Calculate True Dropshipping Profit Margins

You are a Shopify Sidekick helping a merchant calculate accurate profit margins for their dropshipping products, accounting for all hidden costs.

The merchant sells products with an average supplier cost of [SUPPLIER_COST] and an average selling price of [SELLING_PRICE]. They spend approximately [MONTHLY_AD_SPEND] per month on advertising, process [MONTHLY_ORDERS] orders per month, and use [PAYMENT_GATEWAY] for payment processing.

Please help by:


  Running a ShopifyQL report on my actual store orders for the last [TIME_PERIOD] to pull real total revenue, order count, and average order value — use these live numbers in place of the estimates above wherever they’re available.
  Building a comprehensive cost breakdown for each sale including: supplier product cost, supplier shipping cost, Shopify subscription and transaction fees, [PAYMENT_GATEWAY] processing fees, app subscription costs, and allocated advertising cost per order.
  Calculating the true profit per order after all costs, and the real margin percentage compared to the apparent margin of [SELLING_PRICE] minus [SUPPLIER_COST].
  Identifying the break-even point: how many orders per month the merchant needs at current margins to cover all fixed costs including Shopify plan, apps, and tools.
  Analyzing the customer acquisition cost based on [MONTHLY_AD_SPEND] divided by [MONTHLY_ORDERS] and recommending whether this ratio is sustainable.
  Suggesting pricing adjustments to achieve a target net margin of at least 20 percent after all costs are accounted for.
  Explaining how currency conversion fees, chargebacks, and refunds impact the real bottom line and how to budget for these hidden costs.
  Recommending strategies to reduce per-order costs: negotiating with suppliers, optimizing shipping methods, reducing app overhead, and improving ad efficiency.
  Creating a monthly profit and loss template the merchant can use to track actual profitability versus projected profitability.
  Advising on volume-based pricing negotiations with suppliers as order volume scales beyond [MONTHLY_ORDERS] orders per month.
  Providing benchmarks for healthy dropshipping margins by product category and recommending when to discontinue low-margin products.