The mercantile that keeps your books

Good figures.
Better fringe.

A hundred years ago the general store kept the ledger for every ranch in the county. I never saw a reason to stop. Leather, boots and rose gold out front. Reconciled books in the back. Same counter, same woman, same standards.

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The counter — leather, linen, open ledger, one rose gold pen

Fringe suede jacket

The Ledger Tote

The Front Counter · Shop

Things worth keeping.

Everything on this side is something a woman with taste actually uses. Leather that earns its patina. A ledger worth writing in. Boots and fringe that hold up at the ranch and at the bank. Gifts your clients keep.

The Ledger ToteCarries a quarter's receipts. Looks good doing it.

The Receipt KeeperSaddle leather pouch. Guess what goes in it.

The Write-OffRose gold pen. Deductible if you use it for business.

New arrivals

The Back Counter · Books

Pretty books. Ugly truths. Handled.

Bookkeeping, clean-up, payroll and job costing for shops, trades and contractors. Fifteen-plus years in the trenches, QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor, and no patience for shoeboxes I didn't sell you.

—The Catch-Up · clean-up & catch-up
—The Monthly · bookkeeping, every month, on time
—Pay Dirt · payroll & certified payrolls
—Bedrock · fractional CFO

Fringe Benefit — free books check

Why a mercantile

The ledger was always behind the counter.

Before banks had branches in every town, the general store ran the accounts. Every ranch, every crew, every family had a page in the book behind the counter. You bought your goods, you said put it on my account, and somebody who knew your name kept the numbers straight.

That's the whole idea. Figures is the part that has to be right. Fringe is the part that gets to be pretty. I sell the second. I'm made of the first.

Goods out front. Ledger in the back. Same counter since the beginning.

The Fringe Folder — kraft, rose gold foil

One folder, both counters

Every account comes with the folder.

Open a bookkeeping account and your quarterly report arrives in a rose-gold-foiled kraft folder. Buy a gift for a client and it ships in the same one. Same folder, same standard, whichever counter you came in for.

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Get your own page in the book.