June 3, 20265 min read

The Benefits of Inventory Management for FBA Sellers

The benefits of inventory management for FBA sellers: freed cash, protected revenue, lower costs, sharper decisions, and what poor management costs.

May 27, 202612 min read

How to Get Your Trump Tariff Refund: An Amazon Seller's Step-by-Step Guide to the IEEPA CAPE Process

The Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs. CBP is now refunding them through the CAPE tool in ACE. Here is exactly who is eligible, who is not, and how I got $25,242 back (with interest), with the forms, links, and pitfalls in one place.

May 14, 20265 min read

Merchandise Financial Planning for Ecommerce Sellers

Merchandise financial planning connects sales, inventory, margin, and buying into one period plan. The core components and how sellers apply it.

May 12, 20265 min read

Consignment Inventory: How It Works and the Trade-offs

Consignment inventory means the supplier owns the stock until it sells. How it works, the cash-flow upside, the accounting, and where it fits.

April 28, 20265 min read

How to Liquidate Amazon Inventory: Options and Trade-offs

Liquidating Amazon inventory clears dead stock for a small recovery. Amazon's Liquidations program, third-party options, and when each beats removal.

April 20, 20265 min read

3PL Costs: The Fee Structure and How to Compare Quotes

3PL costs break into receiving, storage, pick-and-pack, shipping, and returns fees. What each covers, the hidden ones, and how to compare quotes.

April 6, 20265 min read

PO Payment Terms: Structures That Protect Your Cash

PO payment terms decide how much of your inventory the supplier finances. Deposit splits, net terms, and how each affects your FBA cash flow.

April 3, 20265 min read

MOQ: How Minimum Order Quantity Affects Your FBA Cash

MOQ is the smallest order a supplier will accept. Why it exists, how it forces overstock and ties up cash, and how to negotiate it, for Amazon FBA sellers.

March 31, 20265 min read

The Inventory Cash-Flow Problem (and How to Fix It)

The inventory cash-flow problem is cash trapped in stock so you cannot fund the next reorder. The symptoms, the causes, and how to break the cycle on FBA.

March 28, 20265 min read

Amazon Gross Margin: What It Is and What It Hides From You

Amazon gross margin is revenue minus cost of goods, over revenue. The formula, a worked example, and why it overstates FBA profit if you stop there.

March 27, 20265 min read

Amazon Net Profit Margin: What Good Looks Like on FBA

Amazon net profit margin is what you keep after every cost. The formula, an account-level example, a realistic FBA benchmark, and how to raise it.

March 26, 20265 min read

FBA Cash Reserve: How Much Working Capital to Keep

How much cash reserve an Amazon FBA seller should keep: sizing it to one reorder cycle, a worked example, and why lead time and season change the number.

March 25, 20265 min read

Amazon Payout Schedule: When You Actually Get Paid

How Amazon's payout schedule works: the ~14-day disbursement cycle, the reserve, and why new accounts wait longer, plus how to plan cash around it.

February 28, 20265 min read

Overstocking Inventory: The Cost and How to Fix It

Overstocking ties up cash, racks up storage fees, and drags your IPI. How to spot overstock, what it really costs, and how to clear it, for Amazon FBA.

February 20, 20265 min read

Excess Inventory on Amazon: How It Is Flagged and Cleared

Amazon flags excess inventory as stock beyond your near-term demand. How the designation works, why it costs you, and how to find and clear it in FBA.

January 22, 20265 min read

Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO): Formula and Meaning

Days inventory outstanding measures how many days it takes to sell your stock, at cost. The formula, a worked example, and how DIO drives your cash cycle.

January 21, 20265 min read

Cash Conversion Cycle for FBA: Formula and Example

The cash conversion cycle is how many days your cash is tied up from paying suppliers to collecting from Amazon. Formula, example, and how to shorten it.

January 15, 20267 min read

Is Inventory an Asset? FBA Accounting Explained

Is inventory an asset? Yes, a current asset on your balance sheet. How it works for Amazon FBA sellers, when it becomes COGS, and the cash trap to avoid.

January 14, 20269 min read

FBA Cash Flow Management: Complete Operator's Guide

Cash flow, not profit, is what kills growing FBA businesses. The cash gap, the levers that close it, and how to build a reserve, for Amazon sellers.

December 21, 20256 min read

FBA Contribution Margin: Formula, Example, Decisions

Contribution margin is what each unit contributes after all variable costs. The formula, a worked FBA example, and why it drives which SKUs to fund or cut.

December 8, 20255 min read

JIT Inventory Management: Does It Fit Amazon FBA?

JIT inventory management minimizes held stock to free cash. How it works, its trade-offs for FBA, and the hybrid that survives long lead times.

December 6, 20255 min read

Open to Buy: The Inventory Budget That Prevents Overbuying

Open to buy (OTB) is the dollar budget you have left to spend on inventory this period. The formula, a worked example, and how sellers use it.