The Inventory Cash-Flow Guide
How to free the cash trapped in stock. The pay-on-ship approach that keeps you from going profitable on paper but broke in the bank.
A store can look profitable on paper and still run out of money, because the cash is sitting in boxes on a shelf. This guide shows how a pay-on-ship approach frees the money trapped in inventory, so growth stops draining your bank account. Inside is a simple way to see exactly how much cash your stock is holding right now, plus the shift that lets you restock without fronting it all up front.
Profitable on paper, broke in the bank
Plenty of stores look healthy in their reports and still feel constantly short on cash. The numbers say profit, the bank account says otherwise, and every restock turns into a scramble. It is one of the most common and most stressful traps in ecommerce, and it has little to do with how much you sell.
The reason is that profit and cash are not the same thing. When you pay for inventory up front and it sits in a warehouse waiting to sell, your money is locked inside those boxes. You can be growing and profitable and still run out of cash to buy the next batch.
How paying on ship frees your cash
The fix is to stop fronting large amounts of stock and freezing your cash in it. A pay-on-ship approach keeps money moving with sales instead of trapping it on a shelf, so growth funds itself rather than draining your account.
The first step is simply seeing the problem clearly. Once you know how much cash your stock is actually holding, the changes that free it up become obvious, and restocking stops feeling like a gamble.
What you get in the guide
The guide shows why a profitable store can still run out of cash, how paying on ship frees the money stuck in inventory, and a simple way to work out exactly how much cash your stock is holding right now.
It is for operators who feel the squeeze between restocks and revenue. Add your name and email above and we send it over, free.
What's inside
- Why a profitable store can still run out of cash
- How paying on ship frees the money stuck in inventory
- A simple way to see how much cash your stock is holding
Who it's for: Operators who feel the squeeze between restocks and revenue.