Dropshipping margins and profit tracking: honest numbers on Mrfqy
Cost price, sell price, missing-cost flags, mixed orders, and COGS-aware reporting — stop guessing POD profit.
Merchants lose money dropshipping when they price from competitor shelves without knowing landed cost. Mrfqy flags missing supplier costs, calculates margin per line at order time, and rolls dropship into profit views when you upgrade — but Starter still shows sell vs cost per product if you enter costs. This guide is the financial discipline layer.
Why cost price is required
Dropship variant fields: sell price, cost price, supplier — margin = sell − cost − payment fee estimate.
Missing cost shows warning badge — admin cannot publish blind to dashboard.
Never fake cost as 70% of sell — platform discourages; enter supplier invoice truth.
Update cost when CJ or Printify raises price — weekly CSV export review.
Margin preview on dropship page
Marketing dropship page shows example rows — linen abaya EGP 890 sell, 420 cost, 470 margin.
Your catalog should mirror — if margin under 100 EGP, reconsider ads.
Phone case bundle high volume low margin — cash flow not profit per unit.
Print-on-demand tee SAR 95 / 38 cost — template for merch pricing.
Mixed warehouse and dropship orders
One checkout: in-stock charm bracelet + dropship abaya — two fulfillment paths.
Order detail splits lines — warehouse pick list vs PO panel.
Shipping combine one package if same supplier allows — else two tracking emails explain.
Profit per order sums both line margins — true basket economics.
Include fees and ads in pricing
Payment gateway 2.5–3% + COD fee — subtract from margin spreadsheet.
Meta CAC 30–80 EGP per purchase fashion Egypt — divide by conversion rate in plan.
Return rate 8–15% fashion — margin buffer.
Currency conversion CJ USD — use conservative EGP rate not bank best.
Reporting on Starter vs Pro
Starter: per-product sell/cost view, order totals — spreadsheet export enough early.
Pro: profit dashboard COGS, funnel with margin by channel, purchase order cost tie-out.
Upgrade when monthly orders exceed 100 — manual margin math breaks.
Free store lifetime means profit discipline is your edge, not platform fee.
Weekly margin review ritual
Monday: top five SKUs by revenue — margin percent still above floor?
Wednesday: CJ cost change emails — bulk update catalog.
Friday: kill ads on SKUs below break-even ROAS.
Month-end: compare bank deposit to sum order margins — find fee leaks.
Enter cost on every dropship SKU before ads go live. Honest margins on Mrfqy protect your free store from silent losses.
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