How to add and manage cost of goods in WooCommerce ?

Now, the cost of goods (COG) or Cost of goods sold (COGS) is the direct cost incurred in producing the goods sold by a company. This includes the direct materials, labor, and overhead cost used to create the goods.

Subtract this cost from the net revenue and you get your net profit. Based on this, you can identify where your business is heading towards.

Need to trace the cost of good metrics for following reason:

Get an idea of how much money you are actually making.
Identify the most and least profitable products in your store.
Spot and remove loss-making products.
Improve your marketing tactics for products based on revenue.

Enhancing default WooCommerce reports

Now, default WooCommerce reports do their basic job. It gives you reports on your revenue, best-sellers, orders placed. But that is not enough.

You need to know exactly how much you are earning and that’s where the WooCommerce Cost of Goods plugin shines.

WooCommerce Cost of Goods profit by date report

The plugin adds a ‘Profit Reporting’ section to your traditional WooCommerce reports and provides you with the detailed information you need. You get reports on profit by date, profit by product, profit by category, along with inventory valuations at cost and at retail.

Feature-rich cost of goods tracking for your WooCommerce store

WooCommerce Cost of Goods plugin provides ample features:

Go beyond tracking revenue alone. Acquire insights into your store’s profitability, identifying both the most and least profitable products. This goes beyond merely focusing on high-revenue generating items.
Include the Cost of Goods for each product, including variations, enabling you to calculate the comprehensive costs of the products sold within each order. This facilitates a clear understanding of your actual earnings for every order.
Retroactively apply costs to previous orders (placed before installing the plugin) once the product costs have been set. The plugin saves the total costs for each order line item during checkout. As a result, even if your costs increase in the future, the total costs will always accurately reflect historical data.
Analyze profits and costs based on date ranges, products, or categories. Modify line item costs for orders that can be edited.
Edit line item costs for editable orders.
Observe a comprehensive inventory valuation based on either retail prices or the cost of goods.
Display costs alongside prices within your product manager table for easy reference.
Compatible with Smart Manager for WooCommerce and WordPress plugin.
Compatible with Product CSV Import Suite.
Include costs in orders exported with Order/Customer CSV Export Suite.
Inclusion of costs in exported orders: Seamlessly include costs in orders that are exported using the Customer/Order XML Export Suite, providing comprehensive data for analysis and reporting.
Exporting profit/cost reports: Export profit and cost report data to CSV format, allowing you to generate detailed reports based on specific date ranges. This feature enhances your ability to analyze and track profitability over time.

In-depth reporting

There’s no meaning in tracking your cost of goods without in-depth reporting. Thus WooCommerce Cost of Goods extension gives you actionable information to improve your profitability.

WooCommerce Cost of Goods most profitable least profitable products

Profit by date – View your net sales, cost of goods, profit, and average profit per order for any date range.
Profit by product – View your net sales for the item, total costs, total item profit, and total item purchases for the given date range.
Most/Least profitable sellers – Identify the most or least profitable products for a given date range.
Profit by category – View total profit for any product category or multiple categories for a date range.
Inventory valuation – View the product valuation as well as the total value of your inventory, calculated using the retail price or the cost of goods.

WooCommerce Cost of Goods product valuation

Pricing:
The Cost of Goods plugin costs $79/yr which includes updates and support for one year.

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Bulk managing WooCommerce Cost of Goods

As the business grows, managing the cost of goods for multiple products becomes a tiring process.

Setting up costs, adding costs, modifying costs for each product every now and then is a pain for WooCommerce users. We want users to get rid of that pain and breathe fresh.

That’s the reason why we made Smart Manager and WooCommerce Cost of Goods plugin compatible.

From updating the cost of goods in one go or bulk, Smart Manager makes it possible in no time.

You get an Excel-like spreadsheet to modify the cost of goods directly, update the cost of all the goods on your WooCommerce store, search for a product amongst thousands and modify the cost, etc.

Using Smart Manager to bulk manage WooCommerce Cost of Goods plugin

Add the cost of goods in bulk

Let’s say you sell around 90 different types of T-shirts (including variations) on your store. The basic cost remains the same, only the selling price changes as per customization.

You need to add the basic cost to all these T-shirts, say $5.

Using Smart Manager, select all the products, click on Bulk Edit, set the cost as $5 and update. All the T-shirts’ prices will be updated instantly.

Also, stay relaxed in terms of calculations while updating the cost in bulk. With Smart Manager at your side, there is no room for errors.

Modify the cost of goods in bulk – add shipping charges, taxes

For the same T-shirt example, the cost per T-shirt has increased because of the addition of shipping charges and taxes.

The total cost will now increase by 15%.

Again, with the help of Smart Manager, select all the products, click on ‘Bulk Edit’ and increase the cost by 15% and update. The new price will be reflected on all the T-shirts.

Add the cost to variations/categories

Like updating the cost for all your products in your WooCommerce store, you can also add/update the cost of products based on a particular category only.

Say, for example, you want to update cost only across two categories – Electronics and Clothing.

Search for these categories using Smart Manager, select them and modify the cost directly.

Reduce the prices of least selling products

The best part of WooCommerce Cost of Goods reporting is you can easily figure out your best and worst-selling products based on the reports.

You identify that 5 of your products are not-selling as expected. You plan to reduce their selling price by 20% to boost their sales.

So, instead of going inside each of these products and reducing their prices one-by-one, directly reduce their prices in one go using Smart Manager.

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Final thoughts

Believe me, monitoring profits was never easier without WooCommerce Cost of Goods. The reports are in-depth, and exactly what you need. So get this WooCommerce Cost of Goods plugin today. You won’t be disappointed.

And if you want to bulk manage the cost of goods, look nowhere than Smart Manager.

FAQs

Are there any hidden costs associated with selling products on WooCommerce?
No, there are no hidden costs associated with selling products on WooCommerce.

Is it possible to set different profit margins for different products in WooCommerce?
Yes, it is possible to set different profit margins for different products in WooCommerce.

Does the WooCommerce Cost of Goods extension support multiple currencies?
Yes, the WooCommerce Cost of Goods extension does support multiple currencies through WooCommerce’s built-in multi-currency feature.However, it is important to note that the extension itself does not handle the currency conversion or exchange rates. This must be set up through a compatible multi-currency plugin or service.

Is the WooCommerce Cost of Goods extension a one-time purchase or a subscription-based service?
The WooCommerce Cost of Goods extension is a one-time purchase.