Inventory in, market weekends out.
Our own shop — Kin Cafe on Court Street — sells retail bags of coffee next to the espresso bar, which is how WispBooks learned to handle goods bought for resale. The same machinery covers a boutique, a craft table, or a weekend market booth.
Retail is where the difference between an expense and inventory actually matters. A case of beans bought in June and sold in July isn't a June cost. WispBooks captures every purchase against a real double-entry ledger with the receipt attached, so that call gets made on evidence in June — not reconstructed from a bank line in April.
What that means in a shop
Goods for resale
Stock purchases are captured with their receipt and categorized as cost of goods, so what you paid for inventory stays separate from what you spent keeping the doors open.
Packaging & shipping
Boxes, mailers, labels, and postage are their own line, so you can see what fulfillment really costs per order.
Pop-up & market costs
Booth fees, tent and table gear, and whatever you buy on the way — scanned on your phone at the event, not reconstructed from memory.
Multi-location sales
Square sales from the shop and from the booth arrive in the same books, with sales tax visible per period.