Tie-Out Report, issue 1: one store, one month, two numbers

Dated 25 October 2026. The store: one real Shopify store, a small one. The month: September 2026.

Shopify’s own report says Net Sales for September was $123.00. Another popular profit app, installed on the same store and set to the same month, said $129.

Why they differ, as read on the app’s own income statement on 8 October 2026:

1. Shipping was counted as sales. The app’s figure includes $5.95 of shipping. Shopify’s Net Sales does not.
2. A refunded order was dropped. The app left out order #1001. Shopify keeps a refunded order: the sale on the day it was placed and the reversal on the day of the refund.

What this does not say. One store and one month is a small sample. It does not say how often any app differs, or by how much, on another store. A fresh reading of the app on this store is not assumed: it would be a new measurement, dated, before a second issue.

How to check your own. Put Shopify’s Net Sales and your app’s figure for the same month into the Tie-Out page.

Record: the store’s income-statement capture of 8 October 2026 and CHARTER-22 R0, both committed. Install ProfitRoot on the Shopify App Store.