Shopify payouts rarely match your sales totals, and reconciling them in Xero is not as simple as it sounds.

Chargebacks cost ecommerce merchants billions in 2025. Each dispute means lost revenue, processing fees, penalty charges, and the risk of losing your merchant account.

Trusting your brand’s financial health to a manual spreadsheet is a high-stakes gamble. Between Amazon’s reserve holds and regional fee variations, one small data entry error can completely distort your cash flow forecast.

Amazon AI inventory management promises to predict demand, optimize reorder points, and prevent stockouts automatically. The reality is more complex.

Amazon stranded inventory is stock sitting in FBA warehouses that customers cannot buy.

What works for a side hustle selling 20 items a month will not work when you hit 200 orders a week.