Re: Accountancy for a webshop/ecommerce system

Rene Veerman wrote: > What i'm worried about is the accounting part of a webshop system. > I've downloaded some accounting manuals and programs, to see 'how its > done'. I've also downloaded some other webshop php apps (notably > oscommerce.com) to see how they do things. > > OS-commerce provides very little reporting. There's no balance sheet, > no statement of loss/profits, etc. > I'm wondering how a webshop operator/owner would keep track of > inventory and profits/losses. I don't know much about e.g. osCommerce, but I would expect a webshop system to only provide the input for a general ledger- and/or inventory-system. Just like a human shop-assistant or cashier does when he/she operates the check-out register. > Taken to the extreme, a webshop system would require accountancy > reporting functionality, a general ledger, journals, etc. This sounds like a severe case of scope-creep. I don't think any of that belongs in a webshop system, just like a webshop doesn't belong in a general ledger system. /Per Jessen, Zürich