Thank you so much for writing out your definition for me. This helps me and the community understand more of what you’re looking to do here so that we’re on the same page.
I also did some digging and found our encyclopedia article on Cash Basis Accounting, that you can find here: What is Cash Basis Accounting?
I experimented with my store and was wondering if this would help. Have you tried to go into the Sales Reports > Sales by product to find the income of gift card sales on your store?
To do this, you can follow these steps:
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Login to your Shopify Admin
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Click on Analytics > Reports
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Under the “Sales” section, click on Sales by product
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Click on the date and choose the date that you wish to find your sales from
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Once you’ve chosen your date, save your date and click on “Manage Filters”
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In the dropdown field, make sure “sales item type” is selected, along with the “is” field
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In the textbox, type “gift_card” and a pop-up will show saying, “Filter gift_card”. Click on this to add it as a filter, then click on “Apply Filters” to apply the filter.
- You should see a report of the gift cards you’ve sold, under “Gift card gross sales”. If you don’t see this, click on “Edit columns” and scroll down to “Gift Cards” to select this:
How does this help?