Profit metric

Contribution profit

Profit after every variable cost and ad spend, before fixed costs and operating expenses.

Updated 9 October 2026Open in Marginful

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Profit after every variable cost and ad spend, before fixed costs and operating expenses.

Contribution profit = Gross profit − shipping − handling − payment fees − fulfillment − packaging − return costs − chargebacks − variable custom costs − marketing costs − ad spend

How it is calculated

  • Variable custom costs include affiliate and influencer costs and any per-order or percentage custom cost.
  • Gateway fees that are not tied to an order (payout, currency conversion, account fees) and warehouse storage are also taken out here.

Reading it

  • Format: Amount in your reporting currency.
  • Higher is better (an increase is shown in green).

Where it appears

  • Overview and Dashboards — add it from the metric picker (Profit group).
  • Custom metrics — use the variable contribution_profit in a formula. See custom metrics.

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