Amazon Sales vs Net Proceeds: Reconcile Fees, Refunds and Timing

Write down the seller, marketplace, currency, source and date basis for each amount. Order dates, financial-event dates and settlement periods are not interchangeable. Equal calendar filters do not make the underlying records equivalent.

Check which transaction types and order states are included. Recent orders, refunds, reimbursements and adjustments may be represented in different periods. A missing or pending report leaves a gap in the comparison; it does not establish a zero balance.

Begin with the known amount and identify records that genuinely explain movement toward the comparison amount. Inspect returned charges, refunds, reimbursements and adjustments where available. Preserve their sign and source; do not count the same adjustment twice just because it appears in two reports.

Ask a focused GPT question: 'Compare these two amounts for this marketplace and currency. State the date basis for each, list the returned transaction categories and keep any unexplained difference separate.' NAVINES IQ's GPT and Dashboard are independent views, so confirm their source scopes rather than expecting identical screen totals.

These are hypothetical numbers, not customer results. Suppose a compatible comparison starts with $1,000 and ends with $700. The difference is $300, but subtraction alone does not identify its cause.

For an intentionally simplified example, assume verified records show $200 in charges, $80 in refunds and a $20 positive reimbursement in the same scope. The arithmetic bridge is $1,000 - $200 - $80 + $20 = $740. Compared with $700, $40 remains unresolved. It would be misleading to call all $300 fees or to label the remaining $40 a loss without evidence.

Real Amazon records are more complex than this teaching example. Check timing, coverage and included transaction types before using such a bridge. If the amounts do not share a compatible basis, do not perform the reconciliation as though they do.

Amazon-side proceeds can omit seller-provided product costs, freight, packaging, advertising and other expenses. They also do not settle tax or accounting treatment. Keep a source-grounded proceeds figure separate from any contribution estimate made with external costs.

When using a cost spreadsheet in the GPT, identify the SKU, currency, period and cost basis. State which costs are included and which are still missing. Do not subtract a cost twice if it is already reflected in the chosen financial measure. A result based on incomplete costs is a limited estimate, not verified net profit.

Start with the largest unexplained or operationally important difference, not a promise to recover money. Where identifiers and source coverage allow it, trace a returned reimbursement, refund or adjustment back to the related evidence and check for a later reversal.

Record what is known, what is unverified and which source would close the gap. If a report is still pending, preserve that status. Sellers and their advisers decide whether an accounting entry, support case or other action is appropriate; NAVINES IQ does not perform those actions.

Use the methodology's worked example for the source-comparison rules, the glossary for proceeds and settlement definitions, and the Seller Intelligence page to see the supported product workflow. Advertising evidence requires the separate Amazon Ads authorization; do not assume it is included in Seller Central financial data.

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