Which tasks belong to a seller and which belong to you?
Sellers can manage their products and orders from their vendor area. The operator sets marketplace rules and tracks commissions and money owed in each direction. In CS-Cart Accounting, payouts collect money from vendors and withdrawals pay vendors. Choose a payment setup separately. Check which seller and checkout features your edition includes.
Where would you check a return after the seller was paid?
Check the refund in the order, the payment processor and the seller’s balance. CS-Cart documents different accounting entries depending on the payment or return add-on. It also says an order affects a vendor balance only when that status is configured to charge the vendor account. Check the actual records before treating the balance as settled.
What can you customize or take with you?
The vendor offers renewable and one-time licenses with source access for customization. Check the edition, update term and hosting separately. Orders and their line items have separate CSV options. Keep the exact license, custom code, records and files you would need to run the shop elsewhere.
Which entries would change after one item comes back?
Sketch two seller orders and a fictional approved refund for one item.
- Follow the recordsMark the returned item in the order and write the separate payment and seller balance entries you expect to see.
- Keep the right CSVsWrite which order-level and line-item details you would need if you later reviewed it outside the marketplace.