Meesho Seller Glossary — 40 Terms Every Seller Must Know

Meesho's panel speaks in shorthand — AWB, RTS, NDR, SLA, TCS — and every term you half-understand is a place money can slip past you: a claim filed against the wrong number, a status misread until its deadline passed, a deduction accepted because its name sounded official. This glossary decodes the working vocabulary in functional groups, each term with its plain meaning and a link to the guide that goes deeper.

Orders & Identity

Term	Meaning
Order ID	The customer's whole purchase — guide
Sub-order ID	One item within an order; settlements and claims key on it
AWB	Air Waybill — the courier's shipment tracking number — guide
Catalog	A group of related products uploaded together — guide
Variant	A size/colour of a product, with its own stock
Inventory	Sellable units per variant — guide

Logistics & Statuses

Term	Meaning
RTS	Ready to Ship — label made, awaiting handover — guide
SLA	Your dispatch deadline per order — guide
Handover	Parcel entering courier custody — guide
Manifest	The signed handover list — your custody proof — guide
NDR	Non-Delivery Report — a failed delivery attempt — guide
RTO	Return to Origin — undelivered, coming back — guide
NDD	Next Day Dispatch program — guide
Pay After Delivery	Buyer pays digitally post-arrival — guide

Returns & Claims

Term	Meaning
Customer return	Sent back after delivery — vs RTO
Courier return	Same as RTO — guide
Wrong/defective return	Claimable bad return — guide
Claim	Your compensation request, evidence-based — guide
Claim window	The filing deadline — guide
Unboxing video	The continuous opening footage that wins claims — guide

Money & Tax

Term	Meaning
Settlement	Net payment for orders after deductions — guide
Payment breakup	The per-order deduction itemisation — guide
Collection fee	Payment-processing charge — guide
Fixed fee	Flat per-order charge — guide
Hold	Payout portion temporarily withheld — guide
Negative balance	Deductions exceeding earnings — guide
TCS	Tax collected at source (GST) — claimable — guide
TDS (194-O)	Income tax withheld — claimable — guide
Margin	Settlement minus your costs — the real profit — guide
Reconciliation	Verifying every payment against every order — guide

The pattern across all forty: identity terms anchor evidence, status terms carry deadlines, and money terms deserve verification. Master the vocabulary and the panel stops being intimidating — it becomes legible. A tool like TrackEcom does this automatically — it reconciles every order, flags each deduction, and shows your real per-order profit so nothing slips through.

FAQs

What does RTO mean in Meesho?

Return to Origin — an order that couldn't be delivered and is coming back to you, costing reverse logistics with no sale.

What is the difference between RTS and SLA?

RTS is a status (ready to ship, awaiting handover); SLA is the deadline by which that handover must happen — RTS orders are racing their SLA.

What does settlement mean on Meesho?

The net payment credited for your orders after all fees, taxes and adjustments — the number your real profit calculations start from.

Which Meesho terms matter most for claims?

Sub-order ID, return AWB, claim window and unboxing video — claims are won by quoting the right identifiers with continuous evidence, in time.