1. You have a spreadsheet that fills in what the panel lacks
A margin spreadsheet, a supplier assignment spreadsheet, a shipping cost spreadsheet. If someone exports data from BaseLinker every day to calculate something, you need a data layer alongside it.
2. Automatic actions are no longer enough
BaseLinker's automatic actions work well for simple rules. When you start building chains of actions that depend on each other, and one change breaks three others, the logic has outgrown the tool.
3. A supplier or wholesaler has no integration
Dropshipping, orders to wholesalers, supplier stock levels in a CSV file on FTP. If someone moves this data by hand, your own integration usually pays for itself within the first quarter.
4. You do not know where you really make money
Revenue is visible straight away. Margin after marketplace fees, shipping costs, advertising and returns is not. Companies that calculate it often discover they sell some bestsellers below cost.
