Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Industry, Segment and Geographic Information (Details 2)

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Industry, Segment and Geographic Information (Details 2) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2012
Mar. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Industry, Segment and Geographic Information                      
Number of reportable operating segments                 2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments    
Segment reporting information                      
Revenue $ 94,123us-gaap_Revenues $ 90,506us-gaap_Revenues $ 84,399us-gaap_Revenues $ 71,730us-gaap_Revenues $ 89,853us-gaap_Revenues $ 70,462us-gaap_Revenues $ 74,095us-gaap_Revenues $ 65,980us-gaap_Revenues $ 340,758us-gaap_Revenues $ 300,390us-gaap_Revenues $ 297,057us-gaap_Revenues
Gross Profit 6,957us-gaap_GrossProfit 6,176us-gaap_GrossProfit 6,138us-gaap_GrossProfit 5,538us-gaap_GrossProfit 7,812us-gaap_GrossProfit 5,265us-gaap_GrossProfit 5,965us-gaap_GrossProfit 5,313us-gaap_GrossProfit 24,810us-gaap_GrossProfit 24,355us-gaap_GrossProfit 23,892us-gaap_GrossProfit
Direct Costs                 8,764us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts 7,997us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts 8,079us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Segment Income Before Taxes                 16,046us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 16,358us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 15,813us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
General and administrative                 7,749us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 7,508us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 7,298us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Interest income                 472us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNonoperatingNet 562us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNonoperatingNet 557us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNonoperatingNet
Foreign currency translation gains                 (11)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax   17us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax
Income before provision for income taxes                 8,758us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 9,412us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 9,089us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Total Assets 94,760us-gaap_Assets       91,445us-gaap_Assets       94,981us-gaap_Assets 94,760us-gaap_Assets 91,445us-gaap_Assets
Segment Total                      
Segment reporting information                      
Total Assets 72,117us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
              69,933us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
72,117us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
 
Corporate Assets                      
Segment reporting information                      
Total Assets 22,643us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
              25,048us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
22,643us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateMember
 
Lifeboat Distribution                      
Segment reporting information                      
Revenue                 290,449us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
237,632us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
217,342us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
Gross Profit                 19,194us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
17,448us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
15,818us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
Direct Costs                 5,660us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
4,717us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
4,512us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
Segment Income Before Taxes                 13,534us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
12,731us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
11,306us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
Total Assets 30,630us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
              39,780us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
30,630us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_LifeboatMember
 
TechXtend                      
Segment reporting information                      
Revenue                 50,309us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
62,758us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
79,715us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
Gross Profit                 5,616us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
6,907us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
8,074us-gaap_GrossProfit
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
Direct Costs                 3,104us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
3,280us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
3,567us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
Segment Income Before Taxes                 2,512us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
3,627us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
4,507us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
Total Assets $ 41,487us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
              $ 30,153us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember
$ 41,487us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= wstg_TechXtendMember