Analytics & finance

Your dashboard tour: sales, profit and what needs doing today

A walkthrough of the DashVue dashboard KPIs, sales chart and period pills, and what each figure actually means.

How DashVue works out your profit

The exact formula DashVue uses to calculate net profit, why VAT is handled the way it is, and why missing cost prices matter.

Read your Profit & Loss statement

Understand the revenue to net profit layout, pick a period, compare it to last period or last year, and see how VAT is handled.

Per-item profit: which products actually make you money

Sort your products by net profit or margin on the Per-item Profit report to see your real winners and losers.

Tax Centre overview: your VAT, tax and what HMRC sees

A tour of the Tax Centre: your VAT position, what HMRC sees and your estimated tax bill, all worked out automatically from your eBay sales.

Are you near the VAT registration threshold?

How DashVue tracks your rolling 12-month eBay turnover against the UK's £90,000 VAT threshold, your headroom, and a projected crossing date.

Profit Guard: find where you're quietly losing money

How Profit Guard scans 90 days of sales to rank your biggest margin leaks, each with a one-line fix.

Account Health: your eBay Seller Standards at a glance

How to read your seller level and the three Seller Standards metrics in DashVue, and what eBay updates them from.

Your eBay balance, funds on hold and selling limits

How to read the Available, Processing and On hold figures on your dashboard, and what your monthly selling limit means.

P&L Advanced view: fees, credits and tying out to eBay's Financial Summary

Use the Profit & Loss Advanced view to see debits, credits and net figures, then reconcile them to eBay's own Financial Summary.

Your cash flow report: money in, money out and payout history

Understand DashVue’s cash flow report: eBay payouts as cash in, expenses as cash out, and the running balance between them.

Where every pound of your sales goes, and when eBay will pay you next

How the cash flow view breaks down 90 days of sales into fees and take-home profit, and how DashVue forecasts your next eBay payout.

Which VAT scheme is cheapest for you? Standard vs Flat Rate vs Margin

Compare your net VAT liability under Standard, Flat Rate and Margin schemes using your real sales, fees and costs.

Your Self Assessment estimate and the £1,000 trading allowance

How DashVue estimates tax to set aside from your eBay profit, and how the £1,000 trading allowance can reduce it. A planning aid, not a filing.

What eBay tells HMRC: DAC7, Making Tax Digital and marketplace VAT

Check whether eBay reports your sales to HMRC under DAC7, when Making Tax Digital for Income Tax applies, and which VAT eBay already pays.

Promoted Listings ROI: your true ACOS and ROAS

See what your eBay ad spend is really returning, spot listings where fees eat your margin, and read ACOS and ROAS correctly.

Stock value & ledger: what your unsold stock is worth

See what your unsold stock is worth at cost and retail, where capital is tied up, and use the landed cost and kit COGS calculators.

Download or print your reports (CSV & PDF)

How to export a DashVue report to CSV or print it to PDF for your accountant, and what this feature does not do.