u/JealousSpeaker5398

I’ve been using a spreadsheet to track profit on my Etsy POD sales, but I’m terrible at keeping it updated.

The annoying part is that the sale amount obviously isn’t what you actually made. By the time I account for Etsy fees, the print provider cost, shipping, etc., the profit can look pretty different.

I’ve been thinking about making something for myself that would automatically pull the order numbers together and show actual profit per order/product instead of manually updating a spreadsheet.
Before I spend a bunch of time on it, I’m curious how everyone else handles this.

Do you:
use a spreadsheet?
use Etsy’s numbers and estimate from there?
use another app/software?
just check your print provider + Etsy separately?

And if you do use a spreadsheet, is keeping it updated annoying for you too, or am I making this into a bigger problem than it actually is?

Especially interested in hearing from people doing enough orders that manually tracking everything starts getting messy.

I’ve been using a spreadsheet to track profit on my Etsy POD sales, but I’m terrible at keeping it updated.

The annoying part is that the sale amount obviously isn’t what you actually made. By the time I account for Etsy fees, the print provider cost, shipping, etc., the profit can look pretty different.

I’ve been thinking about making something for myself that would automatically pull the order numbers together and show actual profit per order/product instead of manually updating a spreadsheet.
Before I spend a bunch of time on it, I’m curious how everyone else handles this.

Do you:
use a spreadsheet?
use Etsy’s numbers and estimate from there?
use another app/software?
just check your print provider + Etsy separately?

And if you do use a spreadsheet, is keeping it updated annoying for you too, or am I making this into a bigger problem than it actually is?

Especially interested in hearing from people doing enough orders that manually tracking everything starts getting messy.

I’ve been using a spreadsheet to track profit on my Etsy POD sales, but I’m terrible at keeping it updated.

The annoying part is that the sale amount obviously isn’t what you actually made. By the time I account for Etsy fees, the print provider cost, shipping, etc., the profit can look pretty different.

I’ve been thinking about making something for myself that would automatically pull the order numbers together and show actual profit per order/product instead of manually updating a spreadsheet.
Before I spend a bunch of time on it, I’m curious how everyone else handles this.

Do you:
use a spreadsheet?
use Etsy’s numbers and estimate from there?
use another app/software?
just check your print provider + Etsy separately?

And if you do use a spreadsheet, is keeping it updated annoying for you too, or am I making this into a bigger problem than it actually is?

Especially interested in hearing from people doing enough orders that manually tracking everything starts getting messy.