# Compare Top Vendors Month on Month

> Ranks your top vendors this month against last month and shows who moved up, who dropped and who is new. Works with the free WC Vendors Marketplace.

- Job: [Reporting & insights](https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/job/reporting/)
- What it does: Read only: looks, never changes anything
- Time saved: ~20 min vs doing it by hand
- Requires: StoreAgent (free plugin, MCP on every plan) + WC Vendors
- Works in: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client connected to the store through StoreAgent MCP
- Web page: https://storeagent.ai/mcp-recipes/top-vendors-this-month/

## The prompt

```text
Show my top [10] vendors by sales for this month so far and for last month. Show who moved up, who dropped and who is new in the top [10]. For each vendor that dropped, show their product count and commission owed. Do not change anything.
```

## What happens when you paste it

You: Show my top [10] vendors by sales for this month so far and for last month…

Assistant: 7 of last month's top 10 are still in the top 10. 3 are new this month. Calling: `wcvendors/get-marketplace-summary`, `wcvendors/get-vendor`.

Assistant: Willow Print moved from 9 to 2. Harbour Goods dropped out. It now lists 12 products and is owed $1,900.

## Abilities this recipe calls

- **Get a marketplace summary** (`wcvendors/get-marketplace-summary`, read only, from WC Vendors): Shows vendor counts, revenue, your commission, orders and the top 10 vendors for any date range.
- **Get a vendor** (`wcvendors/get-vendor`, read only, from WC Vendors): Shows one vendor's store profile, product count, sales in the last 30 days and commission waiting to be paid.

## Variations

Add one of these to the end of the prompt. Swap anything in [brackets] for your own details.

- Compare this quarter with last quarter.
- Show the top [5] only.

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