How much of the gap between two vendors' 2025 sales figures for pokemoncenter.com different definitions could explain

What this is

How much of the gap between two vendors' 2025 sales figures for pokemoncenter.com different definitions could explain: at most 1.32 times, leaving 1.99 times of a 2.632-times gap unexplained.

How it’s built

1. ECDB reports only 'GMV' with no stated treatment of tax, shipping or returns; Grips excludes returns, subscriptions and app sales.
2. Assume, in ECDB's favour, that it includes sales tax of about 8%, shipping of about 10% and returns of about 10%: (1.08 × 1.10) ÷ 0.90 = 1.32.
3. 2.632 ÷ 1.32 = 1.99 remains.

What we assumed

• Tax of about 8%, shipping of about 10% and returns of about 10%, all counted by ECDB and none by Grips.Deliberately generous to a definitional explanation; neither vendor states these.
• App sales do not matter.No evidence was found of a material Pokémon Center app channel; this is a gap.

Sanity check

Definitions cannot plausibly explain a 2.6-times gap, so the difference lies in how each vendor measures or models sales.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:

• EstimateHow Grips Intelligence, a web-sales data vendor, defines a store's revenue
• EstimateWhether Grips Intelligence's store sales figures net off returns
• Estimate1P only, 2026
• EstimateTax/shipping, 2026
• EstimateECDB definition, 2025
• EstimateECDB 1P/3P, 2025

Where it’s used

• StoryPokémon Center