Ecommerce Accounting: Payouts, Profit & Cash Flow | Webgility CEO

Sales, profit and cash flow tell different stories. I sit down with Parag Mamnani, founder and CEO of Webgility, to discuss marketplace fees, payout reserves, freight costs, clearing accounts, bookkeeping and the numbers behind an ecommerce business.

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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

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IN THIS CONVERSATION

• Separate gross sales, net deposits and bottom-line profit.

• Account for fulfillment, insurance, returns, payment fees and reserves.

• Track cash flow daily and review consistent business KPIs.

• Build connected accounting workflows before adding sales channels.

• Understand where software helps and where human review matters.

• Hear Parag's Bases Loaded customer example and his approach to AI.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Episode highlights

00:18 Meet Parag Mamnani and Webgility

04:15 Revenue is not your profit

05:42 Before you call it profit

08:42 Track the cash flow

11:16 Build the system before you scale

12:50 Three numbers to watch

14:17 Software and human review

16:22 When does Webgility fit?

17:21 A multichannel customer story

19:32 AI: useful tools, human checks

23:34 Build a solid accounting foundation

25:23 Resources and next steps

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MUSIC

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