Follow this guide to prepare for the onboarding by creating an account, adding your first website, creating the integration, and preparing your fallback cost
Part 1A: Create a business account and add your first website
(Part 1B: Create an Agency account Agencies only)
Part 2: Install the ProfitMetrics module/app
Part 3: Get an overview of your variable order costs (fallback costs)
Part 4: Install the Zoom app
Part 1A: Create account and add your first website
- Create account and add your first website.
- For Shopify, follow this guide
- For any other platforms, follow this guide
- Come back to this article to complete the next steps
(Part 1B: Create an Agency account Agencies only)
- Create an Agency Account: How to create an Agency Account
- Optional: Grant Agency access: How to grant Agency Access
Part 2: Install the Right ProfitMetrics Module/App
Choose and install the ProfitMetrics module or app that fits your setup.
NOTE: For custom CMS
For a custom CMS we recommend a full Hybrid Server-side Integration where possible. This requires effort from your developer to create the integration. Alternatively, there is a Client-Side integration that can be fully completed within GTM if necessary:
Hybrid Server-side (Recommended) | Universal Client-side |
At a minimum, you will need the following for each website:
- VAT of the specific country (%)
- Average mark-up or margin on products (%)
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Average cost of shipping per order ex-VAT
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Average payment processing fee per order (%)
- Average cost for packaging, tape, labels, etc. ($)
Please note that specific Shipping method costs and Payment method costs will still need to be set up after we have started receiving orders.
Fallback Costs
Fallback costs are configured in Expenses > Fallback Costs, and are used to provide average costs when specific costs are not available:
What is your VAT/Tax rate?
What is your average Product Markup or Margin?
Markup
Description: Markup is the amount added to the cost price of a product to determine the selling price. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the cost price.
Example: If the cost price of a product is $100 and the sales price is $300, the “Markup” is calculated as follows:
Markup Percentage=((Sales Price−Cost Price)/Cost Price)×100
Markup Percentage=((300−100)/100)×100=200%
Margin
Description: Margin is the difference between the sales price and the cost price, expressed as a percentage of the sales price. It represents the profit made on the sale.
Example: If the cost price of a product is $100 and the sales price is $300, the “Margin” is calculated as follows:
Margin Percentage=((Sales Price−Cost Price)/Sales Price)×100
Margin Percentage=((300−100)/300)×100=66.67%
Price/Cost Ratio
Description: The price/cost ratio is a simple comparison of the sales price to the cost price. It shows how many times the cost price is contained in the sales price.
Example: If the cost price of a product is $100 and the sales price is $300, the “Price/Cost Ratio” is calculated as follows:
Price/Cost Ratio=Sales Price/Cost Price
Price/Cost Ratio=300/100=3
What is your Average Shipping Cost ex. VAT/Tax?
What is your Average Payment Processing Fee (%)?
What is your Packaging and handling cost?
Product costs
Part 4: Install the Zoom app
During our onboarding call we will request control of your mouse for a smoother onboarding process. Please ensure that you have the app installed, and are not joining through the browser as we cannot request control of your mouse without the app.
Click here to download and install Zoom.
Contact customer success at support@profitmetrics.io in case you have further questions.