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ProfitDesk Settings

This Guide will help you to understand all the ProfitDesk settings and how you should use them for your workflow.

Written by AskPath AI

Defaults

In the Defaults section, you can configure the standard values that ProfitDesk should use when creating new entries. These settings help you save time and ensure that your workflow stays consistent.

Listing Automation

Auto Create Listing

When enabled, ProfitDesk will automatically create Amazon listings for newly added products through ProfitDesk. You can also choose the delay, which determines how long ProfitDesk should wait before creating a listing after a purchase has been tracked. And you can select which FBM shipping group template should be applied to FBM listings.

After that you can choose the marketplaces where the auto-creation should be used or not.

Pricing Rules

The Pricing Rules determine the price at which ProfitDesk creates new listings. Depending on your preference, you can use either a simple pricing setup or configure more advanced profitability-based pricing rules.

Beginner Mode

Beginner Mode provides a simple pricing setup based on a selected Amazon reference price.

First, choose the Reference Price that ProfitDesk should use as the basis for its calculation:

  • Current Buy Box

  • 30-Day Buy Box Average

  • 60-Day Buy Box Average

  • 90-Day Buy Box Average

You can then define a Markup Percentage for each marketplace individually.

If the 30-Day Buy Box Average is for example €100 and the markup is set to 20%, ProfitDesk will create the listing at €120.

Advanced Mode

Advanced Mode allows you to create listings based on specific profitability targets rather than a simple markup.

For each marketplace, you can configure:

Reference Price

Select the Amazon price that should be used as the pricing reference.

Examples:

  • Current price

  • 30-Day Buy Box Average

  • 60-Day Buy Box Average

  • 90-Day Buy Box Average

Rule Type

Choose how ProfitDesk should calculate the target price.

Markup
Adds a fixed percentage on top of the selected reference price.

Target Profit
Calculates a listing price that aims to achieve the desired profit margin in %.

Type

Choose between ROI or Margin as a value.

Behavior

The Behavior determines whether ProfitDesk should use the calculated target price or compare it with the Amazon reference price.

Calculated Target Price
Always uses the calculated target price.

Higher Price
Uses the higher value between the calculated target price and the selected Amazon reference price.

Example: If the calculated target price is €280 but the Amazon reference price is €300, ProfitDesk will create the listing at €300. This helps prevent listings from being created below the current market price.

Missing Amazon Fee Data

If Amazon fee information is unavailable for a product, ProfitDesk automatically increases the selected reference price by 50% when calculating the listing price. This acts as a safety mechanism to reduce the risk of underpricing

Reuse SKU

When enabled, ProfitDesk will reuse an existing SKU for the same ASIN instead of generating a new one.

You can define a Reuse Timeframe, which determines how recently the existing SKU must have been created to be reused. For example, if the timeframe is set to 24 hours, ProfitDesk will reuse SKUs created within the last 24 hours.

You can also set the timeframe to Always, causing ProfitDesk to always reuse an existing SKU for the same ASIN whenever one is available.

A2A Auto-tracking

The A2A Auto-Tracking feature automatically imports purchases from your connected Amazon Business account into ProfitDesk as tracked orders. This eliminates the need to manually add purchases and ensures that new orders are processed automatically.

Auto Track Amazon Business Purchases

When enabled, all new purchases from your connected Amazon Business account will automatically be added to ProfitDesk as tracked orders.

Match Warehouse by Ship-To Address

When enabled, ProfitDesk automatically assigns each tracked purchase to the warehouse that matches the Amazon shipping address.

Until the order has shipped and the final shipping address is known, the purchase remains only partially imported and no listing will be created.

Starting Date

Choose when ProfitDesk should begin tracking purchases automatically.

You can either:

  • Track from now and only import future purchases.

  • Select a Custom Date to import purchases starting from a specific date.

All purchases from the selected date onward will be automatically tracked.

Prep Center

The PrepCenter Settings allow you to connect your prep center directly to ProfitDesk. Once connected, purchases and inbound shipments can be automatically announced and transferred to your prep center, reducing manual communication and streamlining your logistics workflow.

Adding a PrepCenter

To connect a prep center, click Add PrepCenter and select your provider from the list of supported prep centers.

You will typically need to provide:

  • An API Token

  • Your Merchant ID

  • The prep center address and contact information

In most cases, the address details are automatically loaded from the prep center and can be adjusted if necessary.

Supported Prep Centers

ProfitDesk supports a growing number of prep centers across Europe.

If your prep center is not currently available, please contact our team. We are continuously expanding our integrations and will be happy to evaluate whether we can add support for your prep center in a future update.

Amazon SKUs

SKU Format Builder

The SKU Format Builder allows you to create a custom SKU structure for all newly created listings.

You can combine different data fields, arrange them in any order, and customize the format to match your inventory management workflow. A live preview shows exactly how the generated SKU will look before you save your changes.

SKU Label Format

The SKU Label Format settings allow you to configure how FNSKU labels are printed.

You can choose between different printer types and label layouts to ensure that labels are generated in a format compatible with your printing setup. These settings are used whenever FNSKU labels are created through ProfitDesk.

Returns

The Returns Settings determine how ProfitDesk calculates the value of returned products based on their condition.

Start Date

Choose which returns should be included in ProfitDesk.

You can either display all returns or only returns from a specific date onward.

Price Reduction

Define a percentage reduction for each item condition.

When ProfitDesk calculates the value of a return, it uses the selected reference price below and applies the configured reduction.

Example:

If a product in Used – Like New condition has a market value of €100 and you set a 10% reduction, ProfitDesk will calculate the return value as €90.

Refurbished and Collectible Items

If you sell refurbished or collectible products, you can enable additional condition-specific reductions for these item types.

Warehouses, Strategies and Sheets

In the ProfitDesk settings you can also add multiple warehouses, individual sourcing strategies and sheets. Everytime you track an order with ProfitDesk, you can select the warehouse where the order is shipped to, the sourcing strategy how you found the product and if you want to assign the order to a specific sheet.

This settings can be important for the Purchase Analytics, to have an overview which was the most profitable sourcing strategy within a given timeframe for example.

Discord notifications

The Discord Notifications settings allow you to choose which ProfitDesk events should trigger a notification in your connected Discord server.

Before using this feature, make sure that your ProfitPath account is connected to the ProfitPath Discord Bot.

You can enable or disable notifications for the following events:

Listing Created

Receive a notification whenever ProfitDesk successfully creates a new Amazon listing.

This is useful if you use the automatic listing creation feature and want to confirm that your listings have been created successfully.

Prep Business Inbound Created

Receive a notification whenever a new inbound shipment is announced to your connected prep center.

This helps you keep track of orders and shipments that have been successfully transferred to your prep center.

New Return

Receive a notification when a new customer return is detected for one of your orders.

This allows you to review returned products quickly and take the necessary action inside the Customer Returns module.

New Reimbursement

Receive a notification whenever Amazon issues a new reimbursement for your account.

This helps you keep track of reimbursements without having to check the Reimbursements module manually.

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