Profit by Product Summary

This report can show FBA inbound shipping costs by product when filtering by “Transaction” for the date type and “FBA” for the channel. Dividing the cost per unit in the FBA shipment and showing it in this report is an alternative workflow to manually applying the cost per unit to the related orders as an adjustment.

Here’s how it looks in this report. This same feature is also available for the Profit by Product Details.

Requirement: Using this workflow requires choosing the new client setting “Include FBA Inbound Shipping Costs in Profit by Product reports.” This disables the client setting “Include FBA Inbound Shipping Costs in Order Item P&L,” removing the option to apply the shipping costs as an adjustment on the orders from the FBA inbound shipment’s Action menu.

This report shows profit and loss for SKUs by summarizing their order and/or non-order transactions on your selected date or date range:

  • Order transactions – These are debits (sales and payments, etc.) and credits (returns and refunds, etc.)
  • Non-order transactions – Sources can include:
    • Product-related transactions from the Amazon and eBay settlement reports
    • FBA disposal fees from the FBA Removal Shipment Order report
    • FBA inbound shipping costs (see note at top)
    • Product fees for Amazon’s sponsored ads’ total “Spend” (if imported from Seller Central’s Sponsored Products Ad report)
Non-order transactions only appear if you choose “Transaction” as the Date Type filter.

To access this report in SellerCloud, click Reports, then either:

  • Transaction Reports > Profit by Product Summary; OR
  • P&L Reports > Product Profit Summary

Take a look at a sample grid report you can expand by SKU to see each one’s transaction details:

For the report showing an individual SKU’s profit and loss by debit or credit on a specific date or range, see Profit by Product Details. You can also open this version right from the summary by clicking any SKU, and then drilling down even further into the order and the product.

For answers to general questions about using Sellercloud’s Financial Reporting Suite, see the Reports FAQs.

Choose your filters

There are numerous filters to include the data you want in your report. (Most filters offer single-choice and multiple-choice fields. See a generic example of both).

After clicking Run Report to show these transactions, you can see which filters you applied. If a filter is not shown, you left it blank or chose All. Here’s a common report filter.

The table below defines each of these filters:

FILTER DESCRIPTION
Company Include only the orders from one or more companies, or include orders from all companies.
Company Groups* Include only the orders from one group of companies, or include orders from all companies.

*This filter is only shown if you enabled the company group setting and grouped companies together. Here’s how.
Channel Include only the orders from one or more sales channels, or include orders from all channels.
Date Range
  • Custom (default) – Enter the Start and End Dates. For a single date, choose the same Start and End Date.
  • Date ranges (presets) – There are 22 choices from Yesterday to the Last Year to Date.
Start Date and End Date If you chose a custom date range, choose starting date and ending date. (If you chose a default date range, these auto-populate.)
Date Type Have orders, and their associated activity, reflected in one of 3 ways:

  • By transaction date – View all order activity that occurred within your selected date range. Note: This will use the ship date for sales (debit) transactions.
  • By ship date – View all orders and their associated activity where ship date is in your selected date range.
  • By order date – View all shipped orders and their associated activity where order date is in your selected date range.
Purchaser (Buyer) Include only the products belonging to one or more purchasers, or include all products.
Product Type Include only the products belonging to one product type, or include all products.
Product Group Include only the products belonging to one product group, or include all products.
Vendor Include only the products belonging to one vendor, or include all products.

Note: For dropship orders, this will be the vendor that the products were actually purchased from.
Manufacturer Include only the products belonging to one manufacturer, or include all products.
Brand Include only the products belonging to one ​brand​​, or include all products.
Settlement ID* Include orders with specific settlement IDs. Currently, this filter works for Amazon/FBA, eBay, Newegg, and Walmart Marketplace settlements. This field has 3 options:

  • For one Settlement ID – Enter a specific Settlement ID and click Run Report
  • For all Settlement IDs in your date range – Leave this field blank and click Run Report
  • For a list of 20 most recent IDs – Click Search

*Only appears if choosing “Transaction” as the Date Type filter.
SKU Note: This filter is dependent on the Show Products by Original (Shadow) SKU setting. If you check that box, the report shows original orders’ shadow SKUs; if you uncheck that box, the report shows orders’ parent SKUs.

  • For one SKU – Enter a specific SKU and click Run Report.
  • For all SKUs in your date range – Leave this field blank and click Run Report.
  • To enter multiple SKUs – Click SKU List, then enter or copy/paste multiple SKUs on separate lines, then click Select Products to populate the SKU box, and Run Report.
Order # Include orders by order number. This field has 3 options:

  • For one order number – Enter the number and click Run Report.
  • For all order numbers in your date range – Leave this field blank and click Run Report.
  • For multiple order numbers – Click Order # List, then enter or copy/paste multiple order numbers on separate lines, then click Select Orders to populate the Order# box, and Run Report.
Show Products by Kit Component SKU

For kit products, show the kits’ component SKUs. Otherwise, the kits’ parent SKUs are shown by default.

Note: This works for all kit types.
Show Products by Original (Shadow) SKU

For shadow products, show the original orders’ shadow SKUs. Otherwise, the orders’ parent SKUs are shown by default.
Profit Calculation toggle Calculate profit in one of two ways:

  • Cash – Shows profit based on Payment of the orders.
  • Accrual – Shows profit based on Grand Total amount of the orders.

Note: If you choose Cash Profit, you can still see each individual order’s Accrual Profit by opening the order and hovering over Cash Profit on the P&L tab, and vice versa.
Orders Status toggle Include Amazon/FBA orders in one of two ways.

  • All Orders – Shows profit for all orders regardless of settlement status.
  • Settled – Shows profit only for orders that have settlement data.

About the grid data

Take a look at a sample grid report:

You can export this report to a spreadsheet with additional data by clicking the Export to Excel icon. For more details, see About the spreadsheet data.

The table below defines each of these columns:

COLUMN DESCRIPTION
Type Click each SKU’s arrow to expand the transaction category:

  • Order transactions – These are listed as either Debit or Credit
  • Non-order transactions – These are listed individually by transaction type; for example, Warehouse Lost, Warehouse Damage, FBA Disposal Fee, FBA Inbound Shipping Cost, Product Ad, etc.
SKU Unique stock keeping unit (SKU) code assigned to the product.
Product Name General name assigned to the product.
Qty Sold Total quantity of items sold.
Qty Returned Total quantity of items returned.
Subtotal Total amount of the items before any discounts, shipping, tax, etc.
Shipping Amount the buyer paid for shipping on the order.
Tax Amount the buyer paid for tax on the order. Refunds on tax are also included.
Other Charges Total of handling, insurance, gift wrap, discount, and shipping discount.
Payment* Actual amount the buyer paid (usually the same amount as Grand Total unless there was an underpayment or overpayment).

*Only shown if you set the filter’s Profit Calculation toggle to Cash.
Grand Total* Total amount of the order.

Grand Total = (Subtotal + Shipping Total + Handling + Insurance + Gift Wrap + Tax) – (Discount + Shipping Discount).

*Only shown if you set the filter’s Profit Calculation toggle to Accrual.
Refunds* Total refund amount from orders.

*Only shown if you set the filter’s Profit Calculation toggle to Cash.
Adjustments Adjustment amounts, either positive or negative, to orders.
Items Cost Cost of the items on the order.

Items Cost is based on A) The item cost on the Order Date, and B) The method used to calculate cost, which is determined by the Client Setting Order Profit & Loss Calculated Using (either Average Cost, Site Cost, or Last Cost). Includes refunded costs. Here’s how P&L is calculated and tracked on an order.

Watch how Sellercloud calculates item cost.

If the cost of an item on an order is manually changed, follow these steps to have the updated cost reflected in the order’s profit and loss.
Shipping Cost The cost of outbound shipping. Includes refunds on shipping cost.

  • For FBA – This includes the following fee types: FBA Per Unit Fulfillment Fee, FBA Weight Based Fee, FBA Per Order Fulfillment Fee, Shipping Chargeback, Gift Wrap Chargeback, and Cross-Border Fulfillment Fee.
Commission Channel selling fee.
Total Fees Total of shipping cost, commission (channel selling fee), transaction fees (PayPal processing fee), posting fees (eBay listing fee and Reverb bump fee), dropship fees, co-op fees, and tax payable.
Other Channel Fees Non-order-related transaction fees, including:

  • FBA disposal
  • FBA inbound shipping
  • Amazon product ads’ total “spend” amount (if imported from Seller Central’s Sponsored Product Ad report)
  • Product-related transactions from Amazon and eBay settlement reports
Profit Cash Profit or Accrual Profit based on your filter toggle.

About the spreadsheet data

Exported spreadsheets include more data than the grid report. Spreadsheets also let you manipulate data, such as filter within a column, sort with advanced parameters, etc. You can even create custom bar graphs and pie charts; for example, to show daily sales trends for a selected date range.

The spreadsheet version also features 2 tabs:

Tab 1 – “Report Table” is the collapsed version. Show me.
Tab 2 – “Report Table Expanded” is the expanded version with one line for each item per transaction type. Show me.

Below is a sample collapsed spreadsheet (trimmed for ease of display), or see that with all columns:

The table below defines each of these columns:

COLUMN DESCRIPTION
SKU Unique stock keeping unit (SKU) code assigned to the product.
Product Name Name of the product.
Product Type Category associated with the product.
Manufacturer Manufacturer associated with the product.
Brand Brand associated with the product.
ASIN* Amazon Standard Identification Number.

*Only populated if your Channel filter includes Amazon.
Qty Sold Total quantity of items sold.

*Only shown on the Report tab, not the Report Table Expanded tab.
Qty Returned Total quantity of items returned.

*Only shown on the Report tab, not the Report Table Expanded tab.
Subtotal Total amount of the items before any discounts, shipping, tax, etc.
Shipping Amount the buyer paid for shipping on the order.
Tax Amount the buyer paid for tax on the order. Refunds on tax are also included.
Handling Amount the buyer paid for handling on the order.
Insurance Amount the buyer paid for insurance on the order.
Gift Wrap Amount the buyer paid for gift wrap on the order.
Discount Amount of discount applied to the order.
Shipping Discount Amount of discount applied to the shipping.
Other Charges Total of handling, insurance, gift wrap, discount, and shipping discount.
Grand Total Total amount of the order.

Grand Total calculation: (Subtotal + Shipping Total + Handling + Insurance + Gift Wrap + Tax) – (Discount + Shipping Discount).

*Only shown if you set the filter’s Profit Calculation toggle to Accrual.
Payments Actual amount the buyer paid (usually the same amount as Grand Total unless there was an underpayment or overpayment).
Refunds Total refund amount from orders.
Adjustments Adjustment amounts, either positive or negative, to orders.
Items Cost Cost of the items on the order.

Items Cost is based on A) The item cost on the Order Date, and B) The method used to calculate cost, which is determined by the Client Setting Order Profit & Loss Calculated Using (either Average Cost, Site Cost, or Last Cost). Includes refunded costs. Here’s how P&L is calculated and tracked on an order.

Watch how Sellercloud calculates item cost.

If the cost of an item on an order is manually changed, follow these steps to have the updated cost reflected in the order’s profit and loss.
Items Rebate Incentive amount the vendor reimburses for a product’s promotion.
Shipping Cost The cost of outbound shipping. Includes refunds on shipping cost.

  • For FBA – This includes the following fee types: FBA Per Unit Fulfillment Fee, FBA Weight Based Fee, FBA Per Order Fulfillment Fee, Shipping Chargeback, Gift Wrap Chargeback, and Cross-Border Fulfillment Fee.
Commission Channel selling fee.
Transaction Fee PayPal processing fee.
Posting Fee eBay listing fee and Reverb bump fee.
Dropship Fee Vendor dropship fee.
Co-Op Fee Allowance fee from select channels.
Tax Payable Tax payable portion of the order.
Total Fees Total of shipping cost, commission (channel selling fee), transaction fees (PayPal processing fee), posting fees (eBay listing fee and Reverb bump fee), dropship fees, co-op fees, and tax payable.
Item Cost Total Calculation: (Item Cost – Rebate) + Shipping Cost + Commission + Transaction Fee + Posting Fee + Dropship Fee + ​Co-Op Fee​ + Tax Payable).
Other Channel Fees Non-order-related transaction fees, including:

  • FBA disposal
  • FBA inbound shipping
  • Amazon product ads’ total “spend” amount (if imported from Seller Central’s Sponsored Product Ad report)
  • Product-related transactions from the Amazon and eBay settlement reports
Accrual Profit This is based on the Grand Total amount of an order.

Accrual Profit calculation: Sum(Grand Total) – (Item Cost + Total Fees) + Adjustments + Other Channel Fees.

Note: Sum(Grand Total) = Order Grand Total – Return Grand Total.
Cash Profit This is based on the Payment amount of an order.

Cash Profit calculation: (Payment – Refunds) – (Item Cost + Total Fees) + Adjustments + Other Channel Fees.

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