#ecommerce
Online selling, ecommerce platforms, multi-channel retail, and digital storefront management
Visa gives card-present holds 5 days and card-not-present 10; Mastercard 7; Amex 7; Discover 10 — capture or reverse before the clock runs out.
Retailers deduct 1–5% per violation for late shipments, bad labels, and missing ASNs — dispute fast with PO, ASN log, and proof of delivery.
A UFLPA detention gives importers 30 days to prove goods sit outside the forced-labor presumption — with a full supply-chain map, not a vendor letter.
Freight-in is part of inventory cost and becomes COGS when goods sell; freight-out is a selling expense. Mixing them distorts gross margin and tax.
Etsy fees are not COGS — they are Schedule C selling expenses. Track materials, labor, fees, and shipping per listing to price for real profit.
Record gross marketplace sales as revenue and fees as expenses — Form 1099-K reports gross Box 1a, so net-deposit bookkeeping never reconciles.
Record BFCM promo codes as contra revenue, reconcile processor payouts weekly, and accrue December's ~17% holiday returns before year-end close.
Illinois waives all penalties and interest on 2021–2026 remote-seller sales tax paid at a flat 9% by October 31, 2026; after that, IDOR may assess 15%.
The average small business liability claim now costs $97,200, while $1M/$2M product liability coverage averages about $1,192 a year. What the policy pays, who in the distribution chain can be sued, and five mistakes that leave sellers exposed.
How to keep books for Notion-template sales when a merchant-of-record platform collects sales tax and nets fees from your payout—separating customer charges, platform fees, refunds, and taxes through a clearing account so a $1,530 deposit is fully explained, and treating Form 1099-K as a cross-check rather than your ledger.
Learn how small businesses should book customer refunds as contra-revenue, not expenses — covering Schedule C line 2, sales-tax payable reversals, inventory COGS adjustments, payment processor reconciliation, and ASC 606 refund liabilities with a monthly workflow to keep net sales accurate.
eBay's July 1, 2026 fee reform cuts final value fees to flat 5% for used and refurbished goods and raises new-goods fees to 7% for commercial sellers on selected marketplaces. Learn how the 5% vs 7% split changes reseller margins, why private sellers are unaffected, and how to reconcile gross 1099-K sales to net payouts without losing the fee deduction.
