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# Payment Terms

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## Frequency

ESW makes **one net payment** on your preferred cadence — **weekly, fortnightly, or monthly**.

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With ESW, you get the entire payment for each settlement period upfront—no thresholds, no cash held back, just reliable cash flow.
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## Basis

Using your **settlement report**, ESW pays the **net value** of:

* **Merchandise**
* **Consumer-paid shipping**
* **Returns**
* **Appeasements**
* **Checkout fee**
* **Shipping fee**

### Read more

* **Duties & taxes:** Collected from the consumer by ESW and remitted to the relevant local tax authority.
* **Sales basis:** All sales values are calculated on **shipped items**.
* **Returns basis:** All returns values reflect items **accepted at the returns centre**.

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