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Metric Definitions

Updated over 5 months ago

The following list is a look at some of the most commonly used metrics in in our platform. If you're looking for a definition that is not include in the list, please reach out to our team and we will provide you with a definition.

S. No.

Category

Metrics

Definition

1

Sales

Ordered Product Sales (OPS)

Total ordered product sales in the selected time period as per AVC.

2

Sales

Ordered COGS

Total COGS of the units which were ordered in the selected time period as per AVC.

3

Sales

Units Ordered

The total number of units that were ordered in the selected time period as per AVC.

4

Sales

Shipped Revenue

Revenue for shipped units in the selected time period as per AVC.

5

Sales

Shipped COGS

COGS for shipped units in the selected time period as 10 per AVC.

6

Sales

Units Shipped

The total number of units that were shipped in the selected time period as per AVC.

7

Sales

No. of SKUs Unavailable To Buy

The total number of SKUs which were not available for sale in the selected time period as per CIQ Market Intelligence (crawled) data.

8

Sales

Gross Margin

The absolute difference in the OPS and the Ordered COGS in the selected time period.

9

Sales

Gross Margin %

The total gross margin expressed as a percentage of OPS in the selected time period.

10

Sales

Glance Views

Sum total of glance views received in the selected time

period.

11

Sales

Unit Conversion

The ratio of units sold and glance views expressed as a percentage.

12

Sales

Revenue Lost Due To

Unavailability

Ordered Product Sales ($) lost in the selected time period due to ASINs not being available for sale.

Unavailability is determined by triangulating Rep OOS from AVC and scraped data.

13

Sales

Revenue lost due to LBB

Ordered Product Sales ($) lost in the selected time period due to the Lost Buy Box.

It is calculated by using average sales velocity from the last 4 weeks and the % LBB for each day.

14

Sales

PO Fill Rate

The ratio of units confirmed and units ordered in the selected date range.

15

Sales

PO Receive Rate

Percentage of units received by Amazon out of total cases accepted from the POs ordered in the selected time period.

16

AMS

Impressions

The number of times ads were displayed to the user in the selected time period.

17

AMS

Sponsored Category SOV Page 1

Page 1 share of voice for the sponsored categories

18

AMS

Sponsored Category SOV Top 3

Top 3 share of voice for the sponsored categories

19

AMS

Sponsored Category SOV Top 10

Top 10 share of voice for the sponsored categories

20

AMS

Organic Category SOV Page 1

Page 1 share of voice of organic search for the organic categories

21

AMS

Organic Category SOV Top 3

Top 3 share of voice of organic search for the organic categories

22

AMS

Organic Category SOV Top 10

Top 10 share of voice of organic search for the organic categories

23

AMS

Total Category SOV Page 1

Page 1 share of voice for the total categories

24

AMS

Total Category SOV Top 3

Top 3 share of voice for the total categories

25

AMS

Total Category SOV Top 10

Top 10 share of voice for the total categories

26

AMS

Sponsored Competitor SOV page 1

Page 1 share of voice of competitors for sponsored keyword search

27

AMS

Sponsored Competitor SOV top 3

Top 3 share of voice of competitors for sponsored search

28

AMS

Sponsored Competitor SOV top 10

Top 10 share of voice of competitors for sponsored search

29

AMS

Organic Competitor SOV page 1

Page 1 share of voice of competitors for organic search

30

AMS

Organic Competitor SOV top 3

Top 3 share of voice of competitors for organic search

31

AMS

Organic Competitor SOV top 10

Top 10 share of voice of competitors for organic search

32

AMS

Total Competitor SOV page 1

Page 1 share of voice of competitors

33

AMS

Total Competitor SOV top 3

Top 3 share of voice of competitors

34

AMS

Total Competitor SOV top 10

Top 10 share of voice of competitors

35

AMS

Branded SOV - SOV page 1

Page 1 share of voice for branded keywords

36

AMS

Branded SOV - SOV top 3

Top 3 share of voice for branded keywords

37

AMS

Branded SOV - SOV top 10

Top 10 share of voice for branded keywords

38

AMS

Branded SOV - Organic page 1

Page 1 organic share of voice for branded keywords

39

AMS

Branded SOV - Organic top 3

Top 3 organic share of voice for branded keywords

40

AMS

Branded SOV - Organic top 10

Top 10 organic share of voice for branded keywords

41

AMS

Branded SOV - Total page 1

Total Share of voice of branded keywords

42

AMS

Branded SOV - Total top 3

Top 3 share of voice of branded keywords

43

AMS

Branded SOV - Total top 10

Top 10 share of voice of branded keywords

44

AMS

CTR

No. of clicks divided by no. of impressions expressed as a percentage.

45

AMS

Clicks

The total number of clicks generated from the campaign in the selected time period

46

AMS

aCPC

The average cost per click in the selected time period calculated as spend divided by clicks.

47

AMS

Ad Conversion

Orders divided by clicks

48

AMS

Ad Sales

The total sales generated by the ads in the selected time period.

49

AMS

Ad Spend

Total Ad spend on sponsored products in the selected time period.

50

AMS

iACoS (TACOS)

Incremental ACoS is defined as AMS spend divided by Total sales (both paid and organic) in the selected time period.

Also know in the industry as TACOS.

51

AMS

ACoS

The advertised cost of sales generated from the campaign in the selected time period and is calculated as Total spend divided by total ad attributed sales.

52

AMS

ROAS

Paid sales generated for each dollar of ad spend for the selected time period calculated as 14 days attributed sales divided by ad spend.

53

AMS

Brand Halo Sales 14 days

Brand Halo Sales occurring within 14 days of click on ads.

54

AMS

% Ad spend on SnS SKUs

The ratio of the total Ad spend on SnS SKUs to the Total Ad spend.

55

Operations

Weeks of Cover

Weeks of Cover (WOC) is a metric calculated by dividing sellable on hand inventory with average sales velocity of shipped units in last 4 weeks.

56

Operations

Weeks of Cover (DFI)

This metric utilized the Direct Fulfilled Inventory only (also known as Dropship). Weeks of cover (DFI) is calculated by dividing Direct Fulfillment Inventory with average sales velocity of shipped units in the last week.

57

Operations

Weeks of Cover (CIQ)

Improvised metric to calculate the number of weeks in which the inventory with Amazon will need replenishment. It is calculated by taking into account the Sellable on Hand Inventory, Direct Fulfillment Inventory (if present) and Open Purchase Orders which are either completed today or are completing in next two weeks as per AVC and dividing this with average sales velocity of shipped units in the last 4 weeks. This metric value ranges between 0 to 50.

58

Operations

Forward Weeks of Supply

Forward Weeks of Supply is a metric calculated by dividing sellable on hand inventory with average mean forecast for the next 4 weeks. The data comes in from Amazon Inventory and Forecast reports respectively.

59

Operations

Weeks of Supply

Weeks of Supply (T4 Shipped Units) is a metric calculated by dividing sellable on hand inventory with average sales velocity of shipped units in last 4 weeks. The data comes in from Amazon Inventory and Sales reports respectively.

60

Operations

Fulfillment Cost Per Unit

The cost which Amazon incurred for delivering one unit of this ASIN to the users.

Estimated using Amazon FBA fees.

61

Operations

Storage Cost Per Unit

The per unit storage cost of the ASIN. The cost is dependent on the dimension of the ASIN.

Estimated using Amazon FBA fees.

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