Management Accounting for Amazon Sellers
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You'll Learn
Management accounting cf financial accounting
* Why accounting does not just mean “financial accounting”
* What management accounting is and why you need it
* The limitations of Quickbooks and Xero for Amazon sellers
* Who the reports are actually designed for
* Why the delay in reporting is so critical
Why Amazon sellers often struggle with numbers
* Why Amazon being is so easy to start can be a problem
* Why Amazon “is ecommerce on training wheels”
* Which piece of management is the least developed
* Why having no excel skills leaves Amazon sellers in trouble
Why Paul created Sellerscale- Meditation pillow
- Low pricing power Bec not differentiated
- Didn’t realise until it was too late and he was out of business!
- It’s cheaper to do due dil upfront
- He shared the spreadsheet and got a lot of feedback
Why Amazon accounting is inherently hard
* The issue with Amazon reports
* The thing you have to do with Amazon reports that's even harder
* The one thing you can't do easily with Amazon reports that is critical to cashflow and cash cycle management
* The intrinsic e-commerce issue - especially if you're importing - that means you can't affrod to get your economics wrong.
* The three big issues with accounting packages like Xero and Quickbooks for Amazon management accounting
* The 5 main Amazon management accounting problems Seller Scale solves
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Today's Guest
Sergey is CMO of Sellerscale, which is a management accounting platform that helps amazon sellers stay on top of their financials.
Watch Amazon Management Accounting with Sergey Faldin of Sellerscale