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FOCUS Margin Desk

Your supplier raised costs. Which of your prices still make money?

Margin Desk compares your current prices with the supplier's new costs, flags every product that now falls below your target margin, and helps you set new prices one decision at a time.

Try it free in your browserBuy Full, US$199

Founder price until 31 January 2027 (normally US$499)

No sign-up, nothing to install, your files stay on your computer. Or download for Windows. One-time price, tax included, 30-day money-back guarantee. Version 2.2.0.

Margin Desk screen with fictional data
Open the working example in your browser. Fictional data, no sign-up.

The problem, in plain words

When a supplier sends a new price list, every product you buy from them earns you a little less. With a few items you can check by hand. With hundreds, the products that quietly stopped being profitable are easy to miss.

Margin Desk reads your current price list and the supplier's new costs, matches them line by line, and shows which products need a new selling price, by how much, and what it means at the quantities you sell. You approve each price yourself, then export the list for your own system.

For wholesalers, importers and distributors who resell what they buy and keep their prices in Excel or can export them from their system.

How it works

  1. Load your price list

    Your products with today's cost and selling price, from your Excel file or a CSV export.

  2. Load the supplier's new costs

    The new price list as Excel or CSV. Confirm its columns once; Margin Desk lines up every product.

  3. Decide and export

    See which products fall below your target margin and by how much. Approve new prices, export the list, and print a price change letter for each customer.

A worked example

Fictional scenario. You decide whether to adopt the proposal. A higher selling price may affect demand; the software does not forecast that effect or guarantee profit.

Current → new cost
¥1,000 → ¥1,100
Selling price stays
¥1,250
Gross margin falls
20% → 12%
Price at a 20% target
¥1,375

What it does

  • Start with what needs attention

    Filter cost increases, below-target margins and missing quantities. Sort known impacts and narrow the review by supplier or customer.

  • Compare pricing choices

    Compare keeping the selling price, protecting unit gross profit, protecting the original margin, or meeting your target. Proposals round upward and never automatically reduce the current price. These are scenarios, not demand forecasts.

  • Price everything below target at once

    One button suggests prices for every product below your target margin. Check the list, then approve it. Products on hold, already approved or with a problem stay out.

  • Open your Excel file directly

    Load an Excel workbook (.xlsx) or any CSV, with your own column names in English or Japanese. Shopify product exports, amounts with ¥ or $ and supplier names with or without “Ltd” are recognised. Every problem row is listed before anything is replaced; missing quantities stay unknown, never zero.

  • See the effect by customer

    A table ranks customers by the profit at stake if prices stay, with how many of their products fall below target. Start the price conversations where they matter most, then select a customer to review only their products.

  • Tell customers, with the evidence

    Create one editable price change letter per customer from the prices you approved: current price, new price and how much your own cost rose. Edit the wording and print.

What you load
Current price list + supplier cost update (Excel or CSV)
What you get out
Approved prices CSV · all-products CSV · HTML report · price change letters · JSON workspace

Try it on your own files first, free

Free trialYour whole file on screen; exports up to 25 products
No time limit, no sign-up. You can save your work.
Full edition5,000 products + 5,000 new costs, unlimited exports
Opens the work you saved in the trial.
Runs onWindows 10/11 (64-bit) with .NET Framework 4.8 and WebView2. The ZIP also includes a browser edition.
Currently unsigned. Follow your organisation's software policy.
Try it free in your browserDownload for WindowsZIP with browser edition and guide
Check it fits your case

One currency per scenario: JPY, USD, EUR or GBP. No currency or pack conversion, tax calculation, PDF import, ERP connection or automatic repricing. Use actual net costs and selling prices, not supplier list prices.

Questions before you buy

How can I review a supplier price increase against my current margins?
FOCUS Margin Desk is CSV-based pricing review software for wholesalers and importers with known net costs and selling prices. It compares a current catalogue with new supplier net costs, matches supplier, product code and unit exactly, and shows the margin impact and a selling-price proposal for your target margin.
Does Margin Desk replace my spreadsheet or ERP?
It supports a specific review between exporting your records and deciding on new selling prices. It reads Excel workbooks directly but does not convert currencies or packs, calculate tax, connect to an ERP or provide shared editing. Export approved proposals and use your existing process to update live prices.
Do I send FOCUS my business files?
No. The downloaded app processes selected files on your computer. You do not need to send us price, purchase or receipt files. Website inquiries and payment details follow their own published privacy terms.
Do I need an account, API or server?
No runtime account, AI API or server is required. The Windows app needs Windows 10/11 x64, .NET Framework 4.8 and Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. It is currently unsigned: follow your organisation’s software policy. A browser edition is included in the ZIP; extract it completely and open START.html in permitted desktop Edge or Chrome. Try your environment before buying.
Does it autosave or support shared editing?
There is no autosave, cloud sync or simultaneous editing. In Windows, use Save or Save As for your named JSON project; the previous saved version is kept as a .bak file. In the browser edition, download a JSON workspace and reopen it when needed. Projects, backups, CSVs and reports are unencrypted; keep them under your company’s access controls.
Can I keep my trial work?
Yes. Open a saved trial JSON workspace in the Full edition. Moving to the same-language Full edition preserves your input records and rules so you can recalculate and continue. The trial has no expiry.
Is there a subscription?
No. It is a one-time software licence for one organisation's internal use of the delivered version. No recurring fee is needed to keep using that version. Custom processing, integrations, future major versions and unlimited support are not included. See the purchase terms for the full scope.
What if it isn't right for us?
Within 30 days of purchase we refund the full price for any reason (30-day money-back guarantee). Email jamal@thefocus.jp from the address used for the order; after the refund, delete the software.
What should I check before using it for work?
The products have been internally tested with known calculation cases, invalid inputs and browser save/reopen checks. Start with a small case whose answer you already know. These checks are not third-party certification or a guarantee of suitability for every workflow or agreement.

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