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Convenience stores / Refinance

Already carrying an advance? What a convenience store 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 convenience stores 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.

Convenience stores stack advances around promotions and repairs: one for inventory ahead of a vendor promotion, another for a cooler compressor. The daily debits sit against deposits that already feed distributor debits several times a week.

In plain terms: an advance taken for inventory ahead of a promotion, then another for a repair.

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 convenience store numbers

An illustration, not an offer. Say a convenience store with about $120,000 in monthly revenue has a remaining advance balance of $48,000, being collected over about 60 business days:

ItemIllustration
Daily debit (60 business days)$800
Debited in a 21-day month$16,800 (14% of monthly revenue)
The same balance as a weekly payment over about 9 weeks$5,333
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 distributor debits against deposits first
Separate promotion inventory from the repair balance
Ask for a weekly payment that leaves distributor payments intact
Disclose every open position on the application; it shows on your statements either way.

Related

Convenience stores: 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 convenience stores — Payments that follow sales.

Common questions

Can a convenience store get more funding while carrying an advance?

Often. High-frequency daily deposits are easy to read; margin per sale decides how much combined load is comfortable. 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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