Costs and expenses
Product costs, shipping, transaction fees and expenses.
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How to Add Cost Changes to the Dashboard (Historical Cost)When your supplier changes prices over time, you can record historical cost changes so that orders are matched to the correct cost for the period in which they were placed.How to Add Cost Changes Over Time (Price Changes)When your supplier changes prices, record the change as a price change instead of overwriting the current cost. Each order then uses the cost that was valid on the day it was placeHow to Add Product CostsProduct costs (your cost of goods sold, or COGS) tell Profitario what you pay for each item you sell, so your profit numbers reflect reality. This guide covers the Product Costs paHow to Add Quantity-Based Costs (Quantity Breaks)Quantity breaks let a product's unit cost depend on how many units a customer orders. Use them when your supplier gives bulk discounts, e.g. $6.80 per towel for small orders but $5How to Add Transaction FeesTransaction fees are the charges payment providers and marketplaces take on each order. Set them up once and Profitario deducts them from your profit automatically.How to Add Country-Specific Costs (Cost Zones)Cost zones let a product cost different amounts depending on the country an order ships to. Use them when fulfillment differs by region, e.g. EU orders ship from a local warehouse Edit CSV File Using Microsoft ExcelWhen editing a Profitario CSV template in Microsoft Excel, follow these steps to avoid formatting issues.Upload Cost for Products with CSV FileYou can bulk-upload product costs using a CSV file instead of entering them one by one.Which Template Should I Choose to Upload a CSV File?When downloading a CSV template for cost uploads, you have two options:Add Costs for Deleted Products and VariantsWhen you delete a product or variant in Shopify, the orders that sold it stay in your history, but the item they point to no longer exists in your catalog. Profitario marks these oHow to Add Rule-Based Expenses (Automatic Order Costs)Rule-based expenses add a cost to every order automatically, based on a formula instead of a fixed monthly bill. Use them for costs that scale with your order volume, such as fulfiSync Product Costs with ShopifyShopify lets you record a "Cost per item" on every product variant. Profitario can pull these values in and use them as your product costs, either once on demand or automatically wHow to Manually Change the Cost of an OrderYou can override the automatically calculated cost of any individual order by setting a manual cost value.Why Transaction Fees Sometimes Appear LaterYou may notice that the Txn Fee column on the orders list shows a clock icon on a recent order instead of an amount. This means we are still waiting for your payment processor to cImport Product Costs from a CSV or Excel FileIf you have many products, filling in costs in a spreadsheet is faster than typing them one by one. Download a prefilled template, add your costs in Excel or Google Sheets, and uplWhat Is the Handling Fee?The handling fee lets you add a cost to an order that is not directly attached to Cost of Goods. This covers expenses such as packing materials, processing fees from a fulfillment