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Consignment lets you list and sell stock you don’t own. A consignor (a brand partner, supplier, or individual) provides items, you rent or resell them, and Supercycle automatically tracks the revenue share you owe the consignor as their items earn. Supercycle keeps a running balance for each consignor, builds it up as their items are paid for, reverses it on refunds, and lets you record payouts to settle up. Consignors can follow along in their own portal.
Beta feature. Consignment is currently in beta and is off by default. Access is granted on a per-store basis upon request and approval. Contact support to request access. If you don’t see the Consignment tab in Settings, it isn’t enabled for your store yet.

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How it works

1

Enable consignment

Turn consignment on in Settings and choose how you’ll pay consignors. See Enable consignment below.
2

Add consignors

Create a consignor and set their revenue share, the percentage of net revenue from their items they keep.
3

Assign items

Assign items to the consignor. You can override the commission rate per item if a particular item has different terms.
4

Earn

When a charge on a consigned item is paid, Supercycle adds the consignor’s share to their balance owed. Refunds reverse it automatically.
5

Pay out

Record payouts to settle the balance. Consignors see their balance, activity, and payouts in the consignor portal.

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Key concepts

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Payout methods

You choose how you pay consignors in Settings > Consignment. Recording a payout in Supercycle tracks what you owe and what you’ve paid. It doesn’t move any money itself. With the Manual method you make the actual payment outside Supercycle.

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Consignment and your other methods

Consignment is independent of how an item is sold. An item can be on resale, on a rental method, or both. Assigning it to a consignor simply changes who earns a share of the revenue when it’s paid for.
  • Store-owned items have no consignor and earn you 100% of the revenue.
  • Consigned items earn the consignor their revenue share, and you keep the rest.
This means you can run consigned and store-owned stock side by side, and a single order can include both.

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Enable consignment

1

Open consignment settings

In Shopify admin, go to Supercycle > Settings > Consignment.
2

Enable consignment

Turn on Enable consignment, then Save. Once saved, Manage consignors becomes available.
3

Review payout methods

Under Payout methods, Manual is active by default: record payouts you make outside Supercycle, like cash or a bank transfer. Store credit and Bank transfer are coming soon.
Consignment is rolling out gradually. If you don’t see the Consignment tab in settings, it isn’t enabled for your store yet, so contact support to request access.

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Consignment FAQs

A consignor earns when a charge on one of their items is paid, not when the order is placed. The amount added to their balance is the charge’s revenue multiplied by the commission rate that applies to that item.
If a paid charge is later refunded, Supercycle adds a reversing refund entry that reduces the consignor’s balance by their share of the refunded amount, using the same rate as the original earning.
The rate is locked in at the moment each earning is recorded, so changing a consignor’s revenue share only affects future earnings. Past balance entries aren’t recalculated.
No. Supercycle records what you owe and what you’ve paid. With the Manual method you make the actual payment yourself, then record it to settle the balance.