Tracking Pattern Sales Using QuickBooks (How To)
Tracking pattern sales in QuickBooks provides you with critical information about your pattern sales.
Tracking Pattern Sales Using Wave Accounting (How To)
Tracking pattern sales using Wave Accounting can help you so you can figure out where to focus your knit or crochet pattern designing efforts. This tip provides you with step-by-step instructions and a short how-to video for setting up and using Wave Accounting to track your pattern sales. What is Wave Accounting? Wave Accounting is a FREE web-based (online) bookkeeping …
Tracking Pattern Sales in Excel or Google Sheets (How To)
In this post I talked about the importance of “owning your sales information” so you can focus your pattern design and marketing efforts on patterns and platforms that generate the most revenue for you by tracking your pattern sales in spreadsheets.
How to categorize craft business expenses
How to categorize craft business expenses is really pretty simple. By the time you finish reading this post you’ll be ready to tackle the task at hand. Categorizing craft business expenses can be totally overwhelming and confusing for new handmade, creative or craft business owners. Heck, even some of us who’ve had a handmade business for a long time can …
Revenue and Profit, Don’t Get Confused Between The Two
Revenue and Profit are two totally different things in your handmade business. Don’t get confused between these two terms. To get straight to the point. Revenue is the money you make by selling your finished items or patterns. Profit is what’s left after paying your expenses. Many handmade business owners get totally confused by the terms “revenue and profit”. It …
How To Track Your Finished Items Inventory Using Spreadsheets
Finished items inventory is this weeks topic. If you’ve been wondering how to track your inventory of finished items using spreadsheets, I’ll teach you how in this blog post. Keeping track of inventory is tough. There are so many moving pieces that you need to keep track of. Materials and supplies that you buy and use Finished items as they …
Simple or complex bookkeeping needs – Quiz Results
The results for the quiz asking if your bookkeeping needs are simple or complex ARE IN!!!!!!! Are you excited? I’m so excited to share the results with you. In case you missed last weeks blog post, which was a Quiz: Your handmade business bookkeeping – Is it simple or complex. If you missed it, you should go read it. I …
How to record an Owner’s Draw
Learn how to record an Owner’s Draw in your bookkeeping records for your handmade or creative business. An Owner’s Draw is: money you take out of your business to pay or repay yourself NOT a business expense, so it should not show up on your Profit & Loss Report part of your businesses Equity, so it shows up on your …