The PPP Loan—Key Points Ecommerce Sellers Should Know
Just before the New Year, the new Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 was passed. My colleague and bookskeep financial advisor, Anna Popke of Majestic Oak Financial, summarized a few key aspects that ecommerce business owners need to keep in mind. So let’s get into the PPP loan info.
3 Things to Help Ecommerce Sellers Identify Real Profit
Now that another year is in the books, my hope is that your bank accounts are full as a result of great year-end sales and careful financial management. If you haven’t already, you will soon be preparing your records for your tax provider. As we send out year-end financial statements to our clients, we often […]
Could You Use More Profits in Your Ecommerce Business?
2020 is in the books! How did you do? With the new year just beginning, now is the perfect time to look at your P&L and Balance Sheet to check the health of your business. I also recommend that you run your Profit Assessment, as well. Even if you did this earlier in the year, […]
Ecommerce Sellers Need to Know–Preparing 1099s Can Be Easy!
Are you preparing for the upcoming tax season? At bookskeep, we are looking ahead and planning throughout the year to make certain our clients have the reports they need as they prepare for tax time when January rolls around. There are many tasks involved in these preparations. One of them is issuing 1099s. Bookskeep has […]
Why Gross Margin is the Bottom Line for Ecommerce Sellers
In real estate we often hear the top three things that matter most are Location, Location, Location. For ecommerce sellers our mantra should be Margin, Margin, Margin! Gross Margin or Gross Profit is a number every seller should know. I hear a lot of talk about ROI, and that is important as you make sourcing […]
PPP Loan Forgiveness—The Latest Ecommerce Update
It’s been a few months since we talked about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that many of you received earlier in the year. We have been monitoring the guidance issued by the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) and trying to keep tabs on the “talk” that Congress may offer loan forgiveness […]
Amazon ACoS: Understanding Your True Advertising Costs
One of the biggest concerns sellers have when it comes to Amazon PPC is their Advertising Cost of Sale (ACoS). ACoS is by far the most popular metric used to measure the performance of Amazon advertising campaigns. ACoS is that fickle percentage many sellers rely on to help them determine how they should bid on […]