Case Study: Sensational Kids achieves streamlined inventory management and slashed bookkeeping time with QuickBooks Commerce

How to bring additional value to online shopping

Sensational Kids is a South African family‑run eCommerce business founded by paediatric occupational therapist Debbie Mobbs and managed with her husband Andrew. The company differentiates itself by selling developmentally appropriate toys paired with age/skill guides and extension activities, but as it grew it relied on spreadsheets that led to stock‑outs, heavy administrative overhead and time‑consuming accounting across multiple books.

By implementing TradeGecko for inventory and Xero for accounting, Sensational Kids automated stock tracking and bookkeeping—reducing accounting time from three days a month to about four hours per quarter. The change eliminated repetitive inventory checks, turned stock management into strategic purchasing decisions, reduced errors, and freed the team to focus on customer service, community building and scaling the business.

Sensational Kids

Andrew Mobbs

Co-Founder