How a sale is worked out

When an order comes in, VendorDue works out each item on it separately, using the terms of the vendor whose product it is. Open any sale in Activity and its working shows every step, in the order below.

The working, step by step#

Here is the stoneware mug, order #1047, in a store that adds tax at checkout:

And a $40.00 vase bought with a 10% code on the whole order:

1. List price is the item's price on the order, before any discount.
2. Discounts come off: an Item discount set on that product, and its part of an Order discount that covered the whole cart.
3. Tax comes out, if your prices include it. What's left is revenueRevenue What the customer paid for the item, less discounts and tax. In the glossary: what the customer paid for the item, less discounts and tax.
4. The consignor rateConsignor rate What a vendor earns from a sale. What you may call their split or commission. In the glossary is applied. Usually it's a share of revenue; it can be a share of Listed priceListed price The price on the tag, before any discount. In the glossary or ProfitProfit Revenue less what the item cost you and any costs you set. In the glossary, or a Fixed price per unitFixed price per unit A price you agree for each item. The vendor gets it, whatever the item sold for. In the glossary instead. See What the share is of.
5. The result is rounded once, half up, to the cent. That's the vendor's share, and the rest of the figure it was worked out on is your share.

What isn't shared#

Some money on an order belongs to neither side of the split. The working shows it, marked not shared, so nothing is hidden:

• Tax. By default a vendor's share never includes tax. If your prices include tax, you can share it on a vendor's consignor rate with Tax: Shared, and the share is worked out on the price with the tax in it.
• Shipping and tips on the order.
• Duty, where a customer paid it.

Which rate a sale takes#

A vendor's consignor rate can be one line or several. A sale reads down the vendor's list and takes the first rate rowRate row One line of a consignor rate: what it applies to, like a product, a collection or a price range, and the rate for it. A sale takes the first row it matches. In the glossary it matches: a product, a variant, a product type, a collection or a price range. The Default at the bottom takes whatever no row above it claimed. If the vendor follows the shop-wide consignor rate, its rows come after their own. See Rate rows and the Default.

The working names the row the sale took, so you can always see why a sale earned what it did.

When a sale can't be worked out yet#

Sometimes VendorDue is missing something it needs. It never guesses: the sale waits in Activity › , then Needs attention and says what's missing. The common ones:

See Fix a problem for every case.

Once it's worked out#

The working is kept with the sale and never redone. Changing a vendor's consignor rate later changes the sales after it, not this one. A refund comes off as its own line, worked out the same way. See Refunds and returns.

Common questions#

Does the vendor share the cost of a discount?

On a share of revenue, yes: revenue is what the customer paid after discounts. On a share of the listed price, no: you carry the discount, and the working shows it added back. More

Do vendors get a share of shipping?

No. Shipping, tips and duty aren't shared. The working shows them as not shared. More

Is tax included in the vendor's share?

Not by default. If your prices include tax, you can choose Tax: Shared on a vendor's consignor rate. More

Can vendors see how their share was worked out?

Yes. Their page shows the same working for each of their sales, up to their share. They don't see your share. More