Payment cycles: supplier terms, payout delays & the float

A profitable store can still run out of cash. The gap between paying your supplier and getting paid by the platform is the float, and mapping it is how you avoid a growth-driven cash crunch.

You pay the supplier on day 0, inventory lands on day 30, it sells over days 30 to 120, and the platform pays out weeks later, so cash leaves long before it comes back. That gap is the cash conversion cycle, and the faster you grow the more it hurts. AI maps your cash cycle from your terms and turns and shows the levers that shorten it.

Profit and cash are not the same thing. The gap between paying your supplier and getting paid is the float, and it can sink a growing, profitable store.

AI can map your cash conversion cycle and show which lever shortens it most. But you supply the real terms and turns, because it must never invent your supplier terms or payout lag.

What you'll learn

Map the timeline as dates
Compute the cash conversion cycle
Size the cash it ties up
Pull the three levers