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🚀 SQL Project Series #2
E-Commerce Sales Analysis – SQL Business Questions
Now that our database is ready, let's solve real-world business problems using SQL.
📊 Business Questions
1. Calculate Total Revenue
SELECT SUM(quantity * unit_price) AS total_revenue
FROM order_items;
2. Count Total Orders
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_orders
FROM orders;
3. Count Total Customers
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_customers
FROM customers;
4. Count Total Products
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_products
FROM products;
5. Calculate Average Order Value (AOV)
SELECT
ROUND(
SUM(quantity * unit_price) /
COUNT(DISTINCT order_id),
2
) AS average_order_value
FROM order_items;
6. Find Top 5 Selling Products
SELECT
p.product_name,
SUM(oi.quantity) AS total_quantity
FROM order_items oi
JOIN products p ON oi.product_id = p.product_id
GROUP BY p.product_name
ORDER BY total_quantity DESC
LIMIT 5;
7. Find Revenue by Product Category
SELECT
p.category,
SUM(oi.quantity * oi.unit_price) AS revenue
FROM order_items oi
JOIN products p ON oi.product_id = p.product_id
GROUP BY p.category
ORDER BY revenue DESC;
8. Find Top 5 Customers by Revenue
SELECT
c.customer_name,
SUM(oi.quantity * oi.unit_price) AS revenue
FROM customers c
JOIN orders o ON c.customer_id = o.customer_id
JOIN order_items oi ON o.order_id = oi.order_id
GROUP BY c.customer_name
ORDER BY revenue DESC
LIMIT 5;
9. Calculate Monthly Revenue
SELECT
DATE_TRUNC('month', o.order_date) AS month,
SUM(oi.quantity * oi.unit_price) AS revenue
FROM orders o
JOIN order_items oi ON o.order_id = oi.order_id
GROUP BY DATE_TRUNC('month', o.order_date)
ORDER BY month;
10. Find Revenue by City
SELECT
c.city,
SUM(oi.quantity * oi.unit_price) AS revenue
FROM customers c
JOIN orders o ON c.customer_id = o.customer_id
JOIN order_items oi ON o.order_id = oi.order_id
GROUP BY c.city
ORDER BY revenue DESC;
🎯 SQL Concepts Practiced:
Aggregate Functions, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, INNER JOIN, LIMIT, Date Functions, Business KPI Calculations
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