Gross first
Revenue minus variable product cost before rent and salaries.
Exclude costs you purposely treat downstream.
Fold fees that scale with orders
Processors, refunds, fulfillment lines often behave like gross costs for pricing decisions—even if bookkeeping stores them separately.
Plug ads after margin is sane
Use ROAS and break-even ROAS once SKU margin is truthful—not fantasized.
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