E-commerce inventory funding closes the gap between paying a supplier today and selling the stock over the following weeks or months. Deposits to manufacturers, bulk buys ahead of Q4, restocks after a viral week — all are funded against the store's own sales deposits, not the inventory itself.
The cash-conversion gap, plainly
A supplier wants 30% down at order and the balance at shipment; the goods take weeks to arrive and weeks more to sell through; the marketplace pays out on its own cycle. Cash leaves months before it returns — and the better the store grows, the wider that gap gets, because every reorder is bigger than the last. Growth eats cash even when margins are healthy.
Funding shapes that fit inventory
A one-off seasonal buy — Q4 stock, a container booked for a deadline — fits revenue-based working capital: a known amount for a known purpose with the payback visible in the sell-through.
A rolling reorder cycle fits a line of credit better: draw for each order, repay from sell-through, draw again — paying only while stock is actually on the water or on the shelf.
What underwriting reads on an online store
Deposits from the marketplace or payment processor into the business bank account are the evidence — steady payout rhythms read well. Funding is advanced against those deposits rather than against purchase orders or the stock itself, so consistent bank activity is what widens options.
Route everything through the business account: platform payouts that land in a personal account are invisible to underwriting.
Timing the application
Apply before the buying season, not during the cash trough it creates. Statements showing the account drained by supplier payments read worse than the same store one month earlier — even though it is the same healthy business. If the season is predictable, the application should be too.
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