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Renewals and the rolled balance
The unpaid balance from the old deal is usually retired out of the new funding, which means you pay the old cost in full and then buy cost on top of it.
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What happens to my balance when I renew a merchant cash advance?
In a typical renewal the unpaid balance of the existing advance is netted out of the new advance, so far less cash reaches you than the headline figure suggests. Because the cost of the first deal was fixed at signing, you pay all of it even though you held the money for a shorter time — and the rolled-in amount then carries the new deal's cost as well. Ask whether the retired balance is being discounted, and get the answer in writing before signing.
How a renewal is structured
You are perhaps 60% through delivering the purchased amount. A renewal is offered: a new, larger advance. At closing, the outstanding balance on the existing deal is paid off out of the new funding, the old agreement closes, and the new one begins.
Illustrative only — suppose the original deal advanced $50,000 against a purchased amount of $67,500, and $40,500 has been delivered, leaving $27,000 outstanding. A renewal is offered at $75,000 funded against a purchased amount of $105,000. The $27,000 is retired from the new funding, so $48,000 reaches you, less any fees withheld. The offer said $75,000.
The double-dip
Two things happen at once and both cost you.
Which is why the honest comparison is not "old deal versus new deal". It is "renew now" versus "finish the current deal, then take a new one". Line up both, in dollars, including how much cash actually reaches you in each case.
Why the offer arrives when it does
Renewal calls cluster around the point where enough of the balance has been delivered to make a payoff practical, and where the daily debit has been running long enough to hurt. That is the point of maximum willingness, not the point of maximum benefit to you.
Note also that a renewal is a refinancing of one position, not a second position. Done through the same funder it does not breach the anti-stacking clause. Done by taking new money elsewhere while the first deal runs, it does.
What to ask, in writing, before agreeing
- What is the exact payoff figure on my current deal at closing?
- Is any of the unpaid cost on the current deal being discounted? By how much? Show me the calculation.
- What is the net amount that will actually reach my bank account after the payoff and all fees?
- What is the new purchased amount, the new remittance, and how many business days does that imply?
- Total dollars I will have delivered across both deals combined, if I renew today?
- Total dollars if I simply finish the current deal and take nothing further?
The one that matters most is the second. Some funders will discount the unpaid portion of the cost on the deal being retired. Many will not. The difference between those two answers can be thousands of dollars, and it is never volunteered.
The two paths in dollars
Illustrative only, continuing the same deal. The original advanced $50,000 against $67,500, of which $40,500 has been delivered and $27,000 remains. The renewal is $75,000 funded against $105,000, and the implied factor on the new deal is 105,000 / 75,000 = 1.40.
Same cash in your hands. $10,800 of difference. That figure is what the convenience of not waiting costs, and it is almost exactly the cost being charged a second time on the $27,000 that was rolled.
The trade is time. Finishing first means roughly ten more weeks at the current debit before the new money arrives. If the business genuinely cannot wait ten weeks, the $10,800 is the price of the ten weeks and you should decide on it with the number in front of you. If it can wait, the number is simply a loss.
Why the call comes when it does
Renewal offers cluster at the point where enough has been delivered to make a payoff practical and the debit has been running long enough to hurt. Being offered one is not evidence that you qualify for something better; it is evidence that your file has reached a profitable moment in someone else's model. The same funder that declines to discount the unearned cost will call you weekly to roll it.
If you renew anyway
Get four things in the document rather than the pitch: the payoff figure and any discount applied to it, the net cash to your account stated as a dollar amount, the new purchased amount with the remittance and the implied number of business days, and confirmation that the old agreement is terminated and its UCC filing released rather than left open behind the new one.
That last item catches people. Two live filings from the same funder, one for a deal that no longer exists, will be found by the next underwriter who searches you, and by then nobody at the funder remembers the file.
The alternative worth considering
Finish the deal, take thirty days with no debit at all, and see what the business looks like without it. If you still need capital then, you will apply with a clean recent statement history and no rolled balance, and the offer you get will be priced against a stronger file. Renewal is convenient. Convenience is what you are paying for.
Where this applies
Related questions
What happens to my balance when I renew a merchant cash advance?
In a typical renewal the unpaid balance of the existing advance is netted out of the new advance, so far less cash reaches you than the headline figure suggests. Because the cost of the first deal was fixed at signing, you pay all of it even though you held the money for a shorter time — and the rolled-in amount then carries the new deal's cost as well. Ask whether the retired balance is being discounted, and get the answer in writing before signing.
Which funding products does this apply to?
Merchant Cash Advance. Each has its own page listing the funders in this directory that offer it and what each one publishes about its terms.
Are the figures here quotes?
No. Every worked example is labelled illustrative and exists to show the arithmetic. What a particular lender charges is on that lender's page, where it publishes it at all.
Who writes this?
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How do I know a figure here is right?
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Are the examples real deals?
No. Every worked example is labelled illustrative and exists to show the arithmetic. What any particular lender charges is on that lender's page, where it publishes it.
Why do you never say what a typical rate is?
Because we cannot source it. A market average assembled from lenders who do not publish prices is a guess with a decimal point on it. Where a lender publishes a figure, we show that figure and say where it came from.
Is this financial or legal advice?
No. It is general information about how these products work. Outcomes depend on your contract and your state, and a lawyer or accountant licensed where you are is the person to ask about your situation.
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