At a Glance
- Every consignment settlement report has five sections
- Both retailer and vendor see the same report through their respective portals
- Reports are generated as downloadable PDFs and viewable online
- Every line item traces back to the original POS transaction
What the Consignment Settlement Report Contains
Every consignment settlement report generated by ShelfSpace breaks down exactly how a vendor's payout was calculated. Whether you're a retailer reviewing the numbers or a vendor checking your check amount, the report gives you full visibility into every dollar. Both sides see the same document — no separate versions, no discrepancies.
Reports are available as downloadable PDFs and as interactive views in the vendor portal and retailer dashboard. Here's what each section covers.
Section 1: Settlement Summary
The first page shows the headline numbers side by side: net sales, gross vendor payout, waste credits, the margin true-up, and the net vendor payout. It also includes a remaining-inventory snippet showing how much vendor-owned product is still on shelf. This is the section you'll look at first to confirm the total makes sense.
Section 2: Sales Detail
The line-by-line breakdown of every SKU that sold during the period, with package ID, quantity, sale price, the applied split percentage, and the per-line payout. This is the page that answers "why am I getting paid this amount?"
Section 3: Margin Analysis
The discount reconciliation. It shows the authorized discount budget (from the vendor's operational discount budget setting), the total margin shortfall (the actual discounts you ran at the register), and the margin true-up — the deduction from the vendor's share if store-level discounts exceeded the budget, or $0 if you stayed within it. Any aging-discount markdowns also surface here.
Section 4: Waste & Credits
Any product reported as waste in Metrc during the period, plus return and credit memo credits, netted into a total waste credit. Each line includes the reason and dollar amount. If nothing applied, this section shows a zero balance.
Section 5: Remaining Inventory
A SKU-by-SKU rundown of everything the vendor still has on your shelves at period end — on-hand quantity, inventory value at wholesale, days on shelf, and days until the next aging tier kicks in. Vendors use it to plan restocking; retailers use it to identify candidates for promotion or return.
After these five sections, an approved settlement ends with a Check 21 check page — the printable check the vendor can download from the vendor portal. If you marked the settlement paid externally instead, that page is replaced with a "PAID EXTERNALLY" stamp. Visit our consignment service page for more on how the overall model works.