Glossary
Key terms for marketplace settlement reconciliation, returns linked to the original order, and operational COGS in Flywheel.
- Settlement period
- A bounded window of marketplace activity that closes with a payout (deposit) to your seller account. In Flywheel, each period lists its payout amount, deposit date, tie-out status, and every fee line that rolled into it.
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- Settlement reconciliation
- The process of verifying that a marketplace payout matches the sum of its underlying fee and order lines, and tracing any mismatch back to the order or raw report. Flywheel reconciles Amazon US and Walmart US settlements with the same depth.
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- Payout tie-out
- A comparison between a settlement payout and the sum of its transaction lines, accurate to ±$0.01. Flywheel surfaces this as a Balanced or Mismatch badge on each settlement period.
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- Fee line
- A single line item in a settlement report (referral fee, FBA fee, refund, adjustment, or other marketplace charge) tied to an order or account-level activity. Flywheel lets you filter, sort, and export fee lines.
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- Settlement lines
- Flywheel's filterable view of settlement lines across periods and marketplaces. Sort, paginate, and export to CSV or XLSX, then open an order for its fee timeline and raw report download.
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- Returns linked to the original order
- Linking a marketplace return to the original order it came from, including returns that arrive before settlement, and matching it to the refund fee when the settlement lands.
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- Operational COGS
- Cost of goods sold that Flywheel allocates on settled marketplace orders using unit costs you provide. Based on your costs and connected marketplace orders only. Excludes marketplace fees, shipping you pay, operating expenses, and off-platform sales. Operational COGS, not a full P&L.
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- Prospective only (cost policy)
- Flywheel's default cost-change rule: editing unit costs or switching weighted average or FIFO applies to new sales and lines without COGS yet. Confirmed COGS on past orders is not automatically restated. Account owners may run Restate COGS to correct historical allocations deliberately.
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- Inventory ledger
- Flywheel's always-on record of on-hand quantity and stock movements. Every inbound, outbound, adjustment, and write-off writes to the ledger regardless of which costing method your profile uses.
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- Order-based pricing
- Flywheel bills by monthly marketplace order volume, not per seat. Plans scale from smaller sellers to higher-volume operators; your tier can auto-upgrade mid-period if order count exceeds your limit.
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- Amazon and Walmart together
- Flywheel applies the same settlement reconciliation depth, return linking, and settlement-line tools to Amazon US and Walmart US. One shared view with marketplace-aware columns and filters.
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