Help & Guide

How Cost Pulse AI turns Shopify data into your next move

Connect your Shopify store and run growth reports that tell you exactly what to do next — which product to push, which channel to cut, and where cash is leaking.

01b · Plans

Plans: how many reports you get

No tokens, no credit math. Every plan simply includes a number of AI reports per month. Running any report — focused or the full CEO Report — uses one report from that count, and your remaining count is always shown before you run one.

PlanAI reports
Free1 report (one-time)
Founder15 / month
Business45 / month
Scale95 / month

AI chat about your Shopify data is included with every paid plan. Running out never deletes anything — you just cannot run more reports until you upgrade or your cycle resets.

01 · Overview

What is Cost Pulse AI for Shopify?

Cost Pulse AI connects to your Shopify store and turns your sales data into focused growth reports. Instead of staring at dashboards, you get a brief that tells you what to do next.

What it reads automatically from Shopify:

  • Orders — revenue, order count, AOV, and trends.
  • Products — best sellers, slow movers, and product-level revenue.
  • Channels — sales by source, so you can see where customers really come from.
  • Refunds and discounts — leakage that hurts your margin.
  • Customers — new vs. returning, repeat purchase rate.

You can also add your own expenses manually (ads, software, shipping, contractors) so the report can see the full picture. No bank sync required.

Sales snapshot
Revenue$24,300
Orders312
AOV$77.88
Refunds$1,240
Expenses you added
Meta ads− $4,200
Shopify plan− $79
Shipping− $1,840
Net margin34%
02 · Shopify

Connect your Shopify store

Go to Shopify in the sidebar and click Connect a store. You will be asked to authorize read-only access so Cost Pulse AI can read orders, products, customers, and channels.

What we can read:

  • Orders, products, collections, and channels.
  • Customer counts and repeat purchase signals.
  • Discounts, refunds, and shipping data.

What we cannot do:

  • Change products, prices, or inventory.
  • Create or edit orders.
  • Access your payment or payout accounts.

If you connect multiple stores, each store appears separately on the dashboard and you can disconnect any store at any time.

Connection status
Storeyour-store.myshopify.com
StatusConnected
ScopeRead-only
Last syncJust now
04 · CEO Scorecard

CEO Scorecard & Leveling

The CEO Scorecard tracks your business behaviour as a founder. It gives you an overall score and a level (L1 → L20) so you can see if you're operating like a CEO — or just keeping busy.

The biggest drivers are your daily activity (checking reports, logging decisions, recording expenses) and the trends from Shopify. It is not a grading system; it's a personal meter for how structured your growth effort is.

The scorecard axes include:

  • Cash Management — runway and revenue vs. burn.
  • Growth Leadership — revenue trends and Shopify order growth.
  • Decision Quality — diary entries and plan outcomes.
  • Consistency — active days out of the last 30.
  • Discipline — revenue/expense ratio.
  • Execution, Product Speed, Stability — from plans, schedule, and diary mood.

On the Scorecard page, click the ⓘ info button next to any axis for step-by-step guidance on how to raise that specific score.

Scorecard sample
LevelL7 · Structured Operator
Overall72 / 100
Cash Management80
Growth Leadership40
Consistency63
Discipline88
05 · AI Reports

AI Reports & AI chat

Open AI Reports and pick the report that matches your question. Each card shows what it analyses and what it costs, and each report only reads the data it needs.

  • Sales, Product & Inventory, Customer & Retention, Marketing, Pricing & Margin, Operations, Cash Flow, Accounting, Tax, Growth Strategy, Investor Update — focused reports, one report each.
  • CEO Report — everything in one brief: Shopify sales, expenses, cash, source breakdown, scorecard, and next steps — also one report.
  • Every Shopify-focused report includes your store data: products, channels, orders, AOV, refunds, and repeat customers.
  • You can add one optional question to any report; the answer is written into the brief.
  • Every report gives a verdict, KPIs, findings and ranked recommendations.
  • Full breakdown per report type: all 12 reports.
  • Past reports are listed under the cards and can be downloaded as PDF.

AI chat answers quick questions from your Shopify data and is included with your plan.

Sales Growth Report highlights
RecommendationPush top 3 SKUs
RiskAOV dropped 8%
Next 30 days+$2,400 expected
Cost1 report
06 · FAQ

Frequently asked questions

07 · Contact

Contact Us

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