RESELLING — ADVANCED · THE EXCEPTIONS RECKONING (chapter 4) Free from ePORTS — eports.global/resources/reselling The platform accounts for the sales it can see. Everything it can't see is yours. Count the last twelve months — honestly, from your own records. ===================================================================== ONE — COSTS YOU CAN'T RECONSTRUCT ===================================================================== Sales in the last 12 months: ______ Sales with NO cost of goods beside them: ______ (= ____ in ____) Rebuild sources: card statements · haul totals split by comps · calendars · platform records ===================================================================== TWO — SALES NO PLATFORM SAW (flea market, local, pop-up) ===================================================================== Direct-sale days: ______ Cash taken: $______ Recorded by item? [ ] yes [ ] no Banked into the business account? [ ] yes [ ] no Do I know whether I need a seller's permit for these? [ ] yes [ ] no ===================================================================== THREE — RETURNS THAT NEVER REACHED THE RECORDS ===================================================================== Returns: ____ Refunds: $______ Return postage paid: $______ Items that came back unsellable: ____ (cost $______) In my figures? [ ] yes [ ] no ===================================================================== FOUR — THE COSTS OF RUNNING THE BUSINESS ITSELF ===================================================================== Route miles (unlogged): about ______ Supplies receipts: [ ] kept [ ] partial [ ] lost ===================================================================== THE REBUILD — with a cut-off ===================================================================== Rebuild everything statements, calendars and platform records allow by: __________ (a few weeks out, not forever) Rebuilt by the cut-off: ____ of ____ Still "cost unknown": ____ Until the rebuild is done: don't feed the old profit figure into anything. ===================================================================== THE ACCOUNT RULE — from today ===================================================================== Every dollar from every channel goes into the business account by the next business day, reconciled to an item list before the next selling session. ===================================================================== REFERRAL TRIGGERS — any one true = book the appointment ===================================================================== [ ] Direct sales, and I don't know whether I need a seller's permit [ ] More than 1 sale in 20 has no cost I can show [ ] A notice or letter from any tax authority [ ] About to pay anyone to help me [ ] Thinking about forming a business entity [ ] A platform tax form I don't understand Booked with: ____________________ on: ________ Folder: the gap list · the off-platform records · the platform reports (Record what you're told on the sales-tax and resale-certificate record in the operations pack.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Reselling shelf: Basics · Intermediate · Advanced Free resources: eports.global/resources/reselling ePORTS — your ecom source. eports.global