Daily profit equation
A working operating view that connects revenue, spend, product cost and fulfilment cost.
Sprint 3-week sprint
A daily profit equation for ecommerce operators who can see revenue and ad spend, then still have to guess whether yesterday made money.
from $3,500 · model + calibration. ROAS gives a clue. Profit makes the call.
01 What's included
Boil a pile of costs down to one number: net profit, ie: did you make money today.
A working operating view that connects revenue, spend, product cost and fulfilment cost.
SKU or category-level margin so budget decisions understand volume and what actually sold.
Meta, Google, email and organic performance read against profit alongside platform revenue.
Campaign and channel thresholds so you know what CPA or MER is actually safe.
COGS, shipping, returns, fees and practical assumptions documented rather than hidden in someone’s head.
A walkthrough and documentation so the model can keep being used after the sprint.
02 Process
We gather the messy inputs: COGS, shipping, return rates, payment fees and platform costs.
The model is checked against real trading data until it is believable enough to use.
Your team gets the view, the assumptions and the watch-outs for future changes.
03 Fit
You can see sales daily, while margin only becomes clear later.
A small COGS or shipping miss changes whether a campaign should scale.
The model can start rough. The assumptions need to be explicit enough to guide decisions.
04 FAQ
It sits alongside Xero or MYOB, not instead of them. Your accountant handles compliance; this gives the team a daily read on whether marketing is making money.
COGS, shipping costs, returns, payment/platform fees and enough order data to validate the model.
Then Week 1 starts there. A rough but explicit model is usually better than pretending ROAS equals profit.
Yes. You want breakeven and contribution clear before you scale spend.
You own the model. If you move into a retainer, profit becomes part of the daily decision layer.
By the end, you've got a breakeven view you trust, a channel-level picture of what's actually making money, and the first calls that flow from it.