Here, a sales estimate is an approximation of sales value for a defined period, rather than a direct count of every individual order. It can concern a historical period: the US Census Bureau, for example, estimates monthly retail sales from weighted reported and imputed sample data.[2] An estimate of future sales is a sales forecast.[1]
State the period, units, signals and assumptions. An estimate for another seller or an entire market does not automatically represent revenue achievable by your business. Use the estimate as decision input and compare it with recorded sales when suitable observations become available.
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