Understanding Amazon's Business Discount Insights (BDI) Report: Key Definitions and Metrics
Amazon's Business Discount Insights (BDI) report helps sellers understand and optimize their B2B pricing strategy by identifying gaps in business price configuration, quantity discount tiers, and BSBB badge eligibility.
Overview
Amazon's Business Discount Insights (BDI) report is a tool within Seller Central that helps sellers optimize their pricing strategies for Amazon Business (B2B) customers. The report identifies gaps in your business pricing setup and provides actionable recommendations to improve visibility and competitiveness among business buyers. Understanding the terminology and metrics in this report is essential for sellers looking to capture a larger share of the growing B2B marketplace on Amazon.
Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know
- BDI identifies pricing gaps — The report analyzes your product listings and flags specific areas where your B2B pricing configuration could be improved, such as missing business prices or quantity discounts.
- Four gap categories exist — Products can fall into categories ranging from having a business price set too high, to having no business price at all, to missing quantity discount tiers, to not meeting Best Seller Best Buy (BSBB) badge requirements.
- BSBB badge eligibility matters — To qualify for the Business Seller Best Buy badge, you need at minimum a 5% single-unit business discount or a 3% quantity discount on your first pricing tier.
- B2B Featured Offer placement is competitive — Similar to the retail Buy Box, the B2B Featured Offer is the prominent placement on product detail pages for business customers, and winning it depends on pricing, seller performance, and competition.
- Business customer page views are tracked — The report includes a 30-day metric showing how many times Amazon Business customers have viewed your product detail pages, helping you gauge B2B demand.
Pricing Gap Categories Explained
The BDI report categorizes your products into specific pricing optimization groups so you can prioritize improvements. If your business price is set higher than your standard retail price, the system flags this as ineligible for business pricing display — you must lower the business price below the standard price to restore B2B visibility. Products that are eligible for B2B sales but lack any business price configuration are flagged separately, with a recommendation to set a dedicated business price in your store. A third category captures products that have a business price but no quantity discount tiers configured for volume purchases, and Amazon recommends adding tiered pricing to encourage bulk orders. Finally, products that fail to meet the BSBB price eligibility threshold are flagged with specific guidance to meet the minimum discount requirements.
Analysis & Recommendations
Why This Matters
Sellers targeting Amazon Business buyers need to understand BDI metrics to optimize their B2B pricing, qualify for the BSBB badge, and compete for the B2B Featured Offer — all of which directly impact visibility and sales volume among business customers.
Key Takeaways
- Your business price must always be lower than your standard retail price or it won't display to B2B customers
- BSBB badge eligibility requires at minimum a 5% single-unit business discount or 3% first-tier quantity discount
- The B2B Featured Offer is competitive and depends on pricing, seller performance, and competition — not just price alone
- Regularly reviewing BDI gap categories helps you systematically fix pricing issues across your B2B catalog
Recommended Actions
- →Audit your catalog using the BDI report to identify products missing business prices or quantity discount tiers
- →Set business prices below your standard retail prices and configure at least one quantity discount tier on high-demand B2B products
- →Target the BSBB badge by ensuring your discounts meet the minimum 5% single-unit or 3% first-tier quantity thresholds
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