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How to: Profits and Margins

How to determine if a product is profitable or not by calculating profits & margins

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Written by Jim Foley
Updated over 3 years ago

Step 1: Import your CSV file with a column for your product identifiers (ASINs, UPCs, EANs, MPNs, SellerSkus, ISBNs, or Titles) and a column for your product costs (COGS). As shown in the screenshot below, check the column to indicate 'cost of goods sold' which will then prompt a toast notification asking you for your fulfillment channel. Note, we use the buy box price for the sales price (or competitive price if buy box is not available) when making the calculations. Continue with your import:

Step 2: After selecting any additional settings, click 'Search' on step 3 of the import process. This will bring you to the products page to view what our system is collecting. As we search, collect, and calculate data, it will be displayed to you on this page:

Step 3: Once the search is complete, you can choose to add filters like setting a minimum profit margin, analyze the data in the products page table, or export the results:

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