COGS

Cost of Goods Sold: the direct costs of producing and delivering a product or service; in software this includes hosting, payment fees and customer support.

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In practice

Because it drives gross margin, classifying COGS correctly directly affects pricing decisions. In software companies hidden COGS usually sits in support and infrastructure costs.

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