What this audit checks
Authentication & access
- Client-credentials token from /v3/token refreshes without error
- WM_SEC.ACCESS_TOKEN + WM_QOS.CORRELATION_ID headers present on every request
- /v3/sellerInfo returns ACTIVE status (not INACTIVE or SUSPENDED)
Account health & policy compliance
- AccountHealth on_time_dispatch_rate >= 99% Walmart SLA
- AccountHealth cancellation_rate within Walmart 2% threshold
- Pro Seller eligibility retained (pro_seller_status true)
- Composite account_health_score above visibility-cut band
Listing quality & suppression
- Listings with listing_quality_score < 60% (Walmart auto-suppresses from search)
- Item Setup error / SYSTEM_PROBLEM listings count is zero
- Required category attributes complete (drives LQS) >= 95%
- Stale listings (>180d no update) under 10% of catalogue
Buy Box / featured-offer
- Buy-box win rate (buy_box_winner true / published) >= 70%
- Key-SKU featured-offer loss correlated with competitor or Walmart 1P undercut
- Published listings actually eligible for featured offer (PUBLISHED + in-stock)
Order defect & feedback
- Late dispatch rate (orders past estimated_ship_date) <= 1% penalty threshold
- Orders stuck in Created/Acknowledged beyond dispatch deadline
- Return / refund rate within acceptable band
- Seller feedback_score above account-health floor
Cross-channel inventory & pricing parity
- Active Walmart listings for SKUs out-of-stock on BC source-of-truth
- Walmart price > Amazon price * 1.02 (Pro Seller parity violation)
- Walmart title/price/image drift vs bigcommerce.product source-of-truth
Severity thresholds
| Signal | Warn | Critical |
|---|---|---|
buy_box_win_rate | - | < 70% |
defect_rate | - | > 2% |
feedback_score | - | < 80% |
listing_suppressed_pct | - | > 5% |
account_health_score | - | < 70 |
Data sources
POST https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v3/token- Client-credentials access tokenGET https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v3/sellerInfo- Account status + seller metadataGET https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v3/items- Listings, published status, LQS, buy-box winnerGET https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v3/orders- Orders, ship dates, dispatch SLA, returnsGET https://marketplace.walmartapis.com/v3/insights/listingQuality- Account-health snapshot - avg LQS, on-time dispatch, cancellation, Pro Seller eligibility