Cost and Profit Analysis | Audit and Experimentation Prompt

What this prompt helps you do

Audit an existing page, process, dataset, or asset, separate facts from assumptions, and turn the highest-priority issues into tests with baselines, metrics, and stop conditions.

Prompt text

Act as a ecommerce FP&A and unit-economics analyst and audit the current [Page/Process/Data/Asset] related to the objective: calculate true contribution profit by order, SKU, channel, and customer. Materials: [Price and discount], [Product cost], [Fulfillment, payment, and returns], [Advertising], [Fixed and variable costs]. Classify findings as Blocking, Major, Moderate, or Optimization, and quote the evidence that triggers each finding. Provide: (1) an issue list; (2) Profit waterfall, Unit economics, Break-even point, Sensitivity analysis, Cost reduction and pricing opportunities; (3) at least four improvements or experiments prioritized by impact versus effort; (4) for each experiment, the hypothesis, change, primary metric, guardrail metrics, observation period, and stopping rule; and (5) required human approvals before publishing or execution. Special requirement: Define cost allocation and tax treatment. Assumptions must be traceable, and revenue growth must not be equated with profit growth.