Rate shapes

In short

A consignor rate can be a percentage, a fixed amount per item, a percentage plus a fixed amount, a tiered percentage that rises past a monthly line, or a fixed amount you keep with the vendor earning the rest. Each can have a minimum and maximum per item.

AdminIn the app: Vendors, then a vendor, then Terms

When you add or change a consignor rate, Rate type decides its shape. Every example below is a $120.00 sale of one item, worked out on revenue.

Percentage#

The vendor earns a share of each sale. Most shops use this.

60% of revenue Example

Revenue	$120.00
Vendor's share	$72.00

Fixed per unit#

The vendor earns the same amount for every item sold, whatever it sold for. Set it under For each item.

$50.00 for each item Example

Revenue	$120.00
Vendor's share	$50.00

Percentage plus fixed#

A percentage, then a fixed amount added for every item. Set the amount under Then, for each item. "The percentage is worked out first, then this is added for every unit sold."

50% plus $5.00 for each item Example

50% of $120.00	$60.00
Plus $5.00 for one item	$5.00
Vendor's share	$65.00

Tiered percentage#

A higher share once a vendor's sales pass a line you set. Each step has an Up to amount and what it Earns; the last step covers Everything above. Only the part of a sale above a line earns the next step's share.

60% up to $1,000.00 a month, 70% above, with $950.00 sold already Example

$50.00 at 60%	$30.00
$70.00 at 70%	$49.00
Vendor's share	$79.00

Measured over decides what the line counts:

Each calendar month starts again from zero on the 1st, by your store's clock. This is the default.
Everything they ever sold never starts again.

The line counts sales, the figure the share is worked out on, not what the vendor earned.

You keep a fixed amount#

You keep the same amount of every item, and the vendor earns the rest. Set it under You keep, per item. "An item that sells for less than this earns them nothing," never less than nothing.

You keep $30.00 per item Example

Revenue	$120.00
You keep	$30.00
Vendor's share	$90.00

Limits per unit#

Every shape can have Limits per unit: a Minimum per unit the vendor's share never drops below, and a Maximum per unit it never rises above, for each item. When a limit changes a sale, its working says so: "The minimum on their consignor rate lifted this one."

10% of revenue, minimum $5.00 per item, on a $30.00 item Example

10% of $30.00	$3.00
Vendor's share, lifted to the minimum	$5.00

Every shape is worked out on a figure: Revenue by default, or Listed price or Profit. A fourth choice, Fixed price per unit, pays each product its own agreed price instead of a share, taken from the item's cost in Shopify unless you type one. See What the share is of.

Common questions#

Which shape should I use?: A percentage, unless your deal says otherwise. Use You keep a fixed amount for consignment where you take a set fee per item, and Tiered percentage to reward a vendor's busier months. More
Does a tiered rate pay the higher share on the whole month?: No. Only the part of sales above the line earns the higher share. Everything below it keeps the lower one. More
Can a vendor earn nothing on a sale?: Yes, with You keep a fixed amount, if the item sells for less than the amount you keep. It never goes below nothing. More

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