Within the settings, you can fully customize ProfitGo to fit your business and your needs. To ensure that the calculations performed and the information displayed by ProfitGo are tailored to your business, you can store key information about your business directly in ProfitGo.
In addition, there are numerous ways to visually and structurally adapt ProfitGo to your sourcing process in order to make your workflow as simple and efficient as possible.
Global Settings
Within the global settings, the most fundamental information is defined. This includes first selecting your preferred language and your home region — meaning the country from which you ship most items either to Amazon or directly to the end customer.
You can also define all regions in which you generally sell through Amazon (and that are supported by ProfitGo).
EFN / PAN EU
EFN / PAN EU
When selling internationally via Amazon FBA, one of the key considerations is whether to operate using the so-called “EFN” (European Fulfillment Network) or the Pan-EU (Pan-European Fulfilment) program.
With EFN, products are generally stored in the seller’s home country and shipped across borders whenever an order is placed from another country. With PAN EU, products are stored in multiple countries and (ideally) shipped domestically to the respective end customer.
While the latter is logistically much simpler and more cost-efficient, it also comes with complex and potentially expensive accounting requirements, since Amazon is only allowed to store products in countries where the seller’s business is VAT-registered. Otherwise, sellers risk significant accounting issues and penalties.
For this reason, most Amazon sellers use the EFN program to reduce administrative costs. Since this directly affects the calculations within ProfitGo, it is an important parameter for accurate calculations.
Central Europe Program
Central Europe Program
The Central Europe Program is a special Amazon program that works similarly to PAN EU. However, products are not stored in the potential destination country, but instead in Poland and the Czech Republic.
This program also allows sellers to reduce FBA shipping costs, but it likewise requires mandatory VAT registration in both countries.
Default Vat on Buy-In
Default Vat on Buy-In
Here, you can specify whether your purchase prices should be entered net or gross.
In many cases, sellers who primarily source products from wholesalers use net purchase prices, while traditional online arbitrage sellers — who typically source products from B2C shops such as Amazon and similar platforms — usually work with gross purchase prices.
Default FBA/FBM
Default FBA/FBM
This setting is fairly self-explanatory. If a seller handles most orders through Amazon FBA, they should select the “FBA” setting. If products are usually shipped directly to the end customer, “FBM” should be selected instead.
Auto-Update Keepa
Auto-Update Keepa
This setting determines whether product information retrieved on an Amazon page should be transmitted to Keepa so that other sellers can be notified about the product’s current price.
In general, it is recommended not to share this information in order to avoid providing potential competitors with relevant pricing data.
FBA, FBM & Others
In the “FBA, FBM & Others” section, default values for all logistics-related costs can be configured.
For FBM, this mainly includes different types of shipping costs (Domestic Standard, Domestic Oversize, International Standard, and International Oversize).
Since the FBA calculation within ProfitGo already automatically includes the shipping costs charged by Amazon for delivery to the end customer, this section of the settings primarily focuses on costs related to shipping products to Amazon. These mainly include shipping costs as well as potential prep fees when using a prep center.
In addition to FBM- and FBA-specific settings, there is also the option to add a general cost item to the standard calculation if needed.
VAT Settings
Within the VAT Settings, country-specific VAT configurations can be adjusted.
By default, these values are based on your selected home region. However, you can manually choose a different default region exclusively for VAT calculations.
In addition, the default VAT rates can also be customized.
Buying Criteria
In the “Buying Criteria” section, target values for profit per unit, ROI, and margin can be defined. As a result, the corresponding parameters in a product analysis will be highlighted in different colors depending on whether the target value has been reached or not.
If the value exceeds the target, the respective parameter will be highlighted in green. If it falls below the target, it will instead be highlighted in red.
In general, we recommend not setting these criteria too restrictively. An ROI of 10%, a margin of 7%, and a minimum profit of €2–3 should usually be sufficient. Beyond that, you can always decide not to purchase a product if other parameters are not satisfactory.
ProfitPath/ProfitGo/ProfitDesk Updates Notifications
In ProfitGo you will also find our latest software updates for all our modules. Simply just click on the notification button on the bottom in ProfitGo and filter through all our updates we published in the past. The update information will also be shown in your selected language. At the top you can filter for ProfitPath, ProfitGo or ProfitDesk updates. The same applies to New features, improvements or bugs.
Layout
One final important setting concerns the general display of ProfitGo and is available exclusively in the browser extension. There, it is not part of the settings menu itself, but is permanently located at the top of the extension.
This setting controls the placement of the ProfitGo extension on a product page.
In general, the ProfitGo extension can either be displayed independently from the actual product page as a standalone sidebar on the left or right edge of the browser window.
Additionally, on Amazon product pages only, the extension can also be integrated directly into the product page in one of two possible positions.