E-commerce · Evidence

Order-to-payout sample tracing

Published · Reviewed by The Diligence Standard Team · Updated

A trace from individual order through fulfillment, refund status, processor settlement and bank receipt tests whether systems tell the same story.

Records to reconcile

  • Order-level export
  • Fulfillment and return events
  • Processor and bank transaction IDs

Warning signal

Sampled orders disappear, duplicate or change value between systems.

Transaction impact

System-integrity concerns can widen the required review and reduce confidence in reported performance.

Response

Expand the sample, preserve native identifiers and investigate exceptions before extrapolating.