· Posted on X by Gordon @gordon__murphy

Quoted $1,500 a month for an Amazon dashboard, he built his own with Claude

A software company in the Amazon space quoted Gordon $1,500 a month for a dashboard covering the 18 e-commerce clients his agency manages on Amazon and Mercado Livre. He opened Claude instead, and a couple of weeks later had his own, built on the marketplace APIs, Supabase, Vercel and Claude Code, for about $65 a month all-in, on pro plans he uses for other projects too. Next up: a client-facing version, and maybe selling it as a SaaS to non-clients. The circle of unlife: the zombie bites the SaaS, and the zombie becomes a SaaS.

Saving, as stated by the author: a $1,500/month quote vs about $65/month to run

A software company in the Amazon space quoted me $1500/month for a dashboard. So I built my own with Claude.

I run an e-commerce agency managing 18 clients on Amazon and Mercado Livre (Meli) in Brazil. For a while I was looking for a dashboard software that would pull in each client's Amazon and Meli sales data.

I spoke to a couple of well known companies in the Amazon space and was quoted $1500 a month for what we need (15+ accounts, Seller + Vendor, agency view, multiple seats).

Seemed crazy expensive so starting tinkering with Claude. Set up the whole thing in a couple of weeks.

Tech stack:
- Amazon + Mercado Livre APIs
- Supabase to store the data ($25/mo pro plan)
- Vercel to host ($20/mo pro)
- Claude Code to build ($20/mo pro plan)

So about $65/mo all-in. And I'm using those pro plans for other projects too.

Next step is build a client facing version so we can give our clients access, and who knows, maybe even offer it as a SaaS subscription to non-clients! Then also add other channels like TikTok Shop and Shopee.

— Gordon, read the original on X

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