Profit shows what your store really made today, where the month will probably end, and which products and costs changed it.
Most online store owners see their real profit weeks late, after the decisions that shaped it are already made.
In Portantis, profit is also the number that ad and restock suggestions start from, so ads, stock and purchasing pull the same way. Because Portantis already runs the orders, deliveries, ads and invoices of a live store every day, the profit figure comes from the business itself, not from exported spreadsheets.
Most owners learn last month's profit from their accountant weeks later, when nothing can be fixed any more. Until then, decisions about ads, stock and prices run on sales and gut feeling.
Selling online hides the real figure in many places. Cash on delivery sits with the couriers, ad spend sits in the ad account, some orders have no purchase price, and some cash spending never reaches the books.
Home shows the net profit your store really made today, even with parcels still on the road, and where the month will probably end. Compare it with last month at the same point, line by line, to see real growth.
See where every dollar of sales goes, from product cost and ads to delivery, packaging, running costs, VAT and tax, down to what you keep. 'What moved your profit' tells you in plain words which costs and products pushed it up or down.
Every product gets a clear verdict: scale, protect, review or fix. Courier cash shows the cash-on-delivery money couriers collected, paid you and still owe you, day by day.
Home, the first item in the menu, with views for overview, profit, cash, products, sales and ads, and operations, over any period you choose.
Your profit comes from your real orders, costs and payments, with nothing guessed. Other parts of Portantis build on it: restock suggestions use it, and the ad goals suggested for each product start from it.
A store paid on delivery sees its real net profit, after every cost and tax, while parcels are still on the way, so you know where the month stands today, not after the couriers pay out.
Act on this month's profit while you can still change it.
Every product shows the profit it made next to what you spent on its ads, with a clear verdict that tells you where your ad money should go next.
Stop paying for ads on products that lose money and move the budget to the ones that earn it.
Home shows what an average order brings in, what it costs and what is left, and how much your ads must bring back for every dollar you spend so the store does not lose money.
Set ad goals from your own costs, and see how much room is left before ads eat your profit.
Profit and every cost are set against last month at the same point, then explained product by product, so a real change is not confused with a longer or busier month.
Spot a cost creeping up in the middle of the month and know which products caused it.
One profit statement, from sales down to what you keep, that shows both what your books report and what the business really kept, including cash spending with no invoice.
One statement that matches your books and also shows the cash spending your books never see.
Needs you gathers the problems that cost money, from every part of the business, into today, this week and this month, with the most money at stake first.
Start the day with the few problems that cost the most, already ranked for you.
Courier cash shows the cash-on-delivery money couriers have paid you, the money for parcels already delivered, and what is still to come, so you know what they owe without opening every courier's website.
Know how much cash-on-delivery money is still with the couriers and chase late payouts with the day in hand.
Each month becomes final on its own once everything is in, so the close no longer waits for someone to rebuild the numbers.
Final monthly figures without anyone rebuilding them, and a clear list of what to fix first when a month is held back.
Each sale uses what that stock really cost you, and every missing or wrong price can be found and fixed before it makes profit look better than it is.
Profit stops looking better than it is because of missing or wrong purchase prices.
Each parcel carries what the courier really charged, not a flat rate, so shipping, returns and profit per order use real figures. This is in beta and still being improved.
Profit per order and per product reflects your real shipping bills, including parcels that come back.
Needs you lists products that lose money while their ads are still running. Pause or change those ads in the morning, before they spend another day.
Home shows how much more your ads can take before the month stops making money, so a budget increase has a clear limit.
Needs you flags profitable products that will soon sell out with nothing on order, and the profit at risk. Products you are clearing out are left off, so the list holds only what deserves the money.
When delivery or product costs take a bigger share of sales than at the same point last month, Home shows it and names the reason, such as new products or price changes.
Courier cash shows delivered parcels not yet paid out, and Needs you lists parcels stuck on the way. Call the customer or file a claim the same day, while it still helps.
Record spending that has no invoice on its own line. It stays out of the profit in your books but comes off your real profit, so you see what the business really kept.
Owners and administrators record the team's working hours and team cost per day. Home shows sales and net profit per team hour. Only team totals are kept, never salaries.
| Task | By hand | With Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Building the monthly profit spreadsheet | Export orders, ad spend, courier reports and supplier costs after the month ends, then match them by hand in a spreadsheet. | Your net profit is ready on Home, with no exports and no spreadsheet. |
| Matching ad spend to products | Compare the ad account's total with product reports and guess where the difference went. | You see which products your ad money went to, and ads spending money on no product are flagged. |
| Checking what couriers still owe | Log in to each courier's website, download payout reports and tick delivered parcels off against payments. | You see what couriers paid, what they still owe and what parcels on the road should bring, day by day. |
| Finding sales with no purchase price | Scan exports line by line for products with no cost price, usually after a month already looked too good. | Every sale with no purchase price is listed. Fill in what you know and update profit in one click. |
| Deciding which products to grow or stop | Check ad reports, sales and costs product by product across separate tools, often once a month. | Every product has a clear verdict (scale, protect, review or fix), always up to date. |
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Profit is the PortantisAI module that shows the net profit your store really made today and where the month will probably end. It shows where every dollar of sales goes, from product cost and ads to delivery and tax, tells you in plain words what moved your profit, and gives every product a clear verdict.
Your accountant reports the books, usually weeks after the month ends. Home shows your net profit today and puts the profit in your books next to your real profit, so you also see the cash spending the books never see. Each month becomes final on its own once everything is in.
Home gives you a realistic figure while parcels are still on the road, and shows where the month will probably end, not a promise. It also shows how past forecasts compared with what really happened, so you can judge how far to rely on it.
No. It comes from your real orders, costs and payments, with nothing guessed. Restock suggestions and the ad goals suggested for each product build on it, but the profit figure itself is never an AI guess.
The missing-data finder lists sales with no purchase price and other gaps. Fill them in and update profit in one click. You can also correct a wrong price and see how profit changes before you save.
Partly, and in beta. Profit per marketplace after fees, shipping, returns and ads is in beta, and so is the real shipping cost of each parcel. Profit-target pricing and bulk marketplace pricing are coming.
It is the number other decisions start from. Suggested ad goals, restock suggestions and product verdicts all use it, so ads, stock and purchasing pull the same way.
They update on their own through the day. Home shows when they were last updated. If they fall behind or a connected account stops sending data, a note at the top says so, and the last good figures stay on screen.
A month becomes final on its own once everything it needs is in, and Home shows anything still holding it back. After that its figures never change. Anything that arrives later is noted beside the month instead of rewriting it.
Yes. Text messages, calls, product videos and the other paid work done for your store count as costs, at what they really cost. Anything not priced yet is flagged, so you know it is missing.
A parcel the customer does not pick up brings no sale, but its shipping both ways and its packaging still count as costs. Home also shows how many parcels are still likely to come back, and how its past forecasts compared with what really happened.
Only owners and administrators. The cash and debts register and team hours are private to them. Team figures are totals, never salaries or individual performance, and every change keeps the earlier version.
Profit is part of Portantis, now in closed beta. We set every founding store up by hand.
