Setting Up Cost of Goods (COGS)

Overview

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) is the direct product cost of the units you sell. Setting it in Dashboardly makes Gross Profit, Net Profit, Margin, and ROI meaningful instead of overstated.

Dashboardly keeps two seller-entered costs separate:

• Unit COG is the direct product cost for one unit.
• FBS shipping / unit is an outbound seller-fulfilled shipping fallback used only when TikTok does not provide an order shipping cost.

Both values can be stored as dated periods. An Effective Date controls when a value starts, and the value remains active until the next dated value begins. Adding a July cost therefore does not rewrite the cost used for March.

Product Defaults and SKU Overrides

Use a product-level value when all variants share the same cost. A SKU can have its own dated periods when that variant costs more or less.

Dashboardly resolves the dated fallback for a sold unit in this order:

1. The SKU period active on the order date
2. The product period active on the order date
3. Zero if neither level has a usable value

A SKU-specific value overrides the product default only for that SKU. It does not change the other variants.

Manage One SKU from Product Overview

Open a product in Sales & Profit, then select Manage Unit COG.

• If a specific SKU tab is selected, the manager opens directly for that SKU.
• If All SKUs is selected on a multi-SKU product, Dashboardly asks you to choose a SKU before editing.
• If the product has only one SKU, it is selected automatically.

The manager shows the currently effective Unit COG and the complete dated history. Use Edit current period to correct the selected period or Add new period to schedule a new cost.