Growth burns cash: Why shorter cash cycles are better

Back Market seller,

£3M annual turnover

Back Market seller,

£3M annual turnover

The breakneck increase in ecommerce, combined with the lengthy wait for payment on marketplaces, means that growth has outstripped cash flow. Your business can be flying, but without cash to restock, you can’t meet demand – profit does not equal cash.

Stay in the black

Storfund or a loan? We don’t see it as either/or. Most of our clients use both. A loan is a bet on the future, a lump sum which can support a step change such as entry into a new marketplace or launch of a new brand. But it goes hand in hand with fixed repayments and a fixed term.

Sometimes you don't need a loan, you just need to get paid.

Storfund is “pay as you go”. We simply speed up the payment of cash you are owed, enabling you to keep pace with demand without going cap in hand to banks. Plus, unlike a loan, Storfund doesn’t add debt to your balance sheet, which is key if you are planning to sell your business.

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Back Market seller,

€1M annual turnover

Back Market seller,

€1M annual turnover

Storfund or a loan? We don’t see it as either/or. Most of our customers use both. A loan is a bet on the future, a lump sum which can support a step change such as entry into a new marketplace or launch of a new brand. But it goes hand in hand with fixed repayments and a fixed term.

Sometimes you don't need a loan, you just need to get paid.

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Back Market and Amazon Renewed seller,

€3M annual turnover

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Amazon seller

$1.5M annual turnover

Because time is money

The short term benefits of faster payments are easy to understand: if you get paid as soon as you sell, you can restock immediately. But what about the longer term, how will Storfund help your business grow?

The answer is cash cycles. A cash cycle is the number of days it takes to recover cash spent on inventory. The quicker the cycle, the more sales and profit you can make over a year.

We typically pay 15 days quicker than marketplaces, so if you have a 30 day cash cycle, it will be halved by Storfund; this would translate into a 100% increase in annual sales.

Amazon seller

$1.5M annual turnover

The answer is cash cycles. A cash cycle is the number of days it takes to recover cash spent on inventory. The quicker the cycle, the more sales and profit you can make over a year.

We typically pay 15 days quicker than marketplaces, so if you have a 30 day cash cycle, it will be halved by Storfund; this would translate into a 100% increase in annual sales.

Valerie Bertorello, Finance Director

“Shortening your cash cycle even by a few days can make a significant difference, especially if your business is growing.

Of course, one of the ways you can do this is by becoming a client of Storfund. We charge a fee that will initially reduce your margin, but in return, the service can more than compensate by elevating your turnover and profitability.

Use our growth calculator to see what your business could achieve with Storfund.”

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