Connect CJ Dropshipping to Claude and ChatGPT
Dropshipping margins live or die on postage. MerchantFlow pulls your CJ shipping cost onto the order it belongs to, joins it to your ad spend and your own product costs, and lets your AI tell you which SKUs are actually worth running.
Trusted by
Brands already running their numbers on MerchantFlow
The same data your AI will be reading.
561,164
orders analysed
A$74.9M
revenue tracked
What you can ask once it is connected
“Which products can I afford to scale on ads?”
Four SKUs hold contribution margin above 35% after cost of goods, postage and fees, giving break-even ROAS below 2.9x. Two of those are already above 4x on Meta and have headroom. Two other SKUs sit below their 2.4x break-even and lose money on every paid order.
Example answer, shown to illustrate the shape and level of detail. Your figures come from your own connected account.
What CJ Dropshipping alone cannot tell you
Connecting an AI directly to CJ Dropshipping is genuinely useful, and for some questions it is all you need. It stops being enough the moment the question involves money you spent somewhere else.
- Advertising spend against the products CJ fulfilled
- Which SKUs stop being profitable once postage is counted
- How shipping cost varies by destination on the same product
- Refunds and their effect on the true economics of a winning product
What MerchantFlow adds
- Per-order postage cost from CJ applied to the order it belongs to, in USD as CJ reports it
- Orders matched on the platform order id rather than CJ's own order number, which is unrelated for Shopify-app orders
- A two-pass lookup that falls back to paged enumeration when a direct match fails, so late-created orders are still found
- Split sourcing supported: CJ can run alongside a warehouse 3PL, and each order is costed by whichever provider fulfilled it
CJ reports a product cost as well as postage, but MerchantFlow currently uses only the postage figure, which lands in fulfilment cost. Your cost of goods comes from your own COGS records, not from CJ. Automatic product-cost sync from CJ is not available yet, so do not expect landed cost to populate itself.
What merchants say
Store owners who trust MerchantFlow with their numbers
Real reviews from merchants running their stores on MerchantFlow.
MerchantFlow has become one of the most valuable tools in my business. As a tradie building Mech Tools from the ground up, understanding true profitability is critical. MerchantFlow gives me clear, accurate data that helps me make better business decisions.
Mech Tools Pty LTD
Australia · 18 days using the app
I've tried quite a few of these profit tracker apps (even tried making one myself), but honestly, none of them offer what MerchantFlow does and the ones that come close cost 10x the monthly price. My favorite feature by far is the integration with my 3PL, so the data I'm seeing is the actual data not a guess.
Netherlands · 21 days using the app
I've been using MerchantFlow for the last six months in order to better understand my brand's profitability. The tool has without a doubt been super insightful and allowed me to make changes within the business that have nearly doubled our brand's monthly profit. This is the best profit analysis and optimisation tool going around for any ecommerce brand owner right now.
Australia · 6 months using the app
Its super important for me to know my numbers down the the exact percentage and I can trust Merchant Flow to get it right. I've used other softwares in the past but none of them have half of the features this does and always end up not being correct. Highly recommend using it if you're running an ecommerce store.
Australia · 2 months using the app
How to connect it
- 01
Connect CJ Dropshipping to MerchantFlow
Authorise CJ Dropshipping from your MerchantFlow integrations page. We start pulling and normalising the data straight away.
- 02
Add MerchantFlow to ChatGPT or Claude
In ChatGPT, open MerchantFlow from the plugin directory. In Claude, add it as a connector. Either way you approve read-only access and there is nothing to install. Your dashboard shows the current steps for each client, because the clients move their menus often. In Meta's Muse, ask it to create a custom connector with the MerchantFlow URL. In the Gemini app, add it as a custom app under Settings, Connected Apps.
- 03
Ask in plain English
Your AI now reads the same figures as your dashboard, joined across every source you have connected.
MerchantFlow is listed in ChatGPT's plugin directory
Open the listing in ChatGPT, sign in or start a trial, and approve read-only access. There is no server URL to copy.
Included on every paid plan, trials included. Starter reads 90 days of history, Pro reads 12 months, and Plus and Agency read your full history.
The tools your AI calls
These are the actual tools MerchantFlow exposes for CJ Dropshipping questions. Every claim on this page maps to one of them.
run_fulfillment_digestget_item_cogsget_pnl_summaryCommon questions
Can it change anything in CJ Dropshipping?
No. The connection is read-only and no write access exists to grant. Your AI can read figures and reason about them; it cannot create, edit, pause or delete anything.
Will the numbers match my dashboard?
Yes. Your AI calls the same calculations the MerchantFlow dashboard uses, so the same question over the same period returns the same figure in both places.
