Bookkeeping

Inventory management, manufacturing, and business strategy for small-batch product businesses.

How to Track COGS in Shopify

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How to Track COGS in Shopify

Shopify's built-in cost field won't give you accurate COGS if you make your own products. Here's how to actually track cost of goods sold as a small-batch manufacturer using Shopify.

· 19 min read
Why QuickBooks Doesn't Know What Your Products Actually Cost (And What Product Businesses Do Instead)

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Why QuickBooks Doesn't Know What Your Products Actually Cost (And What Product Businesses Do Instead)

QuickBooks tracks your material spend — but it can't calculate cost per product from a recipe or BOM. Here's why that's a problem for product businesses, and how to fix it without switching accounting tools.

· 14 min read
Amazon's New QuickBooks Integration: What Sellers Should Know (And an Alternative Approach)

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Amazon's New QuickBooks Integration: What Sellers Should Know (And an Alternative Approach)

Amazon now offers embedded QuickBooks access in Seller Central. But is giving Amazon direct access to your financial data the right move? Here's what you need to know — and a different way to connect your accounting without sharing everything.

· 5 min read
Why the Shopify QuickBooks Integration Fails Product Businesses

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Why the Shopify QuickBooks Integration Fails Product Businesses

The Shopify QuickBooks Connector just forced a major update — and product businesses are watching their orders fail to sync, customer data vanish, and COGS calculations break. Here's what went wrong, when it makes sense (and doesn't), and a better path for product-based businesses.

· 11 min read