What the Ecommerce Starter Plan covers
This plan is aimed at small sellers trading online from home offices, shared workspaces or light industrial units in places like Bryanston, Sandton, Randburg and Midrand. It suits businesses handling a manageable number of orders each month and needing steady bookkeeping support rather than a full finance department.
We capture sales, courier costs, platform fees, stock purchases, supplier invoices and basic payroll items so your records stay current. That makes it easier to track cash flow, prepare for tax time and keep your numbers ready if a bank, accountant or landlord asks for proof of trading activity.
- Monthly bookkeeping for online sales and business costs
- Courier and delivery expense tracking
- Supplier, stock and overhead recording
- Simple payroll support for small teams
Best fit for micro online sellers
This plan works well where the owner still packs orders, answers customer messages and manages a few suppliers by themselves. It is a practical fit for sellers of clothing, homeware, cosmetics, gift items, printed goods and similar products that move through courier networks every day.
If your business trades across Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban or Gqeberha, the service can be handled remotely with documents shared through your normal process. It is also useful for founders who are dealing with load shedding, irregular stock collection times or multiple delivery partners, because the admin is kept consistent even when the trading day is not.
- Small order volumes with regular monthly turnover
- Businesses that need a simple cash flow view
- Owners who want to avoid hiring a full-time bookkeeper
- Micro sellers needing payroll help for 1 to 10 staff
Plan sizes and service options
The Ecommerce Starter Plan is sized for micro businesses, but it can be adjusted if your order volume or staff count grows. For example, a one-person operation selling from a spare room will need less handling than a small team running daily dispatch from a shared storeroom in Pretoria or Durban.
Options can be matched to the way you trade. Some clients only need monthly bookkeeping, while others want payroll support, weekly wage processing or cleanup work after a busy season. If your records have fallen behind, we can also bring older months up to date before setting you on a steady monthly cycle.
- Starter for very small sellers with basic monthly records
- Growth for businesses with more sales lines and more suppliers
- Team for sellers with casual staff or payroll needs
- Cleanup for backlogs, missing entries or disorganised files
How the bookkeeping process is handled
We work from the documents you already use in the business, such as sales reports, courier statements, supplier invoices and payroll information. The aim is not to complicate your month with extra admin. It is to turn the day-to-day movement of money into records that are easy to review and explain.
Affo keeps the process straightforward and transparent, with clear communication when something needs checking. That helps reduce errors such as missing courier charges, duplicated sales entries or stock purchases recorded in the wrong month. A few small mistakes can make online trading look better or worse than it really is, and that affects decisions about pricing and restocking.
- Sales and expense capture from your regular records
- Courier and platform fee allocation
- Monthly reporting for better cash flow control
- Support for payroll items where staff are involved
What to check before you order
Before signing up, check how many orders you process each month, how many suppliers you pay, and whether you have casual staff who need payroll support. It also helps to know whether your sales come from one channel or several, because multi-channel trading can add extra reconciliation work.
Have your recent statements, courier invoices and supplier records ready so the service can be set up properly from the start. If you trade from a coastal area like Cape Town, Durban or Gqeberha, it is wise to keep digital copies of everything because humidity and power interruptions can damage paper records over time. Make sure your filing routine is something you can keep up with every month, not just when tax season comes around.
- Monthly order volume and sales channels
- Number of suppliers and regular expenses
- Whether payroll support is needed
- How your invoices, courier slips and reports are stored
Care, servicing and ongoing support
This plan is not a once-off filing exercise. It is ongoing bookkeeping support designed to keep your records current as orders move in and out. Monthly servicing helps catch missing entries early, before they turn into a bigger clean-up job at year end.
If your business expands, the service can be adjusted to match the new workload. That might mean more payroll processing, more detailed reporting or extra attention to stock and courier costs. For owners working from Bryanston, Sandton, Midrand and nearby business nodes, this kind of regular support is often the difference between guessing at profit and knowing it.
- Monthly review and update of records
- Catch-up support when trading gets busy
- Adjustments as staff or orders increase
- Payroll and bookkeeping assistance under one service
Key facts
| Service type | Outsourced bookkeeping support for micro online sellers |
|---|---|
| Best suited to | Small e-commerce businesses with low to moderate monthly order volumes |
| Coverage | Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha |
| Base location | Bryanston, Johannesburg |
| Core inclusions | Sales capture, courier costs, supplier records and payroll support |
| Setup format | Remote document-based service with monthly reporting |
