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True margin by product and channel

Enter each product and channel's price, cost, freight, commission, payment fees, fulfilment and returns rate to see the true profit per unit, the margin eroded from gross to true, and which lines lose money on every sale.

It answers
  1. 1.What each product really makes per unit, on each channel.
  2. 2.Which erosion bites hardest: returns, freight, commission, fees or fulfilment.
  3. 3.Which product and channel pairs lose money on every sale.
  4. 4.How far true margin sits below gross margin.
Settings
Gross margin
68.9%
What the price list says
True margin
37.1%
Target 30%
Margin eroded
31.8 pts
Returns, freight, fees and fulfilment
Lines to fix
5
0 lose money on every sale
From net price to true profit (% of net price, all lines)
9 rows · example data, replace it with yours
#ProductGross marginTrue marginTrue profit /unitStatusReturnsCommission + feesFulfilment + returns handlingChannelSelling price inc VAT (£)VAT rateUnit cost (£)Freight and duty per unit (£)Channel commission %Payment fee %Fulfilment per order (£)Returns rate %
71.9%51.0%£33.56Healthy£7.90£1.50£4.74
71.9%29.8%£19.59Below target£9.22£14.48£4.83
71.9%63.9%£42.06Healthy£2.63£1.19£0.18
73.5%41.4%£32.74Healthy£22.17£1.81£5.46
73.5%13.3%£10.55Below target£27.71£19.79£5.78
70.5%43.5%£23.58Healthy£9.75£1.23£5.01
40.0%29.2%£13.12Below target£0.90£0.00£1.19
66.2%15.7%£2.87Below target£0.55£0.42£6.64
60.8%4.4%£0.35Below target£0.08£0.18£3.95

Take it into Excel

The download carries your rows and the same rules as live Excel formulas, so it keeps working as you add lines: yellow cells for your data, blue-grey cells calculated, drop-down lists, red and amber flags, frozen headers and filters. Tabs: Start here · Settings · Products (every erosion per unit) · Summary waterfall.

Live in Retail Loom: True Margin. The same job on your live data, the same erosion waterfall on every order, from your real fees and shipment invoices.See the product tour

Your data never leaves this browser: nothing is uploaded, and the workbook is built on your device. Copy rows from Excel or Google Sheets and paste into any cell; include the header row to match columns by name.

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