Create a Payout Statement

Create the draft

A payout statement is the usual way to pay a vendor. It lists the sales, totals them, and makes a PDF.

1. Open Payouts, then Statements, and click Create payout statement. You can also start from Balances.
2. Choose Vendor, Sales from, and Sales through. Click Load eligible sales.
3. Check the unpaid sales to include. Sales already on a draft, or already paid, are not listed.
4. Click Create draft statement.

The progress labels on that page are Select sales, Review statement, Pay vendor, and Mark paid.

Settle the draft

Open the draft. The status badge says Draft. Download PDF is at the top. Under Step 2. Settle this statement, complete one option:

1. Pay via PayPal Payouts sends the money and marks the statement paid. It shows only after PayPal is set up and the total is greater than zero. If PayPal is missing, the page says PayPal isn't set up yet and links Set up PayPal.
2. Record a payment (paid another way) is for a bank transfer, cash, or another payment you already made. Enter the date, amount, and optional reference, then click Mark statement paid.

The amount starts as the statement total. If you type a different amount, VendorPayout asks you to confirm. The difference stays owed. PayPal can only send an amount greater than zero.

Paid sales are marked paid. The vendor can open the same statement from Payout statements in their portal. Cancel this draft puts the sales back so you can use them on a later statement.