Revenue Over Time, Depop

Revenue Over Time for Depop stores. Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre. How to read it, why it matters, and how to act on it.

Metrics type: Supporting Metrics • Category: Revenue & Sales

At a glance

Revenue Over Time plots your gross Depop sales across the window as an area chart. It is the headline trend line for the shop: where Orders / Day shows volume, this shows value, smoothing daily noise into the trajectory that matters for planning. The shape tells you whether listing effort, follower growth and seasonality are compounding into a rising revenue base or quietly flattening.

What it counts	Gross sales revenue over time across the selected window, shown as an area chart.
Sample type	Backend API data from Depop, refreshed on the standard data refresh.
Why it matters	The revenue trajectory is the truest single read on shop momentum. It absorbs the lag between activity and outcome, so a sustained turn here confirms whether your listing and engagement work is paying off.
Reading the value	Read direction and slope over weeks, not days. A steady climb is healthy momentum; a plateau or decline against rising effort points to a discovery or pricing problem upstream.
Currency	currency
Time window	90D
Alert trigger	-
Sentiment key	dep_revenue_trend
Roles	owner, finance

Calculation

The card aggregates order revenue by period across the window and plots the running series. Vortex IQ reads order values from the Depop integration; this card shows gross revenue, so compare it with the net-of-fees card to see the take-home line.

Worked example

A representative reading of Revenue Over Time for a typical growing resale shop on Depop. Across 90 days the area rose steadily from roughly 2,000 to 3,400 pounds a month as the seller built a daily relisting habit and follower count climbed. A short plateau in the middle lined up with a holiday pause in listing. Vortex Mind confirmed the dip was cadence, not demand, and the trend resumed once relisting restarted. Reading the gross trend next to net-after-fees kept the seller honest about take-home. To examine the slope, ask Ask Viq for monthly revenue trend over the last quarter.

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

Card	Why merchants reach for it
dep_net_revenue	Revenue sibling: the net-of-fees counterpart to this gross trend.
dep_aov	Sales sibling: average order value behind the revenue line.
dep_orders_per_day	Volume sibling: order pace that drives revenue.
dep_revenue_at_risk	Risk sibling: revenue exposed to fulfilment or listing issues.
dep_follower_count	Reach sibling: follower growth precedes revenue growth.

Reconciling against Depop

Where to look in Depop’s own dashboard:

Depop shows your sales totals in the Selling and balance views. Reconcile the Vortex IQ trend against those totals for matching periods, remembering this card is gross of fees.

Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ:

Reason	Direction	What to do
Gross vs net. This card is gross; Depop’s balance reflects fees deducted.	Higher in Vortex IQ	Compare to the net-of-fees card for take-home.
Period boundary. Vortex IQ uses a 90-day window for the trend.	Variable	Match the period range.
Refunds and cancellations. Timing of adjustments can shift a period.	Variable	Allow for refund timing.

Cross-connector reconciliation: read the gross trend with the net-of-fees card and revenue at risk for the full revenue picture. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Q: How often does Revenue Over Time update? The card refreshes on the standard data refresh (typically every 30-60 minutes for live integrations). The latest period fills in as orders complete.

Q: Is this gross or net revenue? Gross. It is sales before Depop’s selling fee and payment processing. For take-home after fees, read the net-of-fees card alongside it.

Q: The trend dipped but I was busy. Why? Check whether the dip is listing cadence, seasonality or refund timing rather than lost demand. The orders-per-day line and follower trend usually explain a soft revenue period.

Q: Can I customise this card? There is no alert threshold by default, but the reporting window is configurable per profile.

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Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Revenue Over Time is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Depop and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English.

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