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Automated Task #49
Operations & Reporting

Produce Month-End Channel Profitability Audit

Know which channels are actually profitable — net of all costs — at the end of every month.

ROAS tells you revenue per ad dollar — but it doesn't tell you whether a channel is profitable after platform fees, fulfillment costs, return rates, and payment processing are factored in. PayHelm's month-end profitability audit builds a full P&L for each sales and marketing channel, calculating gross revenue, cost of goods, channel fees (Amazon/eBay commission, Shopify subscription), ad spend, shipping costs, and return costs — producing a true net contribution margin per channel so you know which ones are actually worth operating.

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3 hrs

Time saved per run

36 hrs

Annual hours saved

$1,252

Annual cost savings

Why automate this?

This task runs automatically every monthly — no dashboards to check, no manual analysis to run.

True net margin by channel

Full channel P&L including platform fees, ad spend, shipping, and returns — not just ROAS.

Cross-channel comparison

Compare true profitability across Amazon, eBay, Shopify, DTC, and ad channels on an apples-to-apples basis.

Investment reallocation signals

Channels with high revenue but negative net margin identified for cost structure review or investment reduction.

Investor-ready output

Formatted channel P&L suitable for sharing with investors, board members, or financial partners.

How the agent runs this task

Every time this task runs, the agent executes these tools in sequence — connecting to your live data, analyzing it, and delivering results.

1
get_inventory_summary

Pull monthly revenue and cost of goods by channel

2
get_ads_performance

Include ad spend by channel for the month

3
get_current_shipping_settings

Calculate shipping costs by channel

4
export_to_email

Deliver full channel P&L report

Example output

Here's what a real run of this task might produce — delivered to your inbox every monthly.

PayHelm Agent Output
Channel Profitability Audit — April 2026

Channel      Revenue     Ad Spend    Fees      Shipping    Returns    Net Margin
Shopify DTC  $74,000     $14,200     $2,400    $8,100      $2,800     28.4%
Amazon       $41,000     $3,100      $12,300   included    $4,100     25.8%
eBay         $23,000     $1,800      $3,450    $3,200      $2,100     26.7%

Key finding: Amazon fees (30%+ of revenue) vs. Shopify (3%) — DTC 3% more profitable per dollar despite higher ad spend

Set it up in minutes

No code. No configuration files. Just a conversation with the agent.

1

Chat: 'Build a full profitability analysis by channel for last month'

2

Review the channel P&L and note which channels have margin surprises

3

Save as task → Monthly on the 3rd at 9:00 AM

4

Use findings in monthly channel investment allocation decisions

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