Understanding "Deposit from Other Accounts" vs. "Sales Without Invoices"

Understanding "Deposit from Other Accounts" vs. "Sales Without Invoices"

Hello, Zoho team!

I am a new Zoho Books user trying to correctly input some historical financial data. I'm hoping you can help me understand best practices for when to use "Deposit from Other Accounts" vs. "Sales Without Invoices."

I'm an author who receives monthly payouts from various distribution platforms. I'm not using Books to track specific customers and specific orders, so I won't have invoices or receipts on an order-by-order basis. I'm only using Books to track big picture money-in, money-out for my business.

When a distribution platform pays me for the month and that money arrives in my bank account, would that be considered a "Sale Without Invoice" or a "Deposit from Other Account"? Or does it not really matter which I pick, as long as I'm consistent?

Thank you!