Currency Settings

This article explains how Mothership handles currency across suppliers and retailers, including what was updated and what you need to configure correctly.

The golden rule: everything runs in the supplier's currency

All transactions, pricing, and order calculations in Mothership follow the supplier's currency. This is the source of truth across the platform.

The retailer's currency is used for display and conversion only. Mothership converts supplier prices into the retailer's currency when showing the retailer their pricing and when pushing product prices into the retailer's store.

⚠️ Critical: your Mothership currency must match your store’s platform currency

Mothership has two locations where currency is configured, and they need to match.

1. In your e-commerce platform
2. In Mothership

If you change your store currency on your store’s platform, you must also update it in Mothership. If the two are out of sync, orders will process with mismatched currencies and cause pricing errors.

To update your Workspace currency in Mothership: Settings → Workspaces → Manage → Workspace Currency.

How exchange rates work

Exchange rates fluctuate daily. Here's how Mothership handles this:

• When an order is placed, Mothership records the exchange rate for that day and stores it against the order.
• The supplier's invoice total is always in the supplier's currency (e.g. USD) — no conversion happens on the supplier side.
• The retailer's invoice total on the sales report is calculated by adding each order's value in the retailer's currency, using the exchange rate at the time that order was placed.

ℹ️ Why per-order rates? Sales reports typically cover a full month. The exchange rate at the start of the month may differ significantly from the rate at the end. By locking each order to the rate on the day it was placed, the totals accurately reflect what was charged at the time.

Refunds also use the original order's exchange rate, and not the rate at the time the refund is processed.

⚠️ Historical orders are not affected. The exchange rate field was added as of 6 July 2026. Orders placed before this update do not have an exchange rate stored against them.

What the sales report shows

The sales report now includes both currency columns:

This gives both parties a clear view of what was transacted in their own currency, without changing how the underlying billing works.

Recommendation for retailers with a different currency

If you're a retailer operating in a different currency from your supplier, and you have automatic retail price tracking enabled (where Mothership mirrors the supplier's retail price into your store), be aware of the following:

Exchange rates change daily. If Mothership is automatically updating your retail prices based on the supplier's prices, those prices will fluctuate as exchange rates move.

To do this: in the Vendor Portal, go to Supplier → Choose the supplier → Product Export Settings, then uncheck the Automatically adjust retail prices to mirror supplier’s retail prices? and save changes.

Supported currencies

Mothership currently supports the following workspace currencies:

• US Dollar (USD)
• Canadian Dollar (CAD)
• Australian Dollar (AUD)
• British Pound Sterling
• Euro (EUR)
• Mexican Peso (MXN)
• Chinese Yuan
• New Zealand Dollar
• Hongkong Dollar
• Israeli New Sheqel
• Indian Rupee
• Japanese Yen
• South Korean Won
• Malaysian Ringgit
• Philippine Peso

ℹ️ Need a currency not listed? Contact support@mothership.fm to request.