COGS is the accounting line, what a unit cost you once it's sitting in inventory, ready to sell. Landed cost is the fuller number: product cost plus freight, insurance, customs duty, IGST, brokerage, everything it took to get that unit to your dock. Price off your factory invoice alone and you'll quietly bleed margin on every sale, because duty and freight alone can add a large chunk to what the supplier quoted you.
3 resources, 3 link-checked.
An ecommerce-accounting platform's clear breakdown of what belongs in landed cost versus COGS, the exact confusion that quietly wrecks new founders' margins.
From a2xaccounting.com by A2X
A fulfilment provider's practical definition and formula for landed cost, aimed squarely at ecommerce operators rather than accountants.
From redstagfulfillment.com by Red Stag Fulfillment
An ecommerce-accounting firm's step-by-step COGS formula, useful as the accounting-correct companion to the more operational landed-cost guides.
From ledgergurus.com by LedgerGurus
The same ground, over in Build the product, our Starting Up track.
