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Costs and trustworthy margin
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Revenue without landed cost is theater. Marktspan's P&L and Sales Pulse views subtract marketplace fees, fulfillment assumptions, and product COGS so you can see contribution margin at SKU and portfolio level. The platform will show missing-cost warnings rather than silently guessing—because a confident-looking chart with blank COGS has sunk more than one pricing decision.
Costs enter the workspace through product-level COGS imports and fulfillment settings. Finance often owns the file; marketplace ops own validating that SKUs map correctly to live offers. You do not need perfect coverage on day one, but you do need intentional coverage: hero SKUs, high-velocity lines, and anything you advertise heavily. The use case Establish a trustworthy margin baseline describes how teams split that work across departments without stalling for months.
P&L visibility in the guide sense means waterfalls and product lenses that explain why margin moved, not just that it moved. Fee categories follow marketplace statements; when invoices lag, you may see provisional fee lines that reconcile after the next finance sync. That is normal for Bol and Kaufland accounting workflows—align periods in-app with your finance close calendar.
Trustworthy margin also changes how you use ads. Ad Pilot on Bol optimizes toward business outcomes you define, but garbage COGS makes every ROAS look brilliant. Before you scale automation, align on minimum margin floors and which SKUs are allowed to trade margin for rank. Link ads decisions back to P&L visibility weekly so spend does not outrun contribution.
When costs are wrong, fix data—not dashboards. See the FAQ for common finance questions. If you need help importing at scale, Contact for services-style onboarding on larger catalogs.
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Honest marketplace scope
Live seller operations emphasize Bol.com, Kaufland, and Pigu (PHH Group) today. Mirakl remains connect-first until your rollout confirms ingest for your operator. Ad Pilot applies to Bol Sponsored Products only; Pigu advertising uses Martailer separately from Ad Pilot. Retailers shown as coming soon on marketing surfaces are not described here as shipped product.