Domain name provider Go Daddy has acquired Outright.com, an online bookkeeping software company whose tools cater to eBay sellers and other small businesses. Go Daddy sees the deal as a way to expand its services to small businesses, while giving Outright users better access to GoDaddy’s suite of cloud-based offerings. Read More

Merchants know how difficult it is to manage a business, not to mention all the financial data that goes with it. Outright, a leading bookkeeping service for e-commerce merchants, recently announced it has improved its service for Amazon sellers by allowing them to directly sync with Checkout by Amazon, as well as other integration improvements for Pro Merchant sellers. Read More

Technically, tax season is over. If you are like many online sellers, you just want to forget the month of April, completely. It was tough enough to pull together all of your records and get everything together for taxes. Many online sellers don’t worry about taxes at all until March or April, and then spend hours—if not days—pulling together records and receipts for tax time. Read More

If you are like most online sellers, you have a spreadsheet that you update weekly—or maybe even daily—to track and manage your business finances. You probably have heard of all of these fancy schmancy cloud-based technologies that you can use to replace your spreadsheet, but you may be unsure why you should use them. Read More

Bookkeeping—yuck! Why should you even consider reading an article about bookkeeping? I’ll tell you why: Because ignoring your bookkeeping is the No. 1 mistake you can make to harm your business. At Outright, we see that most online sellers associate bookkeeping with preparing for taxes. Read More

Jennifer Sinsel began selling on eBay with the idea she could make some extra cash for her family and stay home with her two sons. Little did she know her experience—more specifically, her desire to keep tabs on just how much she was making—would spark the creation of an auction tracking tool that would help hundreds of eBay sellers. Read More

It has been said that a clean desk is a sign of a sick mind, yet the online seller who’s well organized is definitely working in a healthier business situation. While it’s true that a seller’s key focus points should be on matters of proper pricing, impressive images and compelling item descriptions, that doesn’t imply that good record-keeping should be neglected along the way. Read More