Funding for your situation
What decides whether a clothing store with an open advance can add more funding, what a review compares, and a worked example.
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A clothing store that took an advance for fixtures and displays and now needs capital for something else is in good company. Holiday, back-to-school and seasonal buys are made months before sales. What matters to a reviewer is how the account behaved under the first debit.
Merchant Fund Express is a funding marketplace: you apply once, and the file is matched to the structure that fits it. The sections below show what this situation usually costs, how a funder reads it, and what to prepare.
A clothing store file is read through seasonal deposit pattern, inventory turns and markdown history and existing vendor terms.
Card sales with big holiday peaks and heavy purchases ahead of each season. A reviewer sees that pattern in the statements before reading a word of the application.
Equipment is part of the picture. A failure such as a pos and inventory system or a lighting can run $3,200 to $3,800 and interrupt revenue while it is down.
The documents that usually matter most for a clothing store are the vendor or purchase order list and lease for the new location, alongside the bank statements.
These are the same factors described on revenue and deposit requirements and time in business. Merchant Fund Express walks you through how your own file reads before you apply.
| Item | Illustrative amount |
|---|---|
| Position 1: taken for fixtures and displays (remaining balance, illustrative) | $38,000 |
| Position 1 weekly debit | $2,000 |
| Average weekly deposits at a clothing store (illustrative) | $20,000 |
| Debit as a share of weekly deposits | about 10% |
| New need under discussion: a pos and inventory system or a new second boutique (illustrative) | $30,000 |
| Whether a second position fits | decided by negative days, NSFs and the average daily balance |
What a review compares. The remaining balance, the share of deposits already committed and how the account has behaved. Read negative days and NSFs and second position funding.
Source: worksheet by Merchant Fund Express. Illustrative only: these figures are not an offer, and real amounts depend on your file and the funder.
Balance, debit and payment history, and what it financed: fixtures and displays.
Card sales with big holiday peaks and heavy purchases ahead of each season.
Negative days, NSFs and the average daily balance, read against holiday, back-to-school and seasonal buys are made months before sales.
Second position, renewal or refinance, depending on how much has been paid down.
A complete file is what makes a same-day decision possible. If something is missing, tell us and we will work around it.
Often, depending on position count and account behavior. Look at second position funding, renewals and MCA refinance. Merchant Fund Express reviews the file the same day it is complete.
A second position sits behind the first on the same revenue. A renewal comes after the first is substantially paid down. See first position vs second position.
Three months of business bank statements, the existing agreement or a payoff letter, and the vendor or purchase order list.
The minimum FICO is 500, and better credit means better products and terms. See credit score requirements for how the tiers work.
Merchant Fund Express gives a same-day decision on a complete file. Applying takes a few minutes and will not affect your credit score.
