Quick, what's your Perfect Order Percentage (POP) on Amazon? Though this metric doesn't lead to direct consequences from the marketplace, there are a ton of reasons why tracking this number — and keeping it high — will help you get ahead on Amazon.

To help you get a handle on everything you need to know about the POP metric and how you can use it to your advantage, we've rounded up:

• What the POP metric is and how it's calculated
• How you can track it
• Three ways to improve your POP