Review the cleaned inventory sheet headers, including recommended-sales-price and fee estimations. — Review the cleaned inventory sheet headers, including **recommended-sales-price** and fee estimations.

Step #2: Select the inventory quantity cells under quantity-to-be-charged to verify excess units. — Select the inventory quantity cells under **quantity-to-be-charged** to verify excess units.

Step #3: Inspect the estimated excess storage fee columns to identify high-cost aging products. — Inspect the estimated excess storage fee columns to identify high-cost aging products.

Generating the Plan of Action in Claude

Download the cleaned spreadsheet and upload it to Claude. Instruct Claude to act as an Amazon FBA expert and request:

A structured inventory liquidation plan of action.
Specific discount percentages and promotional pricing suggestions.
A summary spreadsheet and markdown document formatted for client presentation.

Step #4: Open the download options for the generated action plan document from the chat output. — Open the download options for the generated action plan document from the chat output.

Evaluating Discounts and Profit Margins

Review the generated recommendations for your most critical products. Claude may suggest combining standard price cuts with clip-and-save coupons (for example, reducing a $14.99 item by 33% to $9.99, plus an additional 10% coupon to reach $8.99).

Step #5: Select the target ASIN row in the generated spreadsheet to inspect item-level proposals. — Select the target ASIN row in the generated spreadsheet to inspect item-level proposals.

Step #6: Review the suggested New sale price and promotional markdown calculations. — Review the suggested **New sale price** and promotional markdown calculations.

Step #7: Cross-reference the remaining unit volume to gauge total fee risk across large batches. — Cross-reference the remaining unit volume to gauge total fee risk across large batches.

Always evaluate suggested discounts against product Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), Amazon referral commissions, and FBA fulfillment fees. If aggressive discounting drops net revenue below COGS on high-volume items, placing a removal order or liquidating inventory may prevent greater losses than running sales.

Q: When should an FBA removal order be chosen over running promotional price discounts?

A: A removal order is preferable when the discounted sales price—after deducting Amazon referral fees, FBA fulfillment fees, and product COGS—results in a net cash loss per unit that exceeds the cost of removal or total accrued storage fees.

Q: What prompt structure works best when asking Claude to analyze inventory?

A: Instruct Claude to adopt the role of an Amazon FBA specialist, provide the cleaned spreadsheet data, and explicitly ask for a prioritized list of critical ASINs, recommended markdown percentages, coupon stacking options, and client-ready export tables.

Term	Definition
ASIN	Amazon Standard Identification Number, a unique ten-character alphanumeric identifier assigned to products on Amazon.
Excess Storage Fees	Surcharges assessed by Amazon on inventory stored in fulfillment centers beyond optimal stock levels or aging thresholds.
COGS	Cost of Goods Sold, representing the direct costs attributable to the production or acquisition of the goods sold.
Removal Order	An administrative request submitted to Amazon to return or dispose of inventory stored in FBA fulfillment centers.