Arbitrage buying products at a lower price on one platform (Amazon, Walmart, clearance) and reselling at a higher price on TikTok Shop. Risky due to brand restrictions and thin margins.
Dashboardly calculates Arbitrage from your live TikTok Shop data — pulling actual orders, fees, refunds, and returns so the number you see matches your P&L.
Typical margins: 15-30%. Risk: brand complaints, account suspension, IP issues. Not recommended as primary strategy.
Arbitrage Margin = Selling Price - Purchase Price - All Fees
TikTok's native reports use attributed metrics with click- and view-through windows. Dashboardly calculates Arbitrage from actual order revenue, deducting refunds and returns for a truer number that matches your real P&L.
Arbitrage is a leading indicator — check it daily if you're running ads or running pricing experiments, weekly otherwise. Dashboardly tracks Arbitrage automatically so you don't have to pull exports.
Buying products at a lower price on one platform (Amazon, Walmart, clearance) and reselling at a higher price on TikTok Shop. Risky due to brand restrictions and thin margins.
Buy at $12 on Amazon, sell at $24.99 on TikTok Shop, fees ~$7 = $5.99 profit
Typical margins: 15-30%. Risk: brand complaints, account suspension, IP issues. Not recommended as primary strategy.
Buying products at a lower price on one platform (Amazon, Walmart, clearance) and reselling at a higher price on TikTok Shop. Risky due to brand restrictions and thin margins.
Dashboardly connects to your TikTok Shop and calculates this metric plus 30+ others per SKU. No spreadsheets. No manual math.
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