Looking for Shopify consignment stores to test a free, local-only vendor payout tool

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Hi everyone,

I’m testing a small browser-based tool for Shopify stores that pay artists, makers, consignors, or other vendors.

It focuses on one workflow:

Shopify Orders CSV → vendor payout rules → refund and adjustment review → order-level vendor statements

The tool can:

  • calculate balances for each vendor;
  • show which orders are included in each payout;
  • flag missing payout rules and ambiguous refunds;
  • record manual adjustments with a reason;
  • export a payout summary and vendor statement;
  • create a locked batch manifest for later review.

This is an early alpha, not a finished Shopify app.

There is:

  • no account registration;
  • no payment;
  • no Shopify installation;
  • no server upload;
  • no automatic collection of order data.

CSV files are processed locally in the browser.

I’m looking for merchants who:

  • manage at least five vendors, artists, makers, or consignors;
  • calculate payouts monthly or more often;
  • currently use spreadsheets or a consignment app;
  • have dealt with refunds, adjustments, or questions about which orders a payment covered.

The most helpful test would be running one anonymized real Shopify Orders CSV—not just the demo—and checking whether the generated statement fits your workflow.

Alpha:

Known limitation: Shopify’s standard order CSV does not always show exactly which line item was refunded. Single-vendor refunds are handled automatically, while multi-vendor refunded orders are estimated and clearly flagged for review.

This is experimental calculation software and should not be used for real payouts without independent review.

I’m especially interested in honest reasons this should not become a full app, as well as any parts that genuinely reduce payout work.

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Hi @Gyuchan_Kim

This looks like a practical approach for merchants who manage vendor or consignment payouts manually. I like that everything runs locally in the browser without requiring Shopify access or uploading order data, which should give merchants more confidence when testing it.

One area I’d pay close attention to is handling refunds and partial refunds involving multiple vendors. If the tool clearly flags those cases for manual review and makes it easy to adjust payouts, I think that would address one of the most time-consuming parts of the workflow. I’d also be interested in how well it scales with larger order volumes and more complex payout rules.

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Thanks, @Steve_TopNewYork — these are useful stress cases.

The current alpha only supports vendor-level payout rates, and multi-vendor refunds are proportionally estimated and flagged. Manual refund allocation and duplicate-payout detection are not implemented yet.

The vendor statement does include an item-level calculation table, so I’d be interested to know whether you reviewed that screen and still found the breakdown insufficient.

Did you run the alpha with an actual Shopify order export, and do you personally manage vendor or consignment payouts? If you did, which of these issues would prevent you from using it for a second payout period?

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Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. @ai-theme-code-editor Multi-vendor partial refunds are the main limitation I’m testing. The current alpha estimates the allocation and flags it for manual review rather than presenting it as exact. A production Shopify app would use refund line-item data for precise allocation.

Have you tested the alpha with an actual Shopify order export, or is this based on reviewing the workflow? Also, do you personally manage vendor or consignment payouts? That distinction would help me classify the feedback correctly.