What did this container cost to land? Tariff and all.
Futureproof is built for brands importing finished goods from overseas factories. Each imported unit carries its freight, duty and tariff, so you price on what it cost to land and know if cash covers your open orders.
Last container's cost, next container's cash
With QuickBooks and an outside bookkeeper, freight, duty and tariff are booked to expense, and the unit cost lives in a spreadsheet your COO keeps for each container.
- The tariff ate the marginThe rate moved between the order and the arrival, and your price on Amazon is still set off the old unit cost.
- The freight bill came after we sold halfThe forwarder and broker invoice weeks after the stock arrives, the bill is booked as shipping, and the margin your fractional CFO reports on units already sold was never right.
- We pay for it twice before we sell oneThe deposit goes out on order, the balance when it ships, then freight, duty and tariff at the port, and the first Amazon payout is still weeks away.
You decide the next container.
What to order, and how much, stays your call.
What your brand gets
- What your brand's imported stock cost to land, product by product, with its freight, duty and tariff, beside its price.
- Margin by channel at the landed cost, recalculated once the actual freight and duty are in.
- Whether your cash carries the next container through its lowest week.
The rest of your brand's finance, page by page
Each page covers one part of the platform, all on one set of books.
What importing CEOs and COOs ask
Ocean freight, import duty, tariffs, cargo insurance, customs broker fees, domestic trucking and receiving at the warehouse. Each product carries its share, and shows what it cost to land beside its price.
When the invoice carrying the new tariff is entered against the stock it came with. Units of that stock still on hand take the new cost, and the share for units already sold goes to cost of goods in the month it is entered.
From the day the stock arrives, each unit carries an estimate for freight and duty. Once the bill is entered, units on hand take the actual cost, the change for units already sold goes to cost of goods in the month it is entered, and margin by channel is recalculated.
Your cash forecast starts from your bank balance and the Amazon and Shopify payouts on the way, with every deposit and balance on your open orders in the week it falls due. Put the next container in, and you see whether your cash carries it without dropping below the minimum you keep. What to order, and how much, stays your decision.
No. Your factory, forwarder and customs broker stay as they are. You send each PO to your factory and pay every invoice from your bank as you do today, and each unit's cost carries its share of their freight, duty and fees.
Yes. Your stock is carried at what it cost to land, with freight, duty and tariff included, and each month closes on reconciled accounts that you approve. The inventory figure your CPA or lender reads is the one in your books.
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