diff --git a/src/constants/apis.constant.ts b/src/constants/apis.constant.ts
index 1270476..2b87725 100644
--- a/src/constants/apis.constant.ts
+++ b/src/constants/apis.constant.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ export const apis = {
   auctions: "v2/auctions",
   events: "v2/events",
 };
+
+export const retryableStatusCodes = [429, 500, 502, 503, 504];
diff --git a/src/functions/events.ts b/src/functions/events.ts
index 83414e3..28ff37a 100644
--- a/src/functions/events.ts
+++ b/src/functions/events.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { apis, baseURL } from "../constants/apis.constant";
 import APIClient from "../lib/api-client";
 import AppError from "../lib/app-error";
 import { withValidation } from "../lib/with-validation";
-import type { TopsortEvent } from "../types/events";
+import type { EventResult, TopsortEvent } from "../types/events";
 import type { Config } from "../types/shared";
 
 /**
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import type { Config } from "../types/shared";
  *
  * @param config - The configuration object containing the API Key and optionally, the Host.
  * @param event - The event to report.
- * @returns {Promise<{ok: boolean}>} The result of the report, indicating success.
+ * @returns {Promise<EventResult>} The result of the report, indicating success.
  */
-async function handler(config: Config, event: TopsortEvent): Promise<{ ok: boolean }> {
+async function handler(config: Config, event: TopsortEvent): Promise<EventResult> {
   let url: URL;
   try {
     url = new URL(`${config.host || baseURL}/${apis.events}`);
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ async function handler(config: Config, event: TopsortEvent): Promise<{ ok: boole
     });
   }
 
-  await APIClient.post(url.toString(), event, config);
-
-  return {
-    ok: true,
-  };
+  try {
+    await APIClient.post(url.toString(), event, config);
+    return { ok: true, retry: false };
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof AppError && error.retry) {
+      return { ok: false, retry: true };
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
 export const reportEvent = withValidation(handler);
diff --git a/src/lib/api-client.ts b/src/lib/api-client.ts
index e7a0d32..af7bb75 100644
--- a/src/lib/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api-client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { version } from "../../package.json";
-import { baseURL } from "../constants/apis.constant";
+import { baseURL, retryableStatusCodes } from "../constants/apis.constant";
 import type { Config } from "../types/shared";
 import AppError from "./app-error";
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class APIClient {
     }
 
     if (!response.ok) {
-      throw new AppError(response.status, response.statusText, data);
+      const retry = retryableStatusCodes.includes(response.status);
+      throw new AppError(response.status, response.statusText, data, retry);
     }
 
     return data;
diff --git a/src/lib/app-error.ts b/src/lib/app-error.ts
index 35e6201..3675c11 100644
--- a/src/lib/app-error.ts
+++ b/src/lib/app-error.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ class AppError {
   public readonly status: number; //change later to http status code
   public readonly statusText: string;
   public readonly body: unknown;
+  public readonly retry: boolean;
 
-  constructor(status: number, statusText: string, body: unknown) {
+  constructor(status: number, statusText: string, body: unknown, retry = false) {
     this.status = status;
     this.statusText = statusText;
     this.body = body;
+    this.retry = retry;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/events.d.ts b/src/types/events.d.ts
index 73952b2..8a311b1 100644
--- a/src/types/events.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/events.d.ts
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ export interface TopsortEvent {
   clicks?: Click[];
   purchases?: Purchase[];
 }
+
+export interface EventResult {
+  ok: boolean;
+  retry: boolean;
+}