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Sales Reports

Overview

Sales Reports provide comprehensive analytics on your store’s performance. Track revenue, monitor sales trends, identify top-selling products, and make data-driven decisions to grow your digital product business.

Prerequisites

  • WordPress Download Manager installed
  • Premium Packages add-on activated
  • Completed sales to analyze

Accessing Reports

  • Go to Downloads > Statistics
  • Click Sales tab
  • View reports dashboard

Reports Dashboard

Overview Section

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Sales Overview                                              [This Month ▼]   │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                              │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐    │
│  │   $12,456    │  │     156      │  │   $79.85     │  │     23%      │    │
│  │   Revenue    │  │   Orders     │  │  Avg Order   │  │   Growth     │    │
│  │   +15.2%     │  │   +8.3%      │  │   +6.1%      │  │ vs last mo   │    │
│  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘  └──────────────┘    │
│                                                                              │
│  [Revenue Chart - Last 30 Days]                                              │
│  ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████           │
│  │         ╭──╮     ╭──────╮                                                │
│  │    ╭───╯  ╰╮   ╭╯      ╰────────╮                                        │
│  │   ╭╯       ╰──╯                  ╰───────                                │
│  │──╯                                                                        │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────            │
│   Jan 1    Jan 7    Jan 14    Jan 21    Jan 28                              │
│                                                                              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Metrics

Metric Description
Revenue Total sales amount
Orders Number of orders
Avg Order Average order value
Growth Change vs previous period

Time Period Selection

Preset Periods

Time Period: [This Month              ▼]
├─ Today
├─ Yesterday
├─ Last 7 Days
├─ This Week
├─ Last 30 Days
├─ This Month
├─ Last Month
├─ This Quarter
├─ Last Quarter
├─ This Year
├─ Last Year
└─ Custom Range

Custom Date Range

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Custom Date Range                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ From: [2026-01-01]  To: [2026-01-31]    │
│ [Apply]                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Revenue Reports

Revenue by Day

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Daily Revenue - January 2026                                │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Date         │ Orders │ Revenue  │ Avg Order │ vs Prev Day │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Jan 24, 2026 │ 12     │ $956.88  │ $79.74    │ +23.5%      │
│ Jan 23, 2026 │ 8      │ $775.12  │ $96.89    │ -5.2%       │
│ Jan 22, 2026 │ 9      │ $817.91  │ $90.88    │ +12.1%      │
│ Jan 21, 2026 │ 7      │ $729.65  │ $104.24   │ +8.7%       │
│ ...          │ ...    │ ...      │ ...       │ ...         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Revenue by Week

Week of      │ Orders │ Revenue   │ Growth
─────────────┼────────┼───────────┼────────
Jan 20-26    │ 45     │ $3,567.89 │ +18.2%
Jan 13-19    │ 38     │ $3,017.45 │ +5.6%
Jan 6-12     │ 36     │ $2,857.23 │ -2.1%
Jan 1-5      │ 28     │ $2,456.78 │ N/A

Revenue by Month

Month        │ Orders │ Revenue    │ Growth
─────────────┼────────┼────────────┼────────
January 2026 │ 156    │ $12,456.78 │ +15.2%
December 2025│ 142    │ $10,812.34 │ +22.5%
November 2025│ 116    │ $8,825.67  │ +8.3%

Product Reports

Top Selling Products

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Top Products - This Month                                                    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Rank │ Product           │ Units │ Revenue  │ % of Total │ Trend           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1    │ Software Pro      │ 45    │ $4,455   │ 35.7%      │ ↑ +23%          │
│ 2    │ Template Pack     │ 38    │ $1,862   │ 14.9%      │ ↑ +15%          │
│ 3    │ Icon Set          │ 32    │ $958     │ 7.7%       │ → 0%            │
│ 4    │ Audio Pack        │ 28    │ $839     │ 6.7%       │ ↓ -8%           │
│ 5    │ Design Bundle     │ 25    │ $1,748   │ 14.0%      │ ↑ +45%          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Product Performance

Individual product analysis:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Software Pro - Performance              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Total Sales:        $45,670             │
│ Total Units:        512                 │
│ Average Price:      $89.20              │
│ Refund Rate:        2.3%                │
│                                         │
│ Best Month:         December 2025       │
│ Best Day:           Tuesdays            │
│ Best License:       Business (52%)      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Sales by Category

Category     │ Products │ Revenue   │ % Total
─────────────┼──────────┼───────────┼────────
Software     │ 12       │ $6,789    │ 54.5%
Templates    │ 8        │ $2,345    │ 18.8%
Documents    │ 15       │ $1,987    │ 15.9%
Media        │ 5        │ $1,335    │ 10.7%

Order Reports

Orders by Status

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Order Status Distribution               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Completed   ████████████████████  89%   │
│ Pending     ███                   5%    │
│ Refunded    ██                    4%    │
│ Cancelled   █                     2%    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Orders by Payment Method

Payment Method │ Orders │ Revenue   │ % Total
───────────────┼────────┼───────────┼────────
Stripe         │ 98     │ $8,234    │ 66.1%
PayPal         │ 45     │ $3,456    │ 27.7%
Bank Transfer  │ 8      │ $567      │ 4.5%
Other          │ 5      │ $199      │ 1.6%

Order Value Distribution

Order Value   │ Orders │ % Total
──────────────┼────────┼────────
$0-$25        │ 23     │ 14.7%
$26-$50       │ 45     │ 28.8%
$51-$100      │ 52     │ 33.3%
$101-$200     │ 28     │ 17.9%
$200+         │ 8      │ 5.1%

Customer Reports

Customer Acquisition

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ New vs Returning Customers              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ New Customers:       67 (43%)           │
│ Returning:           89 (57%)           │
│                                         │
│ Customer Lifetime Value: $156.78        │
│ Repeat Purchase Rate: 34%               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Top Customers

Customer      │ Orders │ Total Spent │ Last Order
──────────────┼────────┼─────────────┼────────────
John Smith    │ 8      │ $789.92     │ Jan 24
Mary Johnson  │ 6      │ $567.45     │ Jan 23
Bob Wilson    │ 5      │ $456.78     │ Jan 22

Geographic Distribution

Country       │ Orders │ Revenue   │ % Total
──────────────┼────────┼───────────┼────────
United States │ 89     │ $7,234    │ 58.1%
United Kingdom│ 23     │ $1,856    │ 14.9%
Canada        │ 18     │ $1,234    │ 9.9%
Germany       │ 12     │ $987      │ 7.9%
Other         │ 14     │ $1,145    │ 9.2%

Coupon Reports

Coupon Usage

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Coupon Performance                                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Code      │ Uses │ Discount Given │ Revenue Gen │ Conv Rate │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ SAVE20    │ 45   │ $899.55        │ $3,599.55   │ 78%       │
│ WELCOME   │ 32   │ $478.23        │ $2,987.12   │ 65%       │
│ HOLIDAY   │ 28   │ $567.89        │ $2,234.56   │ 82%       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

License Reports

License Sales by Tier

License Tier  │ Sold │ Revenue   │ % Total
──────────────┼──────┼───────────┼────────
Personal      │ 89   │ $2,670    │ 21.4%
Business      │ 52   │ $5,148    │ 41.3%
Developer     │ 15   │ $2,985    │ 23.9%
Enterprise    │ 5    │ $1,653    │ 13.3%

Renewal Rate

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ License Renewals                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Eligible for Renewal: 145               │
│ Renewed:              112 (77.2%)       │
│ Lapsed:               33 (22.8%)        │
│                                         │
│ Renewal Revenue:      $8,456            │
│ At Risk (30 days):    23 licenses       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Exporting Reports

Export Options

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Export Report                           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Report Type: [Sales Summary         ▼]  │
│ Date Range:  [This Month            ▼]  │
│ Format:      [CSV                   ▼]  │
│                                         │
│ Include:                                │
│ ☑ Revenue data                          │
│ ☑ Order details                         │
│ ☑ Product breakdown                     │
│ ☐ Customer information                  │
│                                         │
│ [Export]                                │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Export Formats

Format Use Case
CSV Spreadsheet analysis
Excel Detailed reports
PDF Presentations
JSON API/integrations

Scheduled Reports

Email Reports

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Scheduled Reports                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ☑ Enable scheduled reports              │
│                                         │
│ Frequency: [Weekly              ▼]      │
│ Day:       [Monday              ▼]      │
│ Time:      [9:00 AM             ▼]      │
│                                         │
│ Recipients:                             │
│ ☑ Administrator                         │
│ [sales@company.com, cfo@company.com]    │
│                                         │
│ Include:                                │
│ ☑ Revenue summary                       │
│ ☑ Top products                          │
│ ☑ Order statistics                      │
│ ☐ Customer details                      │
│                                         │
│ [Save Schedule]                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Dashboard Widgets

Adding to WordPress Dashboard

  • Go to Dashboard
  • Click Screen Options
  • Enable WPDM sales widgets

Available Widgets

Widget Shows
Sales Overview Revenue, orders, growth
Sales Chart Visual trend
Top Products Best sellers
Recent Orders Latest orders

Comparison Reports

Period Comparison

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ January 2026 vs December 2025                               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Metric        │ Jan 2026   │ Dec 2025   │ Change           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Revenue       │ $12,456    │ $10,812    │ +$1,644 (+15.2%) │
│ Orders        │ 156        │ 142        │ +14 (+9.9%)      │
│ Avg Order     │ $79.85     │ $76.14     │ +$3.71 (+4.9%)   │
│ New Customers │ 67         │ 58         │ +9 (+15.5%)      │
│ Refunds       │ $234       │ $456       │ -$222 (-48.7%)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Year-over-Year

2026 vs 2025 (January):
─────────────────────────────
Revenue:   $12,456 vs $8,234 (+51.2%)
Orders:    156 vs 98 (+59.2%)
Customers: 134 vs 89 (+50.6%)

Troubleshooting

Reports Show Zero

Causes:

  • No completed orders in period
  • Wrong date range selected
  • Data sync issue

Solutions:

  • Check date range
  • Verify orders exist
  • Refresh report cache

Numbers Don’t Match

Causes:

  • Different date ranges
  • Tax included/excluded
  • Currency conversion

Solutions:

  • Verify same date range
  • Check tax settings
  • Review currency settings

Export Not Working

Causes:

  • Large data set
  • Server timeout
  • Permission issue

Solutions:

  • Export smaller date range
  • Increase PHP timeout
  • Check file permissions

Related Documentation


Last updated: January 2026
Applies to: WordPress Download Manager 7.x + Premium Packages

Last updated on January 26, 2026

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