Fees, returns, and courier drag on one sheet. We keep it on one page sellers can print or share without a login maze.
This worksheet puts selling price, marketplace deductions, courier spend, returns allowance, and VAT in one view. Sellers use it to test whether a Takealot, website, or social order still carries margin after the ordinary South African costs land.
During Rosebank margin reviews, sellers mark where Takealot fees, payment charges, VAT treatment, and return rates squeeze a line item. Coastal teams often add longer courier lanes to Durban, Gqeberha, or Cape Town and compare the effect against the same SKU from a Gauteng dispatch point.
Most teams print the sheet for range reviews, then capture the final numbers as a PDF for the product folder. During load shedding or a patchy connection, a signed paper copy still lets a buyer, operator, and store owner agree on the same maths.
Revise the worksheet when fee tables, packaging, or return rates change. Small corrections each month keep the margin view closer to live trading than a large rebuild done long after the numbers moved.
Compare the sheet with our FAQ, browse related resources, or move to supplier shortlists under suppliers.
Fees, returns, and courier drag on one sheet. Owners matter. An orphaned stack becomes wallpaper real fast.
Confirm the source date for every fee shown, including marketplace commission, payment charges, and courier pricing. A worksheet without dates gets stale quickly when platforms or carriers update their schedules.
Rosebank reviews often mark actual packed weight beside the supplier's stated weight. Coastal fulfilment points may also note corrosion risk, moisture-sensitive packaging, or extra inner wrap where stock travels near the sea.
Keep the worksheet aligned with the supplier shortlist and the chosen sales channel so cost, listing, and fulfilment assumptions match. That avoids one document showing website shipping while another assumes marketplace collection rules.
The reviewer writes in supplier cost, selling price, fee percentage, courier line, and expected return hit before the meeting ends. That page is then saved with the date so the team can trace which assumptions were used for that SKU set.
If the worksheet conflicts with the supplier record, the numbers get checked against the latest quote or invoice. Margin decisions should follow the current source figures, not an older tab carried forward by habit.
Field notes from a Johannesburg trial can stay on the printout until the route, packaging, and return behaviour are confirmed. Once those notes affect buying or pricing, the clean master should be updated and stored again.
Send details through our contact form if you want the worksheet checked against your live catalogue, courier assumptions, or channel mix.
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