Course 10010 lessons

E-commerce and online selling finance

The financial mechanics specific to selling on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, and similar marketplaces, from fees and payout schedules to calculating your true margin and handling BIR obligations once online selling becomes real income.

What makes online selling a distinct kind of business

Selling on Shopee, Lazada, or TikTok Shop looks simple: list a product, wait for an order, ship it out. But every peso of that sale passes through the platform's own financial system first, commission, payment processing, vouchers the platform funds and later claws back, before anything actually lands in your bank account. That system is what makes marketplace selling a genuinely different business model from selling directly to a neighbor or through a personal Facebook post.