How To Get Here?
- From the Menu
- Sales–> Sales Statistics and click on the Chart View tab
- Or, if you are on the By Date tab of the screen, clicking on the Chart View tab just below the 4 colored tiles will bring you back to this screen
What is it for?
- Allows a detailed graphical view of the most important sales statistical data, over a selected time period, sliced in different views
- There are two versions of the Sales Statistics Screen – Dashboard Edition – Chart View
- One showing aggregate (sum) data of ALL products combined. This version will show ‘Sales Statistics – All Products’ in the title.
- One showing individual data for ONE product. This version will show ‘Sales Statistics – SKU / ASIN / Internal Name’ in the title.
- This screen shows data for products which have had activity during the selected period only!
- Activity relates to sales, or refunds or PPC costs during the period selected
- Shows the most important sales data points
- By Date, for all products combined, within your chosen period
- By individual product, by date
Screen Print
Content
(*) denotes features not yet implemented at the time of writing
- The Sales Statistics screen is constituted of
- Four colored tiles at the top of the screen showing selected sales KPI’s
- A navigation bar which allows the selection of a preferred view of the sales statistics data
- A date picker, which allows selection of a series of date periods
- A table below the navigation bar, which reflects the data view predicated by your selection in the navigation bar
The Colored Tiles
- The tiles reflect aggregate (sum) values pertaining to ALL products with activity during the selected period
- Gross Sales (Gross Revenue)
- The sum of all sales for all the products with activity during the selected period
- Please note that the impact of Refunds is already accounted for in Gross Sales
- Net Revenue
- Gross Sales minus sum of all Promo Amounts discounted for all the products with activity during the selected period
- Orders
- The number of orders placed for all products with activity during the selected period
- Units
- The number of units ordered for all products with activity during the selected period
- Non Promo Units
- The number of non promo units ordered for all products with activity during the selected period
- Learn how SellerLegend identifies promotional orders
- Net Before COGS
- The Gross Sales minus FBA Fees, Promo Amount, PPC Costs, VAT and Operating Expenses incurred for all products with activity during the selected period
- COGS Amount
- The sum of all the Cost Of Goods (COGS) relating to all the units sold for all products with activity during the selected period
- Learn how to define and use period based COGS
- Net Profit
- Net Before COGS minus Cost Of Goods amount
- PPC Costs
- Advertising costs for all products with activity during the selected period
- ROI (Return On Investment)
- Aggregate ROI for all products with activity during the selected period
- The Information Icon
- Clicking on this icon will present a drop down showing a waterfall view of all the sales values and how they are calculated
The Navigation Bar
- Allows navigation to the different views of Sales Statistics
- By Product will show this screen
- By Date will show The Sales Statistics Screen – Dashboard Edition – By Date screen
- Chart View will show The Sales Statistics Screen – Dashboard Edition – Char View screen
- If you wish to view the old version of the Sales Statistics screen, click on the link next to ‘Looking for old version?’
The Date Picker
- Use the date picker to select from any of the following periods
- Today
- Yesterday
- 7 Days
- 30 Days
- 60 Days
- 90 Days
- This Month
- Last Month
- 3 Months
- Last Year
- Year to Date
- One Year
- Any custom date range
The Chart View
- The chart view is identical to the top chart in the Marketplace Dashboard
- The Sales History Chart Legend
- The legend at the left of the Sales History Chart is dynamic and will either show:
- The sum of the date range values when the mouse is not resting on any bars in the chart area, or
- The specific daily values for whichever bar you hover on in the chart area
- The legend at the left of the Sales History Chart is dynamic and will either show:
- The Sales History Chart
- A stacked bar chart depicting the date range period set by the date picker
- A dynamic chart legend at the left of the chart shows changing data points as you hover over the individual bars on the chart
- Each bar in the chart represents one day
- For each day (bar), there are three summary data series, one each for:
- Revenue Summary, broken down into:
- Promo Sales Revenue and
- Non Promo Sales Revenue
- Costs Summary, broken down into:
- Promotions
- The negative value of promotion revenue, i.e. how much was given away by the promotions
- Cost Of Goods
- The cost incurred to procure the goods sold during that day
- Right after onboarding, this value will be zero, until you have entered the COGS for each product sold
- Learn how to enter and manage Cost Of Goods
- Amazon Fees
- The sum of all the Order Related Amazon fees (Fulfillment and Referral fees)
- Please note the Non-Order Related Amazon fees (for ex. Inbound Transportation Fees, Long Term Storage Fees … ) are not included
- Taxes
- Currently only includes Europe VAT (not yet US Sales Tax)
- Right after onboarding, this value will be zero, until you have entered the VAT rules for the Marketplace and/or Products
- Learn how to define and manage VAT
- PPC Costs
- The sum of the daily PPC costs for all the products sold during a day/period
- Right after onboarding, this value will be zero or very low, as SellerLegend has not yet accumulated any PPC Costs history
- Learn about accumulating PPC Costs history
- Operating expenses
- All the operating expenses incurred by the business on a day to day basis
- Right after onboarding, this value will be zero, until you have defined your one-time and recurring expenses
- Learn how to enter and manage Other Operating Expenses
- Promotions
- Units, broken down into:
- Number Of Orders received per day/period
- Number Of Non Promo Units sold per day/period
- Number Of Promotional Units sold per day/period
- Number Of Refunds Received per day/period
- Revenue Summary, broken down into:
- The Revenue bar in the chart is a stacked representation of Promo Sales + non Promo Sales, each with a distinct color
- The Costs bar in the chart is a stacked representation of Promotions + COGS + Fees + Taxes + PPC Costs + Operating Expenses each wit a distinct color
- The Costs stacked bar is embedded in the Revenue stacked bar
- To de-clutter the chart, the Units markers are not shown by default
- You can show any of the units data points by clicking on the grayed squares next to the units legends
- You can hide/reveal any of the twelve data points on this chart by un-clicking/clicking on the square next to the data point you want to hide/reveal