Shopify Profit & Margin Analytics App

Profit & Margin Analytics shows what each Shopify order actually kept, after cost of goods, payment processing fees, real shipping cost, discounts and refunds. Shopify Analytics reports revenue and, at best, a gross margin from unit cost. This measures the distance between the two.

It reads orders and inventory costs through the Admin API, writes a per-order margin snapshot so historical figures stay stable when costs change, and reconciles its own totals against the Shopify admin line by line.

What It Calculates

Margin is calculated on tax-excluded amounts, then reduced by everything that actually left the business on that order.

Cost of Goods

Unit cost from the inventory item by default, with CSV override per variant and cost history, so an order placed in March keeps the cost that applied in March.

Payment Fees

Fees taken per transaction from the payment record rather than an assumed flat percentage, which is where most margin dashboards quietly drift.

Real Shipping Cost

What the label actually cost, where that is available, set against what the customer was charged for shipping.

Reports and Reconciliation

Every Breakdown

Net profit by order, product, variant, collection, day and period, with the cost lines shown rather than folded into one number.

Dashboard KPIs

Net margin, average order profit and contribution after fees, for the period you choose.

Refunds Handled

Full and partial refunds reverse cost of goods correctly instead of leaving profit overstated on returned stock.

Discounts and Codes

Order and line level discounts, automatic discounts and codes are applied where they actually fall.

Reconciliation View

Totals tied back to Shopify Analytics with the differences explained, because a number you cannot reconcile is a number you will not trust.

Exports

CSV export of any report, at the grain you are looking at, for whoever does your books.

Planned After Launch

On the roadmap rather than in the first release, listed so the scope is clear up front.

Who It Is For

The app earns its place when costs vary across the catalogue, when fees and shipping are big enough to move the margin, and when the answer to “which products actually make money” is currently a spreadsheet.

Stores past hobby scale where gross revenue no longer tells you much
Catalogues with a wide spread of cost prices and margins
Merchants carrying high return rates, where refunds distort the picture
Anyone who has noticed their analytics app and the Shopify admin disagree

Status and Data

Where it stands

What this is not

This is a reporting app, not accounting software. It measures what each order contributed after the direct costs above. It does not handle overheads, payroll, salaries or tax returns, so the totals will not match your accountant’s profit and loss statement line for line, and they are not meant to.

Pricing

Planned launch pricing, billed monthly through Shopify and banded by order volume. No percentage of your sales, at any tier.

Starter

$19

Growth

$49

Scale

$129

Questions About This App

Where does the cost price come from?

By default, the unit cost stored against each inventory item in Shopify. You can override it per variant, import costs in bulk by CSV, and keep a cost history so changing a cost today does not silently rewrite last quarter’s margin.

Why do analytics apps disagree with the Shopify admin?

Usually timing and scope: which orders count as sales, how refunds and cancellations are treated, whether tax and shipping are included, and which currency the figures are converted at. Rather than hide that, this app shows the reconciliation and names the difference.

Does it handle refunds and partial refunds?

Yes. A refund reverses the cost of goods attached to the returned lines, so profit drops by the right amount rather than by the whole order value or by nothing at all.

Will the numbers match my accountant?

No, and no reporting app should claim otherwise. This measures order level contribution after direct costs. Your accountant works from the full profit and loss, including overheads, payroll and tax. The two answer different questions.

How does this compare to the existing profit apps?

Established options exist and have years of reviews behind them. The things worth choosing this on are reconciliation you can audit, fees read per transaction instead of estimated, and price. If an incumbent already fits your store, there is no reason to move.

When will it be available?

In development, no listing yet. The core margin logic is shared with modules we are building for other ecommerce platforms, which is why this one moves faster than it looks. Get in touch if you want to be early.

Find Out What Your Orders Actually Earned

Tell us roughly how many orders you process a month, which payment providers you use, and where your cost prices live today.

Profit & Margin Analytics for Shopify