Walmart marketplace payout reconciliation discrepancy

A Walmart Marketplace payout reconciliation discrepancy almost always comes down to one thing: the disbursement report and your bank deposit are built on different schedules, and nobody lined them up.

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Walmart's payout cycle doesn't match your books

Walmart disburses on its own release schedule, separate from when an order was placed or when you'd naturally record the sale. A deposit hitting your bank this week can contain orders and adjustments from a prior reporting period, which throws off any comparison against your sales records for "this week."

Fees are subtracted before you ever see the number

Referral fees, and fulfillment fees if you use Walmart Fulfillment Services, come out before the disbursement is calculated. If your books are recording gross order value instead of the post-fee net, the deposit will consistently look short.

Adjustments compound the gap over time

Returns, customer refunds, and account adjustments post against later disbursements rather than the original order's payout. Left unreconciled, small adjustment discrepancies stack period over period until the gap is large enough to force a manual audit.

What's usually behind the discrepancy

How FootingKit reconciles it

FootingKit converts your Walmart Marketplace disbursement report into a QuickBooks- or Xero-ready entry that breaks out gross sales, fees, and adjustments by disbursement period, so the total nets to your actual bank deposit. Every payout is verified to net exactly to its bank deposit, or the conversion is flagged and re-run — free.

FAQ: What if the discrepancy spans multiple periods?

If the gap has been compounding for months rather than one period, FootingKit's catch-up service reconciles historical disbursements going back up to 36 months so the discrepancy is isolated and closed instead of carried forward indefinitely.

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The Footing Guarantee: every payout in your file is verified to net exactly to its bank deposit, or the conversion is flagged and re-run free. You get the reconciliation report that proves it.

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