# Rate rows and the Default

Terms > Consignor rates · How it works · https://vendordue.com/docs/rate-rows

**In short:** A consignor rate is a list. Each row gives a product, variant, product type, collection or price range its own rate, and the Default at the bottom covers everything else. A sale reads down the list and takes the first row it matches.

Who: Admin. Where: Vendors > a vendor > Terms.

Most vendors need one consignor rate. Some need a different one for part of what they sell: a higher share on large pieces, a lower one on a line that costs you more to sell. Rows do that without a second vendor or a spreadsheet.

## How a list reads

On a vendor's **Terms** tab, their consignor rate is a list that "reads top to bottom. A sale takes the first row it matches."

| Row | Applies to | Consignor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Collection: Workshops | 50% of revenue |
| 2 | Price range: from $300.00 | 70% of revenue |
|  | **Default** | 60% of revenue |

(example) With Alder Ceramics' list above:

- A $45.00 workshop ticket takes row 1 and earns 50%.
- A $420.00 platter takes row 2 and earns 70%.
- The $120.00 mug matches neither row, so it takes the **Default**: 60%.
- A $350.00 workshop takes row 1, because row 1 comes first. Order matters.

The **Default** is always last. It covers whatever the rows above it didn't claim.

## What a row can apply to

| Applies to | Covers |
| --- | --- |
| **Product** | One product, every variant of it |
| **Variant** | One variant, like a size or a colour |
| **Product type** | Every product with that type in Shopify |
| **Collection** | Every product in that Shopify collection |
| **Price range** | Every item whose price in Shopify is in the range. **From** $50.00 **Up to** $100.00 covers $50.00 to $99.99. **No top** leaves it open |

A collection marked **Shopify decides** is one Shopify fills by its own conditions, so what the row covers can change without you touching it.

## Add a row

1. On the vendor's **Terms** tab, press **Add consignor rate**.
2. Under **Applies to**, choose what it's for and search for it.
   The line underneath says what it covers: "Covers 12 of their products, including Speckled bowl."
3. Set the consignor rate for it, then place it in the list.
   If some of those products are already paid on a row above, it says so: a row higher in the list wins. Move the new one up if it should take them.
4. Press **Add consignor rate** to save it.

The new row applies from the next sale. Sales already made keep the rate they had.

## Reorder, change or remove

- **Reorder:** drag a row by its handle, or focus it and use the arrow keys. A toast offers **Undo**.
- **Change:** press the row. See [Change a consignor rate](https://vendordue.com/docs/change-a-rate).
- **Remove:** press its remove button. "Earlier sales keep the rate they were paid on," and **Undo** puts it back.

Every change is kept in **Consignor rate history** under the list, each version with the day it started.

## Shop-wide rows

You can add rows to the shop-wide consignor rate in **Settings > Terms** too. A vendor on the shop-wide consignor rate reads their own rows first, then the shop-wide rows, marked **Shop-wide** in their list, then the Default. See [Shop-wide terms and a vendor's own](https://vendordue.com/docs/shop-wide-terms#consignor-rates-rows-on-rows).

## When it looks wrong

### A sale took the Default instead of a row

Open the sale; its working names the row it took. Usually the product wasn't in the row's collection or price range when it sold, or a row above it matched first. Fix the row or the order, and later sales follow. To correct the sale itself, add an adjustment. See [Adjustments and corrections](https://vendordue.com/docs/adjustments).

### "Nothing of theirs matches this yet"

No product of theirs is in that collection, type or price range right now. The row still applies the moment one is.

## Common questions

**Which row wins if a product matches two?** The higher one. A sale takes the first row it matches, reading down, so put the more specific row above the general one.

**Can I set a rate for one variant only?** Yes. Choose Variant under Applies to.

**Does a price range use the sale price or the price in Shopify?** The item's price in Shopify, before any discount on the order.

**Do new rows change sales already made?** No. A row applies from the next sale. Sales already made keep the rate they had.

Checked against VendorDue on 2026-10-06.