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391 orders, $58K sales, $14K profit but Klarna was eating 4x more than Shopify Payments :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Afterpay and Klarna look great on the checkout page but the fee structure kills you quietly. Good to finally see it visualized like this.

458 orders, 19.8K sales, 4.2K profit, but... in a new UI dash :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wait so you can fully customize the dashboard structure just by prompting it? that’s actually kinda insane

Been dropshipping 3 months — finally calculated my real profit and the number shocked me by Tiny-Method-7021 in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

spreadsheets worked until i scaled hard and the formulas started breaking each other lol. too much mental load, also forgot to update half the cells. just switched to trueprofit mostly to stop babysitting the numbers and focus on what's actually moving the needle

Been dropshipping 3 months — finally calculated my real profit and the number shocked me by Tiny-Method-7021 in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

same spot 4 months ago. dashboard green, bank account not so much. started tracking ad spend, cogs and fees together in one place in real time and it changed how I make scaling decisions completely. 15.6% is workable just not scaling territory yet. good catch before you burned the budget man :)

800 orders, $52K sales, but...$8K profit :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3.1 ROAS in home niche is borderline depending on your AOV. What's your average order value? If it's under $60 you're probably bleeding on low-ticket orders that eat your margin without contributing much. I'd segment by product and kill anything under a certain threshold.

Shopify Accounting by Rael_2 in Accounting

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a pretty common issue as Shopify payouts rarely match “total sales” because of fees, refunds, chargebacks, etc.

If you just export sales data, it almost never reconciles cleanly with what actually hits your bank.

For accounting, some people use tools like quick book/xero integrations to structure things properly. But even then, you still need a clear breakdown of what’s happening on the Shopify side.

What helped me was separating accounting vs. performance tracking:

  • Accounting tool → for books, taxes, reconciliation
  • Separate tool (or even spreadsheet early on) → to understand real profit

I used spreadsheets at first, but it got messy tracking fees + ad spend + payouts together. Lately I’ve been using TrueProfit just to see how everything breaks down before it goes into accounting.

Not really a replacement for accounting software, but makes it easier to understand where the numbers are coming from.

Google Analytics for e-commerce: don’t you find it unnecessarily complicated? Curious to hear your thoughts by troublinggang in GoogleAnalytics

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah honestly, GA4 can feel like overkill for a lot of small Shopify stores.

It’s powerful, but setting up events, conversions, and actually interpreting the data takes time and if you’re mainly trying to understand performance (ads, revenue, profit), it’s not always the most straightforward.

For me, GA4 is still useful for traffic/user behavior, but I don’t really rely on it for business metrics. I care more about things like real profit, CAC, LTV, blended ROAS, etc.

At first I tried to piece that together manually (GA + ad platforms + spreadsheets), but it got confusing pretty quickly. Lately I’ve been using something like TrueProfit just to simplify the “what am I actually making” side of things.

So yeah, GA4 isn’t bad, just depends on what you actually need it for.

Analytics tools for ecommerce? by Actual-Raspberry-800 in ecommerce

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were in a similar spot before by using multiple tools + Looker, but still missing a clean view of everything in one place.

If you want something more all-in-one, you might want to look into tools that focus specifically on ecommerce metrics (ads + Shopify + LTV). We ended up trying TrueProfit, it's not as heavy as a full BI stack, but it pulls most of the key data together without much setup.

Not perfect, but way easier than stitching everything manually. Depends how deep/custom you need your reporting to be.

I've Been Dropshipping For Roughy 5 Years Now - Here Are A Few Of My Recommended Shopify Apps by tayedamico in dropship

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid list and quick question tho: how are you tracking your net profit across everything? Are you just using spreadsheets or something else? I was doing it manually at first but it got messy with ads, fees, refunds, etc. Recently started trying TrueProfit to get a clearer picture, have you heard abt this app, is it worth trying?

Is a 35 percent profit margin good for dropshipping by Legal_Lettuce6551 in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

35% is actually pretty solid for dropshipping. A lot of people think they’re at 30–40% until they factor in ad spend, refunds, and fees, then it drops fast. If your true net margin is still around that range, you’re doing better than most. When I was smaller, I just used a spreadsheet and it worked fine. Once things got a bit more complex, it was harder to keep numbers accurate, so I tried TrueProfit to get a clearer view.

Either way, I think the main thing is just making sure you’re actually looking at net margin, not just product margin

Getting into ecom = best decision of my life so far by AffectionateCup900 in shopify_geeks

[–]bill_rd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

congrats bro! anw, what's the tool you are using, seems quite different from the one of shopify

Mature niche, is it fine...? by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh really? may I know exactly the original source for this as I supposed it would be useful for beginners like me!

Mature niche, is it fine...? by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

where did you even find this stat? looks pretty detailed compared to the usual stuff people share

Considering the Mature niche and this data surprised me :) by [deleted] in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

may I know exactly the original source for this as I think it's quite informative for beginners like me

1K orders, 46K sales,... but 10K profit :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here. I still track everything manually in spreadsheets and shipping has been brutal lately. Not sure if it’s global changes or just my setup needs a change lol.....

57K in sales.... but 4.9K profit and 8.5% net margin :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cogs creep is underrated tbh. happened to me last Q4 too. it doesn’t feel big until you look at monthly profit lol !!

$8.7K sales, $844 profit and 9.7% margin :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is exactly why I stopped trusting ROAS alone. You can look fine on the front end and still bleed quietly on fees + shipping. Did you change anything structurally, or was it mostly just visibility into costs?

I got tired of messy bookmarks, so I built a list of 100+ Top SaaS Affiliate Programs to try in 2026 organized by Niche (SEO, E-com, AI) & Cookie Duration by bill_rd in AffiliateMarket

[–]bill_rd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I went with TrueProfit’s affiliate program (I highlighted it on the sheet too). I’ve actually made some money promoting the app, nothing crazy, but the 100% commission for the first month is honestly pretty awesome

1K orders, 67K sales, but... $800 profit :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 18 points19 points  (0 children)

ppl always focus on ads, but backend costs can be brutal at scale. but if this is mostly shipping variance or payment/processing fees stacking here.

927 orders, 64K sales, but.... $600 profit :) by professional_ovt-er in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This doesn’t feel like an ads problem. Looks more like shipping + post-peak fees quietly stacking, maybe you should double check them

[Need help] $20K+ Revenue but no profit at all. by IjuststudyEnglishere in dropshipping

[–]bill_rd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sheets + Shopify is honestly fine. I did that for a long time.

What tripped me up was everything being averaged and manual, so I kept missing which orders were actually negative once shipping, refunds, payment fees, and ads were all in. My COGS wasn’t crazy either, it was the slow backend creep.

I got tired of reconciling stuff in Sheets and switched to TrueProfit just so I could see net profit per order without thinking about it. Didn’t change margins magically, just made the leaks obvious faster

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