Should I hire a bookkeeper/accountant now or keep doing my own books for as long as possible?
Do your own basic bookkeeping (sales/expense entry) as long as it's genuinely a once-a-week, 30-minute task, the muscle memory of knowing your own numbers is valuable early. The moment GST filing, TCS reconciliation across marketplaces, or payroll enters the picture, hand that specific piece to a CA or a bookkeeping service rather than your whole finance function, most scaling D2C brands run a hybrid where the founder owns the numbers and reviews, and a professional owns the filings and compliance.
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Hosted by someone who both runs an ecommerce accounting firm and co-owns a DTC brand, the rare finance content that's grounded in actually running an online store, not just theory.
A CA firm's practical picks rather than a vendor's self-promotion, useful second opinion when deciding what to actually implement versus what a software company wants to sell you.
