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Why This Product Performance Tool Matters

Spot Trends Quickly

• Daily/Weekly Charts: Visually see which days or weeks your product sells best (e.g., "This product always spikes on weekends").
• Seasonal Patterns: Identify if sales drop in summer or peak during holidays.

Measure Promotions

• Track Campaign Impact: After running a discount or ad, check if the 24h/30d sales increased.
  Example: If sold_1 jumps from 2 to 10 after a Facebook ad, the promotion worked.

Inventory Decisions

• Restock Smartly: If sold_30 shows 50 units sold, but sold_90 shows 200, demand may be slowing.
• Clear Stock: Low sold_90? Time to discount or bundle slow-movers.

Compare Products

• Top vs. Flop: Contrast metrics for similar products.
  If Product A has sold_30=100 and Product B has sold_30=5, focus on promoting B or improving it.

Operational Efficiency

• Staff Scheduling: If sales peak on Fridays, schedule extra staff.
• Supplier Orders: Use sold_60 to predict how much stock to order next month.

How to Use It

Check the Tab

Open any product in your admin dashboard → click the Performance tab.

Read the Numbers

24h: Emergency alerts (e.g., "Why did sales stop yesterday?").
90d: Long-term health check.

Act on Data

Boost marketing for products with declining sold_60.
Reward best-sellers (high sold_30) with featured placement.

Real-World Example

A coffee shop owner notices:

1. sold_30 = 120 (vs. 60 last month).
2. Weekly Chart: Sales spike every Saturday.

Potential Actions:

1. Add a weekend discount to further boost sales.
2. Order extra beans every Friday to meet demand.

Key Takeaway

This tool turns raw sales data into actionable insights, helping you;

Sell more by understanding demand.
Waste less by optimizing inventory.
React faster to trends.

But where is it?

Coming Soon

This new Dashboard module also complements it by showing Products based on a shopowner specified "key", eg show me products with >100 in stock that have sold fewer than 10 in the past 30 days.

IE, shopowner can easier identify products that are not doing as expected so shopowner could feature/promote, put on special, delete the product & return to supplier or whatever.

The Key shows at the bottom of the Table as a reminder to the Shopowner what they specified.