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LeakLedger
Remote Shopify Profit Forensics — a service, not an app to install

You made sales

Where did the money go?

LeakLedger traces Shopify revenue through discounts, refunds, fees, shipping, product costs, payouts, and contribution profit—then produces an evidence-backed Dollar Trail showing what is verified, what is modeled, and what to fix first.

  • Quantified Profit Leak Report
  • Evidence Appendix
  • Recorded Findings Walkthrough

Minimum necessary collaborator access. No shared password or 2FA code. No store changes during a standard audit.

The Dollar TrailSynthetic example
  1. Gross sales$420,000
  2. Discounts9.1% of gross−$38,400
  3. Refunds5.4% of gross−$22,600
  4. Net sales$359,000
  5. Processing & app fees−$14,800
  6. Shipping (net of charged)−$19,300
  7. Product costs (COGS)−$201,500
  8. Contribution profit$123,400

Sample findings

Every finding is classified, quantified, and evidenced

Three examples from a synthetic demonstration store. Your report distinguishes verified figures from modeled estimates.

Demonstration using synthetic data. Not a real merchant.

Verified lossConfidence: High

Payout shortfall vs. recorded sales

$1,284

Evidence
Shopify Payments payouts reconciled against order totals for the period revealed deductions that were never reflected in store reporting.
Recommended action
Recover documented discrepancies and add a monthly payout reconciliation step.
Modeled lossConfidence: Medium

Orders selling below contribution cost

$3,140 (modeled)

Evidence
Per-order contribution model (price − discount − fees − shipping − product cost) flagged 41 orders with negative contribution profit.
Recommended action
Adjust free-shipping threshold and review the discount stack on affected SKUs.
Missed opportunityConfidence: Medium

Best-margin product out of stock 34 days

$6,800 (modeled)

Evidence
Inventory history shows the highest contribution-margin SKU was unavailable during a high-demand window.
Recommended action
Set a reorder point and safety stock for top-margin SKUs.

What LeakLedger investigates

Four categories of profit leak

Top-line revenue can grow while profit quietly drains. These are the patterns the audit is built to surface.

Revenue leakage

Money that left the store but never showed up as profit.

  • Payout discrepancies
  • Discount misuse or stacking
  • Duplicate or unusual refunds

Contribution profitability

Orders and channels that book revenue while losing money on each sale.

  • Negative-margin orders
  • Shipping losses
  • Advertising that produces revenue but loses contribution profit

Inventory efficiency

Cash and profit tied up in the wrong stock at the wrong time.

  • Slow-moving inventory
  • Profitable products currently out of stock

Data integrity

Gaps that quietly make standard Shopify reporting misleading.

  • Missing product costs
  • Incomplete data that makes Shopify reporting misleading

Not another generic Shopify audit

This is financial forensics, not a design critique

A generic audit can be genuinely useful — it just answers a different question. LeakLedger follows your money and quantifies the leaks.

A generic Shopify audit
A LeakLedger profit audit
SEO, theme, and speed scores
Where your money actually went
Design and conversion opinions
Verified payout discrepancies
Traffic and ranking dashboards
Per-order contribution profit
Vague “growth” recommendations
Evidence-backed, dollar-quantified priorities

How it works

A clear, six-step engagement

No software to install. No password sharing. You approve access, you stay in control, and you remove access when it’s done.

  1. 1

    Request an audit

    Pick a package or request a fit check — no payment required to start the conversation.

  2. 2

    Complete the intake

    Tell us about your store, your data, and your primary financial concern.

  3. 3

    Approve limited collaborator access

    You approve a scoped Shopify Partner collaborator request from your own admin. No shared password.

  4. 4

    Provide missing cost information

    Share the costs Shopify doesn’t store — COGS, recurring expenses, and shipping arrangements.

  5. 5

    Receive the report and walkthrough

    A detailed report, an evidence appendix, and a recorded walkthrough of the findings.

  6. 6

    Remove access when complete

    Revoke collaborator access in a few clicks once the engagement ends, unless you add Ongoing Monitoring.

Service packages

Choose the depth your store needs

From a fast founding audit to deep reconciliation and ongoing monitoring.

Founding Audit

$495

Founding-client pricing

A focused first look for early clients — the core leaks, fast.

Recommended for most stores

Core Profit Forensics Audit

$995

The complete profit picture — the Dollar Trail end to end, with a review call.

Deep Forensic Audit

Starting at $1,750

For complex stores that need reconciliation and implementation support.

Ongoing Monitoring

Starting at $249

per month

Keep watch after the audit — new anomalies surfaced every month.

Privacy & access

Minimum necessary access. No store changes. Removable anytime.

LeakLedger requests only the Shopify permissions required for the agreed audit. The merchant approves access from their own admin and can remove it after delivery.

  • Limited permissions approved by the merchant
  • No shared Shopify password
  • No 2FA codes, browser cookies, or private API credentials
  • No store modifications during a standard audit
  • Customer names, emails, addresses, and payment details are not required for the financial analysis
  • Access can be removed after delivery

FAQ

Questions merchants ask first

Is LeakLedger a Shopify app?+

No. LeakLedger is a remote financial audit service, not software you install. You do not buy or log into any app. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopify.

Do you need my Shopify password?+

Never. LeakLedger will never ask for your Shopify password, your two-factor authentication codes, your session cookies, or private API credentials. Anyone who asks for those is not us.

How is access provided?+

Through a limited Shopify Partner collaborator request that you approve from your own admin. You grant scoped, read-oriented permissions — there is no shared password — and you can remove the access at any time.

Do you change anything in my store?+

No. A standard audit makes no changes to your store — we do not edit products, themes, settings, orders, or customers. We will not make any store modification without separate, explicit written authorization from you.

Find out where your Shopify money went.

Request a profit audit and get a quantified, evidence-backed view of your store’s leaks — with the highest-impact fixes first.