Marketplace fees, returns, ad spend, COGS, freight — netted into one margin per order, by SKU and by channel. Revenue is vanity. Margin is reality.
What founders ask us
“Is this SKU actually profitable after Amazon's fees, freight, and 18% returns?”
Most e-comm dashboards show gross revenue. Real profit shows up after marketplace cuts, fulfillment, ad spend, freight, and returns — and by then the inventory's already bought. CentSight tags every fee at the order level, so the answer is one click and it's right today.
What it looks like
Click through the tabs. Every panel is the actual product.
Revenue minus COGS, marketplace fees, payment processing, freight, ad spend, and returns — calculated per order, rolled up by SKU and channel. The 'best seller' that nets 2% after the marketplace takes its cut. The hero SKU that's actually a loss leader. The number you wished you had before the inventory was bought.
32.1%
2.4%
41.7%
18.9%
How it works
QuickBooks Online and your bank — connected in 5 minutes, read-only. Channel revenue and fees flow in through your books.
Revenue minus fees, freight, ad spend, returns, COGS — auto-calculated per order, rolled up by channel and SKU.
Live alerts when SKU margin crosses your threshold — not 30 days after the inventory is sunk.
Model Q4 scenarios in plain English. "Can I afford a 40% ad-spend lift?" Answered in 90 seconds.
What e-comm operators get back
12 hrs/wk
Reclaimed from reconciling Shopify payouts, Amazon fees, and QuickBooks. Time you spend on the brand, not the books.
15 min
Average lead time on cash-gap detection — long enough to renegotiate AP terms before Q4 inventory hits.
+4.1 pts
Median gross margin lift in the first 90 days, from catching unprofitable SKUs and channel-mix leakage.
Don't take our word for it
“We thought our hero SKU was our profit driver. CentSight showed us it had a 2% margin after the marketplace's cut. We rebuilt the entire assortment and recovered $60,000.00 in a quarter.”
Lisa Wong
Founder · DTC home goods brand · $4M revenue
“Returns were eating us alive and we didn't know by how much. Now I see net margin per SKU every Monday.”
Marcus Hill
COO · Field & Forge · $7M DTC
“Peak-season planning used to be a guess. This year I knew exactly how much ad spend I could lean into in October.”
Sasha Kim
Head of Growth · Northstone · $11M DTC + Amazon
Illustrative scenarios representative of CentSight's customers. Not specific named individuals.
Learn more
Topic Library
Deep-dive guides on COGS, margins, inventory costing, and every metric e-commerce founders need to master.
Glossary
The direct costs of producing what you sell — the single biggest number between your top line and your actual profit.
Glossary
After COGS, shipping, and payment fees, many e-commerce products have margins far thinner than founders realize.
Glossary
How long it takes from paying for inventory to collecting revenue from the sale — the hidden bottleneck in e-commerce growth.
Blog
How e-commerce brands can manage the cash timing gap between inventory purchases and customer payments.
Compare
QuickBooks records your transactions — CentSight tells you which products and channels are actually making money.
Glossary
What each product contributes after variable costs — the metric that tells you which SKUs to scale and which to cut.
Common questions
Per order, every channel. Decisions while the inventory window is still open.
Requires QuickBooks Online