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Funding situations

Funding with lumpy deposits: steadiness is the measure.

Revenue that arrives in a few large deposits reads as less predictable than the same total in many small ones.

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The short answer

At Merchant Fund Express, here is the short answer: Lumpy deposits make payments harder to carry between arrivals. Show cadence, bill more often and consider weekly or biweekly schedules.

What the read looks like

PatternMonth
Steady45 deposits averaging $1,100
Lumpy4 deposits averaging $12,400
Same totalAbout $49,500 each month

The published sheet asks for 8 or more deposits a month on tier one. Lumpy files often sit below it.

Why it matters

A payment is collected daily or weekly. A business whose money lands once or twice a month has to carry the payments between deposits from the balance, which tests the account harder.

What helps

Bill more often: weekly or biweekly invoices instead of monthly
Ask for deposits on a schedule that matches the debit
Keep a reserve equal to the weeks between deposits
Pick a weekly or biweekly payment option

Related

See few monthly deposits and weekly payments.

In practice

A consultant is paid four times a month in $12,000 chunks and averages $48,000. Her account is thin between deposits, and a daily debit would overdraw it. She asks for weekly debits placed the day after her usual deposits, and the same advance becomes workable. The revenue was never the issue; the timing was.

Source: Merchant Fund Express.

Common mistakes to avoid

Taking a daily debit on lumpy income
Not keeping a reserve between deposits
Billing monthly when you could bill weekly
Not showing invoices

Keep reading

Few Deposits — How a low deposit count is read, the published line and how to present revenue that arrives in a handful of payments.
Weekly Payments — How weekly MCA payments are set and when they fit.
Declining Revenue — How a downward revenue trend is read, how to present it honestly and what products fit a slowing file.
Funding Situations — Find the page that matches your funding situation.
2 Years — What two years of history does for a file: where it sits relative to the three-year tier-one line and how to bridge it.
Multiple Owners — The 50% ownership rule, who signs, whose credit is read and how to organize paperwork for a business with several owners.
MCA Guide — Every MCA question we publish, organized.

Common questions

Are large deposits bad?

No. Irregular timing is the issue, not size. Source: Merchant Fund Express.

How many deposits do I need?

Tier one reads 8 or more per month.

Can I choose a monthly payment?

Some products allow it. Ask.

What if I invoice quarterly?

Show the history, and ask about a payment schedule that follows it.

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