This course teaches the essential accounting systems behind profitable e-commerce operations: inventory tracking, cost of goods sold (COGS), and landed cost. Students learn how to set up inventory correctly, choose a practical tracking approach, and record purchases so that COGS is accurate and financial statements reflect real margins—not guesswork.
This course provides a clear, practical overview of how sales tax works in e-commerce and what bookkeepers must track to keep online sellers compliant. Students learn the basic concepts of sales tax nexus, taxable vs. non-taxable sales, and how sales tax appears in platform reports and payment deposits.
This course teaches students how to accurately record the transactions that most often distort e-commerce financials: refunds, returns, chargebacks, and gift cards/store credit. These items can make sales, deposits, and profit look wrong if they are booked incorrectly—especially when payment processors and marketplaces net them into payouts.
This course teaches the step-by-step process for keeping e-commerce books clean and “client-ready” through accurate bank, credit card, and payout reconciliations—followed by a consistent month-end close.
This course teaches students how to accurately record and track the costs that most affect e-commerce profitability: shipping, fulfillment, and delivery-related expenses. Because these costs often flow through multiple systems—shipping label providers, marketplaces, 3PLs, and Amazon FBA—many e-commerce books end up missing expenses, duplicating charges, or misclassifying fulfillment fees.
This course teaches students how to accurately record and organize the ongoing costs that drive e-commerce growth—advertising, software/apps, and operating expenses—so financial reports clearly show what it costs to run and scale an online business. Because ad spend and subscriptions often come from multiple platforms and payment methods, many sellers end up with messy books, misclassified expenses, or missing charges.
This course teaches students how to handle one of the most important and most misunderstood areas of e-commerce bookkeeping: payroll, contractor payments, and owner compensation. Students learn how to record payroll transactions correctly,
This course teaches students how to turn e-commerce bookkeeping into clear, decision-ready reporting. Students learn how to read and explain the three core financial statements—Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow—with an e-commerce lens, so business owners understand what the numbers actually mean.