Decision · Payouts

Why your bank holds less than your shop dashboard says

Orders, basket size and refund rate come from your shop — and land in your cash flow where your provider actually pays out: days later, net of fees, on weekdays only if that is how it works.

Day by day

payouts in the plan

3 drivers

from your shop

Automatic

updates

Every driver carried forward

5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep
Revenue
Revenue
Online store sales
€2,911€2,911
€3,374€3,374
€3,110€3,110
€3,441€3,441
€3,838€0
€4,036€0
€3,242€0
€2,845€0
Units sold / day
Shopify
44
51
47
52
58
61
49
43
Average price per unit
Shopify
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
Refund rate
Shopify
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
Forecast revenue
€2,911
€3,374
€3,110
€3,441
€3,838
€4,036
€3,242
€2,845
Total revenue€2,911€3,374€3,110€3,441€3,838€4,036€3,242€2,845

Status quo

Why your dashboard and your bank disagree

The dashboard shows yesterday's revenue. Your bank holds less than that, and holds it later: your payment provider pays out days after the sale, fees come off first, refunds come back afterwards.

Today

  • An order counts as money the day it lands
  • The payout schedule modelled nowhere
  • Fees and refunds show up in the statement
  • Month-end balance is a surprise

With Foreqast

  • Every order dated to the day it pays out
  • Payout delay as a setting, weekdays only if you want
  • Payment fees and refund rate already in the forecast
  • A bank curve day by day, updated with every sale

How it works

From an order to a payout

Four steps, each powered by a feature.

1

Connect your shop

Enter your Shopify domain, approve access, done. Orders, baskets and refunds flow in daily on their own from then on.

Connect Shopify

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Shopify

Units sold, refunds, purchase costs · daily sync

Your Shopify store domain

your-store.myshopify.com
Connect Shopify
2

Orders, basket size and refund rate become drivers

The three numbers your revenue is actually made of, straight from the shop with nothing to type. Every past row shows what really sold.

Orders, AOV and refunds

5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep
Revenue
Revenue
Online store sales
€2,911€2,911
€3,374€3,374
€3,110€3,110
€0€0
€0€0
€0€0
€0€0
€0€0
Units sold / day
Shopify
44
51
47
Average price per unit
Shopify
€68
€68
€68
Refund rate
Shopify
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
Total revenue€2,911€3,374€3,110€0€0€0€0€0
3

Each driver projects itself forward

Orders repeat your shop's weekly shape — a Monday is not a Saturday. Basket size and refund rate hold at their synced level. Revenue is what they multiply to, day by day.

Every driver carried forward

5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep
Revenue
Revenue
Online store sales
€2,911€2,911
€3,374€3,374
€3,110€3,110
€3,441€3,441
€3,838€0
€4,036€0
€3,242€0
€2,845€0
Units sold / day
Shopify
44
51
47
52
58
61
49
43
Average price per unit
Shopify
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
Refund rate
Shopify
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
Forecast revenue
€2,911
€3,374
€3,110
€3,441
€3,838
€4,036
€3,242
€2,845
Total revenue€2,911€3,374€3,110€3,441€3,838€4,036€3,242€2,845
4

Revenue lands in your cash flow on its payout day

Set your provider's payout delay once — optionally weekdays only — and the forecast revenue shifts to the day it is actually in the bank. Shipping and payment fees follow on their own, because they hang off the same orders.

Revenue as daily cash

5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep
€5k€4k€2k€1k€0k5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 SepNow
Gross profit
Revenue
Online store sales
€2,911€2,911
€3,374€3,374
€3,110€3,110
€3,441€3,441
€3,838€0
€4,036€0
€3,242€0
€2,845€0
Marketplace sales
€524€524
€607€607
€560€560
€619€619
€691€0
€726€0
€584€0
€512€0
Cost of revenue
Shipping & fulfilment
−€308−€308
−€357−€357
−€329−€329
−€364−€364
−€406€0
−€427€0
−€343€0
−€301€0
Payment fees
−€70−€70
−€81−€81
−€75−€75
−€83−€83
−€92€0
−€97€0
−€78€0
−€68€0
Gross profit€3,057€3,543€3,266€3,613€4,031€4,238€3,405€2,988
Change in cash€3,057€3,543€3,266€3,613€4,031€4,238€3,405€2,988
Cumulative cash€87,057€90,600€93,866€97,479€101,510€105,748€109,153€112,141

What you get

Your bank balance, not your revenue number

Three drivers from your shop, net of fees and refunds and dated to the day they pay out — the curve that actually describes your account.

Day by day

payouts in the plan

3 drivers

from your shop

Fees

deducted automatically

Every driver carried forward

5 Sep6 Sep7 Sep8 Sep9 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep
Revenue
Revenue
Online store sales
€2,911€2,911
€3,374€3,374
€3,110€3,110
€3,441€3,441
€3,838€0
€4,036€0
€3,242€0
€2,845€0
Units sold / day
Shopify
44
51
47
52
58
61
49
43
Average price per unit
Shopify
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
€68
Refund rate
Shopify
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
2.7%
Forecast revenue
€2,911
€3,374
€3,110
€3,441
€3,838
€4,036
€3,242
€2,845
Total revenue€2,911€3,374€3,110€3,441€3,838€4,036€3,242€2,845

What you need

Your shop

The shop delivers orders, baskets and refunds — accounting fills in the actuals for everything beside them.

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Required

Shopify

Optional

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Further reading

The thinking behind it, explained

“We used to read the shop dashboard and wonder why the bank never matched it. Now the two are the same picture, days apart.”

Founder, online shop

FAQ

Payouts, answered

Which shops are supported?

Shopify syncs orders, baskets and refunds; more platforms are on the roadmap. Anything else comes in via CSV import with a saved mapping.

How do you model the payout schedule?

In the forecasting settings you set how many days after a sale your provider pays out — optionally on weekdays only, so a payout falling on a weekend moves to Monday. Every revenue inflow shifts with it.

Can I model seasonality?

Yes — the weekly pattern is picked up automatically, and for peaks you set the orders driver by hand for individual days or weeks.

What happens with fees and refunds?

The payment fee is its own line hanging off revenue, so it scales with it; the refund rate is a driver of its own and comes off gross revenue before any of it becomes cash.

Do I have to maintain the forecast?

No. The drivers arrive daily from the shop; you only step in when you want to deviate from your own pattern deliberately.

See when your revenue is actually in the bank

Connect the shop, set your payout schedule, and the bank curve is there. Free to start.

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