Direct Sidekick

Direct Sidekick Simple to use software to grow your direct sales business. No more confusing spreadsheets! Our story began like many other companies.

Free 14 day trail: https://directsidekick.com/free-direct-sales-training-course/ We needed something to use ourselves! We tried many things that just didnโ€™t work the way we were expecting and finally decided to build it ourselves. We needed a better way to track income and expenses. We needed a better way to track and manage inventory. We needed a better way to onboard new team members and manage

customer follow-ups. We needed something to save us time! You can read the full story of how Direct Sidekick got started at the link below. https://directsidekick.com/our-story/

It's tax time, and your team and other direct sellers are scrambling to get ready. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต...
03/10/2026

It's tax time, and your team and other direct sellers are scrambling to get ready. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต and make their life easier!

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Follow our 3-step process to be tax-ready all the time!1) Verify your transactions and categories once per month. Transa...
03/03/2026

Follow our 3-step process to be tax-ready all the time!

1) Verify your transactions and categories once per month. Transactions are automatically imported and categorized, but it's best to review.

2) When you purchase on-hand inventory, enter that right after you place the order with your company.

3) When you sell from inventory, enter an Invoice right then. Adjustments ... right then.

Unfortunately, sometimes things happen at vendor events where we do an inventory count after the event and find items mi...
02/24/2026

Unfortunately, sometimes things happen at vendor events where we do an inventory count after the event and find items missing.

A question we receive a lot is can I deduct non-sellable, stolen, or damaged products?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€. With a shrinkage adjustment (currently, we use a $0 retail invoice), your costs for these items are added to COGS.

Tax tip Tuesday:If you're using Direct Sidekick to finish your bookkeeping in just 15 minutes per month, this is all you...
02/17/2026

Tax tip Tuesday:

If you're using Direct Sidekick to finish your bookkeeping in just 15 minutes per month, this is all you need to do to wrap up your year and file your taxes.

If you haven't used Direct Sideck (why not ๐Ÿ˜œ), feel free to use our 14-day free trial to get caught up and start your year strong!

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One of the many great benefits of direct sales is ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐ŸŽ‰ You can either...
02/10/2026

One of the many great benefits of direct sales is ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐ŸŽ‰ You can either deduct $5 per square foot OR a percentage of your home expenses.

Check out the calculator in the comments to find out ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง with your home office deduction.

We hear this question a lot, with some consultants being told they cannot.๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ...
02/03/2026

We hear this question a lot, with some consultants being told they cannot.

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—”: if the incentive trips include meetings, training, and other business activities, and as long as you attend these business activities, you can deduct the incentive trips as a tax deduction.

โœˆ๏ธ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ $๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ - $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.

Did you know ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ $๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ for your direct sales business?๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ...
01/27/2026

Did you know ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ $๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ for your direct sales business?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

For example, if you drive 40 miles round trip for a home party, you can deduct $28.00. Now, if you host one party each week for 50 weeks in a year...

This could result in a $๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜… ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

Conference season is going full steam ahead.  If you're attending conference, you have a number of tax deductions you ca...
01/20/2026

Conference season is going full steam ahead. If you're attending conference, you have a number of tax deductions you can use.

โœ…Mileage to conference, or to the airport and back.
โœ…Airfare
โœ…Hotel
โœ…Taxi rides
โœ…Parking
โœ…Food and drink
โœ…Conference ticket

Quick feature updates:We wanted to let you know that we released a highly requested feature update that adds a search bo...
01/10/2026

Quick feature updates:

We wanted to let you know that we released a highly requested feature update that adds a search box to Sales Pages.

If your customers are looking for a specific product, color, or type (face or detergent, for example), they can start typing it into the search, and your Sales Page will show them exactly what they're looking for!

We also have a much larger release coming up early in the week of the 19th. This update includes a much better setup for Sales Pages (easy-to-follow steps), new item and order discounts, and a limited look-and-feel refresh to your view of DSK!

More to come!!!

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