Users are reporting discrepancies between order totals shown in the Shopify Admin Console versus values returned by the API, with differences of $0.01.
Specific Issues:
Root Cause Identified:
The API appears to round prices before performing total calculations, while the admin console calculates totals first then rounds. This creates mismatches between systems.
Impact:
Orders in Shopify don’t match orders in originating systems, causing reconciliation problems.
Status:
Users suspect this is a Shopify system issue requiring team attention. The discussion includes screenshots demonstrating the discrepancies in both API responses and Admin Console views.
Ran into a strange issue today. In the admin orders console as well as the payout included the actual total of $135.76 but in the API, it reports $135.77. Is this a bug? I’m guessing there’s a rounding issue in the APIs currency conversion logic that’s different from the rest of the Shopify system.
Admin Orders Console:
API Response:
Thoughts?
Experiencing something similar. Using the REST Api - I create an order and use a price of $3.183 for a line item. Quantity is 10. $3.183 * 10 = $31.83. Shopify displays it as $31.80. The Api is rounding the price before it does the total calculation. Thus my orders in Shopify dont match orders in the originating system. This is an issue Shopify team!
