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True net profit dashboard for Shopify DTC brands

True net profit dashboard for Shopify DTC brands with ad spend

SaaSPlugin for Shopify

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Job to be done
When Shopify, ad platform, and supplier data never reconcile, a DTC owner needs to see true net profit by order, product, and campaign, so they can decide which ad spend actually makes money.
Buyer
Shopify DTC brand owners and their analysts
How often it comes up
Weekly
How critical
Medium
Evidence layers
2 of 9
What to build
The job is reconciling Shopify, ad, and supplier data into profit views, a data tool that fits as a Shopify app for store owners.

Customer complaints 8 shown of 11

Owners and users describing the problem in their own words: Reddit, low-star reviews, App Store, Ask HN.

  • Data from Amazon, Shopify and wholesale is spread across reports, making true per-product profit after fees unclear and eating hours in spreadsheets.

    r/ecommerce 33 upvotes

  • Shopify, Meta, Google Ads and GA4 numbers never match, so the owner cannot tell which campaigns make money.

    r/ecommerce 9 upvotes

  • Native Shopify analytics cannot show true net profit, refund-timing effects, or cohort repeat purchases, so the owner spends about 3 hours each Monday merging CSVs and ad spend in spreadsheets.

    r/shopify 9 upvotes

  • Meta and Shopify sales data never match for high-ticket items because of differing attribution windows and cross-device tracking gaps, making daily reports unreliable.

    r/ecommerce 5 upvotes

  • Revenue figures from Shopify, ad platforms, and analytics do not match, and profit after ad spend and COGS is unclear.

    r/ecommerce 5 upvotes

  • Analyzing multiple Shopify, Klaviyo, and ad platform stores requires jumping between tabs with inconsistent data definitions, so insights are stale by the time they are assembled.

    r/shopify 5 upvotes

  • Repeating the same weekly cleanup steps in spreadsheets after exporting Shopify data, including SKU fixes, margin checks, and low-stock spotting.

    r/shopify 4 upvotes

  • Tracking real profit across multiple Shopify stores with different COGS, shipping, and ad platforms requires a spreadsheet that is constantly out of date and wrong.

    r/shopify 3 upvotes

Success stories 1

Businesses already making money from it: founder revenue stories (self-reported), TrustMRR (payment-verified) and Acquire listings.

  • Profit analytics and marketing automation app for Shopify: $30K a month after 5 months

    has made a total of $147,000 since launch in December and is currently at 30K MRR for the app and just under 40K MRR for services.

    YouTube, self-reported Starter Story

No evidence found yet for: Paid tasks, Funds raised, Creator patterns, Product sunsets, Compliance needs, Search trends, Incumbent gaps.