Definitions:
Profitability : Factor which indicates whether you are making profit or loss on the product sale
Selling price : Price paid by the buyer for the product order ( Inclusive of Product GST and Total Marketplace fees)
Total Marketplace Fee : Price incurred to sell the product online.
(Total Marketplace Fee = SwaBharatha Referral Fee + Payment Collection Fee + Shipping Fee)
SwaBharatha Referral Fee : Price charged by SwaBharatha for facilitating the online sales and establishing the relationship between buyer and seller. It is the percentage of the product selling price. It varies with respect to the product’s category and its selling price range.
Payment Collection Fee : Price charged to have a secure payment system for the customer’s product payment
which supports amount transfers from variety of modes like credit cards, debit cards, wallets, UPI and many more online payments. It is standard 2% of the selling price
Shipping Fee : Price incurred for the delivery of the product package from its inventory point to the buyer’s location. It varies with respect to the distance travelled by the product package to reach the buyer. It is generally categorized as Local, Zonal and National.
Total Base Product Price : Price involved in producing the product and making it sellable.
(Total Base Product Price = Base Price + Other Expenses)
Base Price : Price involved in producing the product or buying from Manufacturer / Wholesaler /Distributer.
Other Expenses : Price involved in making the product sellable (Eg: Bulk Shipping, Value added services, Packaging, Inventory management, Advertising services etc.)
Product GST : GST applicable on the product as per Government of India. Please refer link to identify your product's actual GST https://cbic-gst.gov.in/gst-goods-services-rates.html
Payable GST / Incurred Tax : Payable GST / Incurred Tax : Price to be paid to the Indian government after deducting the all related input tax of the product (Payable Tax = Product GST – Paid GST).
Note : If payable GST turns out to be negetive, it means the product GST is lesser than the paid GST, then payable GST has to be accomodated as an additional expense and will be part of product cost itself.
Paid Tax/GST : Total tax paid at various stages of product before selling it to the customer.
Note : According to Indian government instructions wherever taxes are applicable has to be paid and these taxes can be claimed as input tax.
Volumetric weight : Size of the package is converted to weight in kg. Different providers have their own formula for conversion.The most common is ((L*B*H)in cm/5000) & ((L*B*H)in cm/4000). Here standard conversion ((L*B*H)in cm/5000) is considered