> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.payreque.st/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Product sales and recurring revenue

> Understand paid product sales, pending orders and the monthly recurring revenue estimate for a product.

Product sales summaries help you understand two different kinds of activity: purchases already recorded for a product, and estimated monthly revenue from its active subscriptions.

In the [PayRequest iOS app](https://docs.payreque.st/getting-started/ios-app.md), open **Sell** and select a product to review its available sales information. The figures displayed depend on the app version and the data available to your account.

> [!NOTE]
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> Product sales and recurring revenue describe different things. Sales describe qualifying paid orders. Recurring revenue estimates the monthly value of current subscriptions; it does not confirm that those future payments have been collected.

## Understand the product sales figures

| Figure | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Paid orders | Distinct qualifying paid orders containing the product. Buying several units in one order still counts as one order. |
| Units sold | The quantities of the product on those qualifying paid orders. |
| Pending orders | Orders containing the product that are awaiting payment and remain pending or processing. |
| Product line sales | Saved product line prices multiplied by their quantities, grouped by currency. |
| Last sale | The latest qualifying recorded payment time, when available. |

Product line sales include this product's lines, rather than the full value of a basket containing other products. They are calculated before order-level adjustments and are not a net revenue, profit or payout figure.

Orders with recorded reversals are conservatively excluded from paid product sales. This can include an order with a partial refund: the summary does not guess which product received the refund. Failed or canceled orders and free product lines do not count as paid sales.

## Understand recurring revenue per product

For subscriptions linked to the product, PayRequest calculates a monthly recurring revenue estimate from the recurring amount, quantity and billing interval.

A subscription must be active, outside its trial and not paused. It is excluded once its effective cancellation date has arrived. A future cancellation date does not by itself exclude an otherwise qualifying active subscription before that date.

The calculation multiplies the recurring amount by the quantity, then converts the billing interval to months. For example:

| Example subscription | Estimated monthly value |
| - | - |
| EUR 10 each month, quantity 1 | EUR 10 |
| EUR 120 each year, quantity 1 | EUR 10 |
| EUR 15 each month, quantity 2 | EUR 30 |

These examples explain the calculation; they are not PayRequest plan prices.

Daily and weekly intervals use average month lengths: 365/12 days or 52/12 weeks. A quarter represents three months and a year represents twelve months. Unsupported intervals, missing or invalid recurring amounts, and quantities below one are excluded.

## Keep currencies separate

The summary groups sales and recurring revenue by their recorded currency. It does not convert different currencies into one total.

For example, EUR 30 and USD 20 in estimated monthly revenue remain separate figures. If a recorded currency is unknown, it must not be assumed to be EUR or converted using an invented exchange rate.

## Know what the figures cannot tell you

* The recurring estimate is not a provider balance or payout forecast.
* It is not a history of the recurring payments already collected. Use [Transaction Reports](https://docs.payreque.st/analytics-and-reporting/transaction-reports.md) to inspect payments.
* Recorded product views do not establish a reliable purchase funnel. The product summary does not provide a conversion rate from those views.
* Missing statistics are different from measured zero sales. If data cannot be loaded, treat the figure as unavailable rather than assuming no sales or subscriptions exist.

For business-wide subscription reporting, see the [Monthly Subscription Report](https://docs.payreque.st/analytics-and-reporting/monthly-subscription-report.md). The [Revenue Tracking guide](https://docs.payreque.st/analytics-and-reporting/revenue-tracking.md) explains how other dashboard revenue figures differ from subscription-based estimates.


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