Shopify profit analytics
Shopify analytics is built to report sales. Profit analytics answers a different question: after refunds, discounts, shipping, transaction fees and cost of goods, how much of that revenue did you keep — and where did the rest go?
Why revenue can grow while profit falls
A store can add 30% revenue and lose money doing it. The extra volume usually arrives through discount codes, free shipping and the products that are easiest to sell — which are often the products with the thinnest margin and the highest return rate.
Standard Shopify reporting shows the top line moving up. The costs that ate the difference sit in separate places: refunds in one report, shipping in another, cost of goods in a spreadsheet, ad spend in the ad platform. Nothing adds them together per order.
What profit analytics should report
A profit view is only useful if it goes down to order and product level and subtracts every real cost.
- ◆Net revenue after refunds and discounts, not gross sales
- ◆Contribution margin per product and per order
- ◆Real shipping cost against shipping revenue, per order
- ◆Return cost including outbound and return shipping, handling and write-offs
- ◆Payment and platform fees
- ◆Profit per customer over time, not just first order value
How ProfitLeakGuard reads a Shopify store
Once connected, ProfitLeakGuard uses orders, refunds, discounts, shipping charges and product costs from your Shopify admin to build a per-order profit picture, then looks for patterns: which products carry losses, which discount codes destroy more margin than they create, which shipping rules run at a loss and where returns concentrate.
The output is not another dashboard to interpret. It is a Profit Leak Score, an estimated share of revenue at risk, and the leaks ranked by financial impact with a recommended action for each.
Start with an estimate, then connect your store
The free Profit Leak Scan gives you an estimated Profit Leak Report from public storefront signals and market benchmarks for your industry and country. It is an indication, not your accounting data. Connecting your Shopify store replaces every estimate with your actual numbers.
Estimates, not your numbers. Everything on this page is based on public ecommerce benchmarks and the signals a public storefront exposes. It is an indication of where profit typically leaks — not a measurement of your finances. Connect your store to replace estimates with your actual numbers.
Frequently asked questions
Does Shopify show profit by product?+
Shopify reports sales by product and, if you fill in cost per item, a basic margin. It does not subtract return costs, shipping cost per order, discount allocation or payment fees, so the profit figure is usually higher than reality.
What is the difference between profit analytics and profit leak detection?+
Profit analytics reports the number. Profit leak detection explains where the number is being lost, estimates how much each cause costs and puts the causes in order of impact so you know what to fix first.
Do I need to install anything to see an estimate?+
No. The free scan needs a store URL and a few details about your market. Nothing is installed and no payment is required.