Percentage of sales formula

Have you ever found yourself staring at a bunch of sales numbers, wondering how to make sense of them in a way that reduces your costs and increases your profits? You've come to the right place.

In this guide, I will walk you through the journey of calculating sales percentages.

Trust me, it's not rocket science – and by the end of this, you'll get greater clarity on how well your sales process is performing.

What’s the Sales Percentage?

Imagine you're running a lemonade stand (yes, just like those childhood days).

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You've got a bunch of lemons and sugar, and you're turning them into fairly-priced lemonade that the whole block loves.

Now, this is where the sales percentage comes in.

It tells you how much of your lemonade stash you've turned into cold, hard cash.

In other words, it shows you the proportion of your sales compared to the total amount you're working with.

Think about it like this: if you sold 25 cups of lemonade out of the 100 cups you had prepared, your sales percentage would be 25%.

Of course, this is an oversimplified example.

But at its core, sales perce

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