MarginBeacon

MarginBeacon is a WooCommerce extension that:

• Helps merchants set up product costs using native WooCommerce COGS or MarginBeacon Cost
• Simulates supported native coupons and sale prices before a campaign launches
• Classifies promoted orders with a Promo Risk badge after purchase

MarginBeacon does not create, modify, or apply coupons or discounts. It reads supported WooCommerce promotion configuration and order evidence to report gross product margin risk. Order risk evaluation may produce a preliminary result for unpaid statuses such as pending or on-hold, followed by a confirmed result after payment. Severity and payment lifecycle remain separate. Checkout remains non-blocking. MarginBeacon 1.0 is watch-only and does not enforce or block discounts. MarginBeacon calculates gross product margin estimates only. Results do not constitute financial or accounting advice. An optional MarginBeacon Pro companion plugin provides additional automation and advanced analysis features. MarginBeacon Free remains fully usable without the companion plugin.

1.0.0

• First public release of MarginBeacon Free.
• Product cost setup with MarginBeacon Cost or WooCommerce native COGS, including admin list/edit fallbacks when the native COGS UI is unavailable.
• Selected native-coupon preflight for campaign margin risk before launch.
• Asynchronous Promo Risk badges on orders, with preliminary evaluation before payment confirmation and confirmed evaluation after payment.
• Global margin thresholds, freshness tracking, acknowledgement, and operational health tools.
• Hardened admin notice scoping and explicit native WooCommerce nonce validation for product and bulk COGS edits.