Payouts
A Cleaner Consignment Payout Workflow for Resale Sellers
How to move from sold item to approved statement without fuzzy split math, missing fees, or late-night payout questions.
A consignment payout workflow should answer four questions quickly: what sold, what fees came out, what the consignor receives, and whether the payout was approved or paid.
Start with a sale record
Capture the item, owner, platform, gross sale, platform fee, shipping, other costs, and sale date. The payout should be based on a sale record, not a message thread.
Make the split impossible to misread
Write the split in plain language. For example, Consignor gets 80% after fees. Seller keeps 20% after fees.
Approve a frozen statement
Once the payout is reviewed, freeze the statement lines. Future edits to a consignor split should not rewrite a statement that was already sent.
Keep paid history separate
Approved statements and paid history are different states. Keep both clear so owners know what is awaiting payment and what has already been completed.
