What Is the Sales by Staff Report?
The Sales by Staff report is a Shopify POS report that groups in-store sales by the staff member who completed each order at the register, broken out day by day. For the date range you pick, it shows each staff member's order count, gross sales, net sales, shipping, and total sales, at each POS location.
The key point is what "at register" means. This credits whoever was logged in and rang up the transaction, which is not always the person who helped the customer choose the product. Credit for the associate who drove the sale lives in a separate report, Retail Sales by Staff Attributed to Sale.
Grouping by date is what makes this report useful for register activity over time. You can see whether a staff member's numbers hold steady across the week or ride on one busy day, and compare register performance across locations.
Which Fields Are Included in the Sales by Staff Report?
These eight fields show how much each staff member rang up, on which days, and at which location.
You can add, remove, or reorder columns, and group by week or month instead of day when you want a wider trend.
Important Insights You Can Find in This Report
Who is actually driving register revenue?
Sort by Total Sales per Staff name to bring your strongest register performers to the top. Read Order Count alongside it so you don't reward whoever simply worked the busiest shifts. A staff member with high total sales on a modest order count is closing bigger tickets, while high sales on a high order count usually means volume and shift timing.
Are discounts or returns quietly cutting into a staff member's numbers?
Compare Gross Sales and Net Sales for each person. A wide gap means discounts and returns are pulling their real contribution down. This matters most if you pay commission, since net sales is the fair basis to pay on, not gross. A consistently large gap for one person is worth a look at counter discounting or returns landing on their shifts.
Does the same staff member perform differently across locations?
With POS Location Name, check whether a strong performer at one store holds up at another, or whether a location's total leans on a single register operator. If a store's numbers dip on the days one person isn't scheduled, that is a staffing and coverage signal you would miss from the store total alone.
THE ANALYST'S READ
Remember that this report credits who rang up the sale, not who sold it. The person at the till during peak hours will naturally top the list, so before you use these numbers for commission or coaching, compare them against the Retail Sales by Staff Attributed to Sale report. Where the two disagree, the person who processed the order and the person who helped the customer are different, and that is the gap to settle first.
For the broader workflow of turning this data into commissions and top-performer decisions, see key data insights for Shopify staff management.
How Can You Automate the Sales by Staff Report?
Save the pre-made report, then schedule it to run daily, weekly, or monthly and email it to yourself, a store manager, or your accountant. Deliver it as Excel, CSV, or PDF, or push it to Google Sheets or Google Drive. With User Management, you can share a filtered link so each staff member sees only their own register numbers without admin access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "at register" mean here?
It is the staff member who was logged in and completed the transaction at the point of sale. It records who rang up the order, not who helped the customer decide.
How is this different from the Retail Sales by Staff (Attributed to Sale) report?
This one credits the person at the register. The attributed report credits the person who helped drive the sale, per order or per line item. Use this for register accountability, and the attributed report for coaching and commission fairness.
Does this report include online store sales?
No. It covers Shopify POS orders only, scoped to in-store register activity by location.
Can I see each staff member's sales day by day?
Yes. It is grouped by Date, so activity is split out per day. You can regroup by week or month for a wider trend.
Can each staff member see only their own numbers?
Yes. With User Management you share a filtered, access-controlled link so an associate views only their own register sales.