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CogsIQ — landed cost and true profit for TikTok Shop sellers · Show HN

Rare and good: the headline names the buyer (TikTok Shop sellers) and the outcome (what each SKU actually kept). I knew in 5 seconds whether I'm the target.
The very first line, though, is a banner about the App Store and a second product, Collabrun: before I understand product one, I'm being sold product two.
The example chart is honestly labelled as made-up figures, which I respect, but it means the page has no proof from a real seller: no quote, no number, no "we found X% of SKUs were losing money".
The price ($25/shop/month at launch, list $49.99) is clear on the pricing page but four billing terms with three kinds of percentages ("10% less than monthly, 55% off list") make me do arithmetic instead of deciding.
First fix: replace the illustration with one real (anonymised, with permission) before/after — "this shop thought it made 14%, it made 3%" — that's the sentence that makes a seller start the trial.

Reviewed 2026-11-04.

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