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# Payouts

> Track what you owe consignors and record the payments you make.

As consigned items earn, Supercycle builds a **balance owed** for each consignor. A **payout** records a payment you've made to settle some or all of that balance.

Recording a payout tracks what you owe and what you've paid. It doesn't move money itself. With the **Manual** method you make the actual payment outside Supercycle, then record it here.

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## How balances build up

A consignor's balance owed is the sum of their unsettled entries:

* **Earnings**: added when a charge on the consignor's item is paid (the item's commission rate applied to the charge revenue).
* **Refunds**: subtracted when a paid charge is refunded, at the original rate.

When you record a payout, the entries it covers are marked as settled and stop counting toward the balance owed. Deleting a payout returns them to unsettled.

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## Record a payout

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open payouts">
    In Shopify admin, go to **Supercycle** > **Consignors** > [**Payouts**](https://admin.shopify.com/apps/supercycle/consignors/payouts).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pay consignors">
    Select **Pay consignors**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose method and date">
    Set the **Payout method** (Manual), the **Paid on** date, and any **Notes**, such as a reference.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select consignors">
    Tick the consignors you're paying. Each row shows their outstanding balance, and the footer shows the selected count and total. Consignors with nothing outstanding don't appear.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Record">
    Select **Record \[n] payouts**. Supercycle settles each selected consignor's outstanding balance into a payout and groups them under a single payout **run**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Recording a payout doesn't move any money. Supercycle tracks what you owe and what you've paid. Make the actual payment outside Supercycle (cash, bank transfer, etc.) using the payout method details on the consignor.
</Note>

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## Payout breakdown

When you open a payout, the **Breakdown** itemizes every entry it settled:

| Column       | Description                                                         |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Type`       | `Earning`, `Refund`, or `Adjustment`.                               |
| `Cycle`      | The cycle the entry came from.                                      |
| `Item`       | The item the entry relates to. Links to the item.                   |
| `Basis`      | The revenue (or refunded amount) the share was calculated on.       |
| `Commission` | The rate applied to that entry.                                     |
| `Amount`     | The consignor's share: positive for earnings, negative for refunds. |

The **Total** row sums to the payout amount.

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## Payout runs

Each time you record payouts, the payouts created together are grouped into a **payout run**, labelled `Run #1`, `Run #2`, and so on. Runs make it easy to see everything settled in a single session, for example a monthly settlement across all your consignors.

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## Delete a payout

If you record a payout in error, select it and choose **Delete payouts** (also available in bulk from the payouts list). Deleting a payout:

* Returns the entries it covered to **unsettled**, so they count toward the balance owed again and can be settled in a future payout.
* Updates the totals on the payouts summary.

Deleting a payout can't be undone, but the underlying earnings and refunds are preserved.