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Merchants highly value this app for enhancing inventory and profit tracking beyond Shopify's native features. They praise its comprehensive reporting, especially the "Variants without cost" tool for managing product costs, and appreciate the detailed reports by supplier and stock visibility. Users commend its stability, seamless Shopify integration, and responsive customer support. Its ease of installation and straightforward daily use make it essential for detailed cost and profitability analysis.
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I have found this very useful for calculating an accurate figure of my cost of goods sold, an essential figure to know when calculating profit! Easy to use app and affordable.
Simple and easy way to value current inventory and calculate COGS instantly. Much faster than my old system of Excel spreadsheets, which I updated monthly (or less). Very fair monthly fee, too.
This is the best app that's happened to us for months. Used to spend literally hours a month working out the profit and now it's done in seconds. Works perfectly and excellent support too. Install it now!
Very useful app to see if you are actually making money on your orders after shipping and transaction costs. The app also shows the total cost of all your inventory and the potential profit on it. The app is very affordable for people like me living in a country with a crappy exchange rate where a dollar costs me almost R15... Thank you for not ripping off the little guys in Africa like Shopify and some of the other Shopify apps.
Great app. As it says on the tin simple but very effective. Would recommend to all shopify businesses as it will allow you to really understand your profitability.
Customer service from Sam is excellent.
First time I installed it, it did not work. Left feedback and then support contacted me. Apparently they were fixing the servers. Then I went back and installed it again. It worked this time and I was able to download the template csv so I can upload the COGS.
Bulk upload status email was in spam folder.
Other than that, app works fine and developer is on point in support. Numbers are correct. Everything works fine. Although, it would be good to be able include fees we incur from other marketplace like eBay, Amazon, PayPal, etc. But even without it, you can still manually calculate it with the help of this app (get the total profit the app gives you and subtract the marketplace fees from it).
Maybe if we had more sales, we might use this but right now a simple excel sheet with formulas are easier.
What a waste. The app didn't calculate our costs to ship orders that qualified for free shipping using 3rd party apps to print the shipping labels.
I have not fully utilized this tool for a historical reference however, upon first review this has all the simple COGS needs you could really ask for! The default margin for cost is also a very nice simple feature on top of the ability to account for cost of items and variants! The interface is simple and what shopify lacks natively, bravo!
Gut, übersichtlich, einfache anwendung. Passt alles und hat alles was man braucht. Für 5 Euro die beste App meiner Meinung nach
You guys really did an excellent job on this App. It's clear on where your problems are in my business. Analyzing expenses is so easy and thorough...makes "what-ifs" more logical, which makes my decision making much easier. Thanks!
Seems pretty good but no customer service available what so ever, so I'm not able to get any support for the questions I have.
Hi there, I am so sorry for the experience you had with our support. We always make sure we reply merchants support requests within 24 hours. In your particular case, I don't seems to have any record of support request originated from your store, therefore I am not able to provide any assistant. You can always contact us at support@zapfor.com. I hope you give us another chance.
Great app! Before using SimplyCost, I was lost trying to manually track COGS using multiple sheets and was in the dark with final net profits. This changed all of that. Big up
I like the app just wish there was an option to get Google Ads charges as you do for FB. The rest of the feature are ok.
Hi there, that's something we are working on. Will definitely keep you updated when it is ready :)
I love that I can see my profit on every order or run reports to see my monthly profits and costs. I have found it super easy to use. It would be great if it could sinc with shopify now for the cost price so I don't have to go to 2 different places to enter it but otherwise I love this app.
Thank you for your review! You can setup SimplyCost to use Shopify's cost price in the app's Settings page :). If you have problem setting that up, just drop me a email at support@zapfor.com
Could be better - doesn't seem to switch between different shopify sites using this app. which is a problematic if you are running a couple of sites and using Simply Cost. There's no login / log out function with in the app. I hope this can be resolved.
Hi there, thanks for your feedback. Store switching is in the development road map. I will definitely let you know once it is available. At the moment, I will email you a couple of workaround that you can use the app if you have multiple store :)
Great app and awesome support! We needed Inventory cost on hand and it's perfect for that. One thing that's missing is Cost of inventory by product type. It is doable through Export and filtering in Excel, but it takes too much time. As per the app developer this feature will be available in a couple of months, so fingers crossed! The Reports are great and very helpful, it gives you a pretty good picture of your profits, COGS, margins, etc. One thing to be aware of - the "Online orders profit report" or what it's called doesn't use correct cost of items for orders prior to installing this app (our product costs were already entered in Shopify prior to installing this app so I could tell the numbers were wrong). Seems like this issue goes away for new orders after the install though. To ensure that we will always have correct profit reporting for any period of time, I went back to our past orders and manually corrected the cost of items. I'm still giving 5 stars because this app is very handy for your basic needs and you can't beat the price and the support!
Thank you for your review! Yes you are right, when you first install the app, it does not automatically apply your product current costs to items in your past orders. This is by design because product costs changes overtime, the app does not assume items costs in your past orders are the same as your products current costs. However the app provide a few options for you to easily update the items costs in your past orders which you have done :).
i just needed to have the total costs of goods from my inventory at any moment..i tried about 4 other apps but they where confusing and wrong calculating. This app is amazing..it is easy to use and does all it needs to do.
tell me how many items and what the price and verry easy to export to an excell file where you have everything next to each other also how many pieces of the products.
Excellent app!!
I've had this app for about an hour, and I have already found SO much value in it. It offers things that you would expect would be standard in Shopify reporting, but is missing. I thought I was going to have to pay $100 a month to get an inventory app that would provide me this information, so I am SO glad someone referred me to this app. THANK YOU for developing this key to financial clarity for our businesses!
I've only been using the app for a short time, but so far, so good!! It provides an easy solution for tracking costs - a definite must-have!
This App has been so great! It gave us exactly what we needed and at such a good price point! We definitely recommend using this!
This app is a must, it helps to fill the gap of a missing piece of standard Shopify. You certainly need this app if you want to calculate your actual profit. Fast, stable, it does what you need.
Shopify doesn't have the ability to track the original cost of your items.
This is a Must to have.!
I highly recommend adding this app to your shopify store. Shopify does not have the necessary ability to track COGS. This is a must!
I found it quite frustrating to discover that Shopify doesn't support cost pricing as a feature out the box. I also found it hard to find an app that addresses this without having to pay for lots of unnecessary features on top. Simply cost does what it says on tin and has proved to be a simple but effective tool for managing COGS and a keeping track of our profit margin. One feature I would like to see in the future is automated reports- particularly so I can report the total cost value of our stock on a monthly basis :)
Great cost app. Sam is awesome, always quick to respond any time I have a question or have a suggestion. The app is easy to use, and easy to find information I need quickly. Highly recommend it!
Great app for reporting the Cost of Goods.
This app is very useful to track COGS, quantities sold and other analytics. Would definitely recommend.
Really useful app. Highly recommended.
If you're a UK seller, note that you have to apply shipping tax in your Shopify settings, rather than in the app itself - had us confused to begin with. Now that it's fully set up it works perfectly.
Definitely worth spending the time to set this up and manage it correctly. Saves a lot of time in the long run. As with any COGS / Profit calculations, the quality of the output is determined by the effort and accuracy you put in.
I took the time to update the cost for each item in my store, and the profit margin on the dashboard didn't adjust. Not to mention, they require the margins to be fixed to 0-100% markup, but some industries have a 3-500% markup. This makes their app not useful for all markets.
I used to write my own spreadsheets to work out all the COGs, Profit Margins, Inventory Stock Value (running) etc., but this software does it all plus so much more. I use this software every day. Completely worth every penny (and more). The best app l have ever installed into Shopify. Love it. Very happy. Thank you. You guys, you rock!
FAO SimplyCost... Developers, something to think about - any chance of being able to print out the reports directly from Shopify as they appear on the screen? This would be super helpful when preparing work to pass onto the account :)
Also if, in the future, if you are looking for little tweak ideas, it would be groovy to be able to sort information by clicking on the column headings from within Shopify for all of the report sections. Neither of these ideas are essential, as you can do these things easily enough by exporting the Excel file, but it would save a step or two and would just be the cherry on top of an already delicious cake.
Awesome resource for my business. Makes knowing my profit and cogs so easy! Easy setup and wonderful app! Would highly recommend to anyone.
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Good app. Does exactly what is says and pretty easy to understand as well.
Excellent app with multiple reporting options!!! This app has helped us tremendously by giving us a true visual of our product costs. I highly recommend this to all!
Great app. I couldn't do my business without. Great format and very user friendly. I searched and searched for an app like this and couldn't believe how great it was when I found it.
Fills the COGS gap that Shopify unfortunately does not offer.
If you work a lot in retail section or moved from another retail system than you know how important to have cost prices in your system.
We have brand children's clothing store, so for us it is important to have all items' details in one place.
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Automation is one of our business goals. By using SimplyCost it saved us many hours of manual spreadsheet work that we used to do before. Keep up the work!
Great app! I Hope they will also develop or add something to track expenses and other liabilities.
Fills the COGS gap that shopify does not offer and does not intend to offer. A must have for inventory managment and cost reporting. Brilliant!
Great little App.. Adresses a major shortfall in Shopify ie managing cost price of products. I've used the spreadsheet export to set up a pricing system in Excel. A worthwhile cost! Using it right now and will continue to use it.
Not very user friendly. I can't change the date to go back to look at a specified time period.
I love how the app integrates with my ecommerce site. It makes it so much easier to track what my profits are. Great app. I highly recommend it.
Great application for showing profit and loss, Calculating COGS, Shipping, handling fees. Nice reporting tool to. And for the money, its really worth it. Highly recommend.
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Finally a way to add cost prices in Shopify. Great app & easy to use.
I'm really enjoying this app as it cuts down a ton of accounting work I have to do every single month!
Very easy to view your cost and plan next strategies. WOW!
This app is very useful for tracking costs which is an essential part of running a business. The customer service is excellent - Sam always responds quickly and provides assistance as well as honest insights on improvements he wants to make to the app.
The reason for the 4 star review is simply because the app is quite manual if you don't have access to bulk pricing spreadsheets etc. Also, I have to put in the shipping cost for each order manually as the price is different for most items, this can be a bit time consuming.
Overall, the price and customer service provided definitely makes up for any short falls in terms of usability.
Great App! Simple to use and provides me with great business reports. Highly recommend!
This app deserves the good reviews it has received. It has been amazing for me, yes it's time-consuming to back-track the data but once you have done this it's extremely efficient and easy to maintain. The app is exactly what I needed. I had a really successful Christmas period of sales, yet the profitability was shite and I didn't understand what the problem was. I downloaded the app in January. It allows you to track profitability by time period, such as day/month etc and also by product, product type etc. So, with it, I discovered my best selling category was actually losing me a lot of money through exit-intent pop-up discounts etc. Thanks to this app I've been able to improve product margins (by increasing prices, buying stock at better prices and doing fewer discounts) and am running profitably. You can't fix what you don't measure. Thank you for such a great app!
its a good app but its time consuming to input all your product cost from suppliers especially if you can't report your cost from suppliers as an excel!
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Shopify doesn't allow you to input costs, so figuring out exactly how much money you're making off each product has to be done elsewhere. This app is a simple, yet effective solution to this shortcoming. Quick, easy, and you can't beat the price!
Love this app for the simple fact that I did inventory for my taxes in about 30 seconds! I trust my online inventory counts and had no idea how to access them without this app - it calculates your number of pieces in inventory, amount you paid, and amount of profit you will gain. Available CSV downloads as well - so worth it! I also love seeing how much profit I made in a given month. Only wish was that I could figure out how to more accurately input my shipping costs per transaction, but now I use the shipping feature on Shopify and hoping that is calculated now that it is linked. Great app!
Provides a very simple solution to the problem of Shopify not having a way to record the cost prices. Easy to instal and the support was quick to answer a couple of queries. I would say this is an essential app and recommend it.
For the price, you can't beat SimplyCost. It helps me figure out how much money I am making off certain products and helps me figure out the dollar amount of inventory I have. Plus, the customer service is quick and easy.
Well worth the $4.99 a month. Easy to install and use and the customer service is very prompt with their responses.
SimplyCost is must have for any Shopify store. if you're new to shopify this is the first app you should install as shopify dont have a Cost of goods sold section. this tool saved me from switching to another provider. its so simple and well worth the $4.99. https://www.industriemusic.com.au/
This app is simple, easy to use, and gets the job done. I would love to see it integrate with shopify in the future to pull in the shipping costs associated with each order to get a more accurate profit reading.
cool app! Took us some time to enter our pricing since we have a lot of SKUs but definitely works to show profit margins and is has become a very helpful tool!
The VERY best app I have ever added.
Does what Shopify should do in the first place.
Simple and easy to use
What more can I say - if you want to know what you make quickly this is the easiest product
