Inventory Shrinkage inventory loss due to damage during shipping, warehouse theft, supplier short-shipments, or administrative counting errors. Measured as percentage of expected inventory value.
Dashboardly calculates Inventory Shrinkage from your live TikTok Shop data — pulling actual orders, fees, refunds, and returns so the number you see matches your P&L.
Acceptable: <2%. Average e-commerce: 1-3%. FBT: typically <1% (TikTok-managed). Self-fulfilled: 2-5%.
Shrinkage Rate = (Expected Inventory - Actual Inventory) / Expected Inventory × 100
TikTok's native reports use attributed metrics with click- and view-through windows. Dashboardly calculates Inventory Shrinkage from actual order revenue, deducting refunds and returns for a truer number that matches your real P&L.
Inventory Shrinkage is a leading indicator — check it daily if you're running ads or running pricing experiments, weekly otherwise. Dashboardly tracks Inventory Shrinkage automatically so you don't have to pull exports.
Read more about Inventory Shrinkage in the TikTok Shop tax guide for sellers.
Inventory loss due to damage during shipping, warehouse theft, supplier short-shipments, or administrative counting errors. Measured as percentage of expected inventory value.
Expected 1,000 units, counted 970 = 3% shrinkage
Acceptable: <2%. Average e-commerce: 1-3%. FBT: typically <1% (TikTok-managed). Self-fulfilled: 2-5%.
Inventory loss due to damage during shipping, warehouse theft, supplier short-shipments, or administrative counting errors. Measured as percentage of expected inventory value.
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