Cost price

Update the cost per item that Shopify uses for profit reporting.

Cost price is the per-unit cost recorded on each variant (the Cost per item field in Shopify). Customers never see it. It is used for profit and margin reports.

Edit methods

Edit method	Result
Decrease by percentage (default)	cost − n%
Increase by percentage	cost + n%
Set to fixed value	the value you enter
Decrease by amount	cost − n
Increase by amount	cost + n
Set the cost price to the current price	copies the selling price
Set as percentage of price	price × n%
Set the cost price to the current compare-at price	copies the compare-at price
Set as percentage of compare at price	compare-at × n%
Set as percentage of cost price	cost × n%
Set to null/blank	clears the cost

Every method except the two Set the cost price to the current … options and Set to null/blank has a Rounding rule. See Rounding rules.

Example. You want cost to be 60% of the selling price: choose Set as percentage of price and enter 60. A variant priced 50.00 gets a cost of 30.00.

Cost price is a variant field, so you can restrict the change with Apply to variants. Reverting the task restores the previous cost values.