TrueProfit, a Net Profit Analytics platform built for Shopify and ecommerce brands, reaffirmed its long-standing focus on serving Shopify dropshippers as a profit-first companion alongside their usual sourcing, fulfillment, and marketing apps.
As Shopify’s ecosystem passes millions of active merchants and thousands of apps, store owners now face an abundance of tools promising more traffic and more sales—but far fewer focused on net profit visibility. TrueProfit aims to fill that gap by giving Shopify merchants and dropshippers real-time insight into what they actually keep after costs, fees and ad spend.
“Most of the Shopify app conversation has been about selling more,” said a TrueProfit spokesperson. “That’s important, but in 2026 the real question for dropshippers is: how much of that revenue do you actually keep? TrueProfit exists to make that answer obvious.”
From “best dropshipping apps for Shopify” to “best apps to keep your profit”
TrueProfit’s latest content, including its guide to the best dropshipping apps for Shopify, highlights a broader trend: merchants are moving from chasing pure growth to building lean, profit-focused operations.
Traditional “best dropshipping apps” lists tend to spotlight sourcing platforms, product importers and automation tools. Those are critical for fulfillment. But as competition and ad costs rise, merchants increasingly need a companion layer of financial savvy that tracks whether those tools actually translate into sustainable profit.
Industry roundups of Shopify profit apps and analytics tools reflect the same shift, emphasizing real-time P&L, cost breakdowns and LTV as must-have capabilities for serious Shopify sellers. TrueProfit positions itself squarely in this emerging category: an app that sits alongside sourcing and marketing tools as the profit brain of the store.
TrueProfit: a Net Profit Analytics Solution for Shopify dropshippers
According to its Shopify App Store listing and product documentation, TrueProfit is a Net Profit Analytics platform designed specifically for Shopify merchants that “shows you your store’s true profit, in real-time and on autopilot.” Instead of forcing merchants to juggle spreadsheets, exports and multiple dashboards, it pulls the key data streams into a single, profit-centered view.
TrueProfit:
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Aggregates order metrics from Shopify, including revenue, refunds, discounts and taxes.
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Auto-tracks all major costs, from COGS and shipping to transaction fees, taxes and custom expenses like software or staff.
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Syncs real-time ad spend from major platforms such as Facebook, Google, TikTok, Bing, Snapchat and Amazon, tying marketing performance directly to net profit.
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Breaks down profit by store, product and order, making it easier to spot where margin is being created or destroyed.
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Provides P&L real time report, Customer Lifetime Value insights, mobile apps and all-store views, so multi-store sellers can monitor their entire portfolio at a glance.
The app is used by a wide range of Shopify merchants, but its structure—product-level cost rules, ad spend sync and emphasis on net margin—makes it especially suited to dropshippers, whose margins are often thinner and more sensitive to changes in shipping and advertising costs.
Free calculators: profit-first tools for Shopify and dropshipping
To complement the in-app analytics, TrueProfit has also released free, browser-based calculators that help founders estimate net profit and net profit margin per product before they even launch an item.
The Shopify profit calculator is a free tool that helps you quickly check whether your store is actually making money. You enter simple numbers like revenue, orders, cost of goods, tariffs, ad spend, and shipping fees. It then shows your net profit and net profit margin so you can see, at a glance, if the business is healthy.
For dropshippers, the Dropshipping profit margin calculator goes one level deeper at the product level. Before you launch an item, you can plug in the selling price, shipping fee per item, how many units you expect to sell, your average marketing cost per sale (CPA), product cost per item, and any other fees. The tool estimates revenue, total cost, net profit and net profit margin per product so you know if it’s worth testing with ads.
Used together, these calculators help you think about profit up front—when you choose products and prices—instead of finding out too late when the month is already over.
Why dropshippers need a profit-first app in 2026
Shopify continues to grow as a platform, with recent statistics estimating 5.5–5.8 million live stores worldwide and an App Store hosting more than 8,000 apps across marketing, fulfillment, design and analytics. At the same time, Shopify’s own content and independent research point out that:
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Dropshipping remains popular and is expected to surpass $500 billion in market size by 2026, driven by low inventory risk and global reach.
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Competition and advertising costs have risen sharply, compressing margins and increasing the stakes of every decision.
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Many merchants still rely on spreadsheets or partial reporting to understand their profit, creating delays and blind spots.
Analysts and app comparison guides now describe profit analytics tools as a “must-have” layer for Shopify merchants who want to scale sustainably. TrueProfit’s own explainer on What Is TrueProfit and How Does It Track Shopify Profits? notes that the app was built specifically to replace manual, error-prone profit tracking with an automated, always-on system.
For dropshippers—who often operate with thin margins, volatile shipping costs and heavy reliance on paid traffic—this kind of real-time profit view can be the difference between scaling a winning operation and scaling hidden losses.
Availability
TrueProfit is available now on the Shopify App Store under the name “TP: True Profit Analytics” Merchants can start with a free trial, connect their Shopify store and ad platforms, configure cost rules, and begin seeing real-time net profit within minutes.
The free shopify profit calculator and dropshipping profit margin calculator are available on the TrueProfit website and can be used by any merchant—whether or not they are current TrueProfit customers.
About TrueProfit
TrueProfit is a Net Profit Analytics platform that lives up to its name—showing Shopify and ecommerce merchants their true net profit, in real time and on autopilot. By consolidating store data, cost inputs and live ad spend into a single, profit-focused dashboard, TrueProfit helps merchants move beyond spreadsheets and vanity metrics toward clear, actionable net profit insights.
TrueProfit’s features include a real-time profit dashboard, automatic cost tracking (COGS, shipping, transaction fees, taxes, custom costs), ad-level and product-level profit analytics, Customer Lifetime Value tracking, P&L reporting, mobile apps and an all-store view for
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