Consignment Software Australia

End of financial year is looming for Australian consignment stores. If you dread the bookkeeping catch-up — unpicking marketplace payouts, calculating GST on consignor commissions, reconciling bank deposits with eBay statements — you’re not alone. Consignment accounting is uniquely messy. Most small business software treats every dollar the same. But in consignment, not all dollars are equal: the full sale price includes GST, while the consignor payout is a cost of sale — not taxable. ...

Running a consignment store means making hundreds of inventory decisions a month: what to price this handbag at, how long to wait before marking it down, which consignors to take more stock from, which categories to focus on. Most store owners make these decisions on gut feel. “This brand usually sells fast.” “That colour never moves.” Sometimes gut feel is right. Sometimes it costs you weeks of dead stock. A sales analytics dashboard replaces guesses with numbers. ...