Sales reporting
AI sales reports for WooCommerce
Type a sales question in WordPress admin and get the answer with the numbers behind it: revenue for any dates, best sellers, average order value, sales by category or country, and how this period compares with the last.
What it answers
WooCommerce Analytics has the numbers, but getting one answer often means choosing a report, setting dates, switching on a comparison and reading across columns. Askshelf does those steps for you. Ask a question, and it picks the lookup, reads your store's data and answers in a sentence or two, with a chart where one helps.
For sales, Askshelf can look up:
- Totals for any date range: net sales, gross sales, total sales, orders, average order value, items sold, refunds, coupon discounts, shipping and taxes.
- Trends: net sales over the range, drawn as a chart.
- Comparisons: the same figures for the previous period or the same period last year, with the change.
- Best sellers: the top products by units sold or by net revenue, for any dates, compared with an earlier period if you like.
- Breakdowns: orders and net sales by product category, customer country, weekday, hour of day or payment method.
- Today's orders, read live, so you don't wait for Analytics to catch up.
How did last week compare with the week before?
Which categories and countries brought in the most net sales in October?
How it counts
Askshelf reads the same tables WooCommerce Analytics uses, so its definitions are WooCommerce's definitions. Net sales leave out refunds, coupons, taxes and shipping. Average order value is net sales divided by orders. Orders with a status you've excluded in Analytics › Settings stay excluded. Weekday, hour and payment method breakdowns count orders before refunds, and categories overlap when a product is in more than one. If a number ever surprises you, the answer shows which lookups it made, for which dates, so you can open the same report and check.
Without asking
You don't have to ask to see the basics. A free store snapshot sits at the top of Analytics › Askshelf and as a WordPress Dashboard widget: net sales, orders and average order for the last 7 days against the 7 before, and today so far. It uses no AI and no questions. An optional weekly email sends the same snapshot every Monday.
What it doesn't do
Askshelf doesn't break sales down by tag, region or variation attributes, and it can't export a table. Those questions still belong in WooCommerce's own reports or an export. Our guides show the manual way: sales by category, sales by country and busiest days and hours. For profit, see profit reporting.
Your data stays yours
Askshelf only reads; it can't change orders, products or prices. It never reads customer names, emails, phone numbers or addresses. Your question and the results of its lookups go to the AI model through providers that don't store or train on them, and the Askshelf service doesn't keep questions, answers or store data. More on what it reads and in the privacy policy.
Questions you can ask
- “How much did we sell last week, compared with the week before?”
- “What was our average order value in October?”
- “Which 10 products brought in the most revenue this quarter?”
- “Did November do better than November last year?”
- “How much did refunds and coupons take off net sales this month?”
- “How many orders have come in today so far?”
- “Which categories and countries brought in the most net sales last month?”
- “Which weekday and hour are busiest?”
Common questions
Do Askshelf's numbers match WooCommerce Analytics?
Yes. Askshelf reads through WooCommerce Analytics, so it counts the same order statuses, takes refunds out on the refund date and uses your store's time zone. Each answer lists the lookups it made, so you can check them in Analytics.
Can it break sales down by category or country?
Yes. It breaks orders and net sales down by product category, customer country (billing), weekday, hour of day or payment method, and can compare with an earlier period. Categories can overlap when a product sits in several. It can't split by tag, region or variation attributes such as size or colour.
Does it replace WooCommerce Analytics?
No. Analytics is still the place for full tables and CSV exports. Askshelf is the quick way to get one answer without building the report yourself. It also puts a free store snapshot at the top of its page, with an optional weekly email, so you can see last week at a glance without asking.
The free way, step by step: WooCommerce sales reports: the complete guide