Brian Durbing (BottomLineLiving)

1. HOW TO COMPUTE FOR
PROFIT
&
RETURN OF INVESTMENT (ROI)
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2. SAMPLE SPREADSHEET
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3. FIRST, LET’S SHOW THE UPC CODES PROPERLY.
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4. UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE (UPC)
UPC consists of 12 numerical digits.
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5. LET’S ADD 0 TO THE FIRST UPC.
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6. THEN HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBERS TO BE SORTED.
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7. CLICK DATA THEN SORT RANGE.
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8. SELECT THE PREFERRED OPTIONS.
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9. Moving on …
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10. TO COMPUTE FOR PROFIT / ITEM
Selling Price - (Item Cost + Selling Fees) = Profit
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11. column B - (column C + column D) = Profit
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12. 15.99 - (2.60 + 2.40) = 10.99
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13. Add column E to display ‘Profit/Item’
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14. Check if formula is correct.
Formula
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15. Repeat formula for the all the rows.
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16. ROI = Selling Price - (Item Cost + Selling Fees) / (Item Cost + Selling Fees)
TO COMPUTE FOR ROI / ITEM
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17. Remember the Order of Operations
Expressions in parenthesis
are treated as one number
and must be calculated first.
Multiplication and division
must be completed
before addition and subtraction.
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18. column B - (column C + column D) / (column C + column D) = ROI
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19. To illustrate:
15.99 - (2.60 + 2.40) / (2.60 + 2.40) = ROI
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20. To create the formula, let’s calculate first the numbers in parenthesis.
column B - (column C + column D) / (column C + column D) = ROI
2.60 + 2.40
2.60 + 2.40
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21. Continue solving the equation.
15.99 - 5 / 5 = ROI
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22. Then …
10.99 / 5 = ROI
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23. Add column F to display ‘ROI / Item’
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24. Repeat formula for the all the rows.
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25. To decrease the decimal numbers.
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26. Highlight the 3 products with the best ROI in Green.
Click
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27. Bold the header rows, click …
Format the spreadsheet for better appreciation.
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28. Centre align the header rows, click …
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29. To borderline your selected range, click …
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30. Thank you.
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