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Coffee shops / Refinance

Already carrying an advance? What a coffee shop can do about daily debits.

First and second position funding, buyouts of balances up to $100,000, and what the daily-to-weekly change does to your cash flow.

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How coffee shops end up with more than one advance

At Merchant Fund Express, we publish the terms and thresholds behind this page so you can check your own numbers before you apply.

Coffee shops stack advances around build-outs and slow weather: one for a second counter, another for a rainy stretch. Hundreds of small card deposits each day sit against daily debits.

In plain terms: an advance taken for a build-out and another for a slow stretch of weather.

What can be done

First and second position are both funded. Existing positions with a balance of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or a line of credit, and a line of credit up to $350,000 can sit in second position behind an existing advance. Up to two current positions fit the written guidelines, and some agreements restrict new financing, so read yours first. See MCA refinance and second position funding.

Daily versus weekly, on a coffee shop numbers

An illustration, not an offer. Say a coffee shop with about $35,000 in monthly revenue has a remaining advance balance of $16,000, being collected over about 60 business days:

ItemIllustration
Daily debit (60 business days)$267
Debited in a 21-day month$5,600 (16% of monthly revenue)
The same balance as a weekly payment over about 9 weeks$1,778
Terms of a new scheduleSet in your offer; a lower payment over a longer term is the goal

Use the payoff calculator with your own balance.

What to line up first

Total the daily debits against the average daily batch
Check the morning rush share of daily sales
Ask for a weekly payment that fits the quietest week
Disclose every open position on the application; it shows on your statements either way.

Related

Coffee shops: the full industry guide — Cash flow, calendar and every funding page for this industry.
MCA refinance — Buyouts, second position and the weekly alternative.
Second position funding — More capital without disturbing the first.
Renewals — When a paid-down balance opens better terms.
Existing positions and stacking — How funders read open positions.
Revenue-based financing for coffee shops — Payments that follow sales.

Common questions

Can a coffee shop get more funding while carrying an advance?

Often. High-frequency small deposits are easy to read; the question is how much of daily sales the debits take. Merchant Fund Express shows the exact amount, schedule and total cost in your offer before you sign.

Can an existing advance be bought out?

Where your file and your agreement allow it, balances of $100,000 or less can be bought out into a weekly-payment term loan or line of credit.

Second position or a renewal?

Second position is a new agreement behind the existing one, so you make both payments. A renewal is more funding from the funder you already have, with one payment.

See what you qualify for

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