# Walmart settlements: bring in, check, post

> Walmart's settlement reports come in row by row. Bookalyze adds them up to Walmart's payout, posts only the ones that do, and posts a settlement again when Walmart corrects it.

Category: Payouts in your books · Web page: https://bookalyze.com/guides/walmart-settlements

## Bring them in

On a Walmart country's channel page, **Bring in from Walmart** downloads every settlement report Walmart lists that isn't here yet. The daily job does the same once the country is connected. Each report's rows are kept as Walmart sent them, **without buyers' names or addresses**.

## How Walmart's rows are read

Each row says what an amount is for. Bookalyze groups them: sales, refunds, Walmart's fees, WFS fees (fulfilment, storage, inbound, prep), advertising, shipping labels, tax (collected and withheld cancel out) and other.

> **Caution:** A settlement whose rows don't add up to Walmart's payout, or with an amount that can't be read, shows **Needs a look** with the reason, and never posts.

> **Caution:** This reading was built from Walmart's published report layout. Check your first settlement against Seller Center before switching on automatic posting.

## Post and match

**Where in Bookalyze:** Commerce → Settlements → Walmart

1. **Choose how Walmart posts.** An account per group and a Walmart balance account; the day posting starts; automatic posting if you want it.
2. **Post.** Each settlement becomes one entry on its period's last day, in Walmart's currency at that day's rate.
3. **Match the payout.** Payouts to your bank lists the suggested deposit: Match, Not this one or Unmatch.

A settlement Walmart corrects shows **Changed since posted**; Post again brings it up to date.

## Not yet

- Uploading Seller Center's report by hand.
- WFS's inventory ledger (returns and losses).

## What you should see

What you should see:
- [ ] Each settlement with its sales, fees, WFS fees, advertising, labels and payout
- [ ] **Ready to post** for ones that add up; **Needs a look** with a reason for any that don't
- [ ] Walmart in Channel profit, beside Amazon

## Related guides

- [Connect Walmart: create an API key](https://bookalyze.com/guides/connect-walmart.md): Add your Walmart countries, then create a client ID and secret in Walmart's Developer Portal for each one and paste them on the country's channel page. About 10 minutes.
- [How payouts post to your books](https://bookalyze.com/guides/how-payouts-post.md): Choose an account for each kind of money (sales, refunds, fees, ads, tax, held back) and a clearing or balance account for the payout, pick the day posting starts, then post by hand or automatically. The same idea for Amazon, Walmart, Noon and eBay.
- [Match each payout to its bank deposit](https://bookalyze.com/guides/match-payouts.md): Matching pairs a marketplace payout with the deposit in your bank and moves that deposit to the clearing or balance account, so your sales are counted once. Works in any bank account and any currency.