Why order/sale ids aren't going in succession?

For example, order id 50 - the next order id would had to be 51. However, i got it under id 55. So, it looks as orders 51, 52, 53 and 54 are missing. Is it possible my sales are stealing by a guy who set up me the opencart scripts?

Go to Sales > Orders.

Click on the 'Status' drop down and select 'abondoned' orders and click the 'Filter' button.

Like grgr said, it is down to 'abondoned' orders.


These orders are created when a customer conpletes the checkout stage, right upto the confirmation step (last step).

If a customer bails out, adds a product, or changes any part of the order, a NEW order number is generated so the old one will become redundant effectively.



Your guy isn't stealing orders, you have no worries there

Thank you very much, guys. It's nice to know nobody steals my hard-earned money.