The opportunity
Adding store revenue together is not yet a consolidated profit and loss view. Stores can use different currencies, refund timing, tax settings, product-cost coverage, and advertising accounts. Comparing them requires a declared reporting basis and a reconciliation trail.
BizSidekick reads each Shopify ledger, associates regional advertising spend, applies dated exchange rates, and labels incomplete cost data. The output keeps local values and assumptions available so an operator can explain the total.
Establish the reporting basis
| Definition | Example basis |
|---|---|
| Revenue | Shopify net sales after discounts and refunds |
| Reporting currency | USD |
| Exchange rate | Daily close for the transaction or reporting date |
| Advertising cost | Meta Ads and Google Ads spend mapped to the correct store |
| Contribution | Net sales less connected product cost and advertising cost |
When product cost is missing, contribution remains an estimate and the affected store should not be ranked as if the number were complete.
Reconcile before comparing stores
The consolidated total should reconcile to the contributing ledgers after currency conversion. Refunds, taxes, shipping, gift cards, and returns must follow the declared treatment. Regional ad accounts need an explicit store mapping rather than a proportional allocation invented by the report.
How it works
- Read each store ledger — Collect gross sales, discounts, refunds, net sales, taxes, shipping, currency, and product-cost coverage.
- Read advertising costs — Map Meta Ads and Google Ads spend to the relevant store and complete reporting dates.
- Normalize currency — Preserve local values and record the dated exchange rate used for every converted amount.
- Label incomplete contribution — Identify missing or stale product costs instead of silently treating them as zero.
- Reconcile the output — Verify the consolidated values against the source ledgers before producing an executive summary and downloadable report.
Safety boundary
The interactive report uses illustrative stores and values. It does not change accounting records or claim audited financial statements. Tax, shipping, inventory accounting, and cost definitions must be agreed with the merchant before the report is used for financial decisions.
Expected outcome
A four-store P&L reconciled in one reporting currency
Try this prompt
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@BizSidekick Show consolidated net revenue, refunds, ad spend, and estimated contribution across my US, UK, EU, and Canada Shopify stores this month. Convert everything to USD and flag missing costs.
