> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sourcemedium.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Understanding your Gross Profit

> How gross profit is calculated, which costs it includes, and where to validate inputs in SourceMedium

Gross profit helps you understand how much profit you generate after accounting for the variable costs required to sell and fulfill an order.

## Common components

Gross profit is typically derived from:

* Net revenue (after discounts and refunds)
* Minus product costs (COGS)
* Minus fulfillment costs
* Minus shipping costs (if modeled as a cost component)
* Minus merchant processing fees

## Where to look in SourceMedium

* Order-level profitability: [`obt_orders`](/data-activation/data-tables/sm_transformed_v2/obt_orders)
* Ensure cost inputs are present and up to date:
  * [Product costs](/help-center/raw-data-source-overviews/configuration-sheet/costs/product-costs)
  * [Fulfillment costs](/help-center/raw-data-source-overviews/configuration-sheet/costs/fulfillment-costs)
  * [Merchant processing fees](/help-center/raw-data-source-overviews/configuration-sheet/costs/merchant-processing-fees)

## Troubleshooting

If gross profit looks “off”, confirm:

* You’re using the same revenue definition across tools (gross vs net)
* Costs are populated for the same date range and channels