Your profitability is our mission. Optimize every slot on your shelf. Stop over-paying invoices. Carry inventory on consignment. Recover credits from your vendors. Don't just survive, THRIVE.

Cannabis dispensaries use ShelfSpace to significantly boost profitability.

METRC Certified METRC Third-Party Vendor
Brands paid through ShelfSpace every week
Chris Mitchem, ShelfSpace founder
From the founder

I've been a cannabis operator since 2015, and I have the scars to prove it. ShelfSpace is the product of everything I learned the hard way.

Chris Mitchem · Founder & CEO · Massachusetts
More about Chris What ShelfSpace actually is
How it all adds up

There is money hiding in quiet corners of your dispensary.

The ShelfSpace profitability system shines a light on it.

Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable system built specifically for cannabis.

The platform three-way matches every invoice against Metrc and your PO. You cut the check.

Inventory is your biggest expense. The platform makes sure every dollar paid to a vendor maps to a SKU you actually received.

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Credit Recovery

Vendor credit memos, built and sent every month.

Returns, expirations, promo costs — line by line. Data crunched, credit memos sent, discussions organized, healthy relationships maintained.

Your gross margin data is lying to you. The platform pulls the line items the vendor never credited, builds the memo, and sends it. Your team handles the conversations that need a human.

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Consignment

Run consignment at your shop. Literally transform your business.

The platform syncs with Metrc, generates the settlement per vendor per week, and queues the check. You approve, you send, and you own the vendor relationship.

Major retailers like Home Depot sell on consignment — why is that? Same answer in cannabis. Vendors win too: they keep their margin and get paid as units sell.

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Powered by Digital Checks

Vendor payments, generated on the platform.

Check 21 compliant. Drawn on your bank. Generated on the platform. Signed by you. Delivered to vendors digitally.

Cannabis banking is hard. Digital checks clear under the same Check 21 framework banks have used since 2003 — print-at-home legal, mobile deposit ready.

How ShelfSpace payments work
ShelfiQ

AI that knows every SKU, every vendor, every dollar.

Answers vendor emails in seconds. Flags margin drift the moment it starts. Routes the hard ones to your team.

A vendor emails asking where their check is — ShelfiQ answers in seconds. Your buyer wants to know which SKUs are bleeding — ShelfiQ has the answer before you finish asking. The five percent that need a human come to your desk with the work already done.

Meet ShelfiQ

Case Studies

Real client: we found $500,000 at a cannabis dispensary chain — their margin, hiding in plain sight.

De-identified to protect our clients.

Accounts Payable
$4,873
Stopped a duplicate invoice across two locations
Same-day fix Read the full story
Accounts Payable
$1,140
Flagged a shorted delivery before payment went out
Same-day fix Read the full story
Accounts Payable
12 vendors
Non-cannabis vendors finally in the system
First 7 days Read the full story
Operations
1 min
Vendor AR reminder answered, Treasury user added — both in one thread

A vendor's AP team emailed asking for invoice status and to add a new Treasury contact. We pulled the live data, replied with the breakdown, and added the user — same thread, one minute later.

Same-thread fix Read the full story
Consignment
$27,350
Freed trapped inventory with one vendor switch
Results in 60 days Read the full story
Consignment
$8,370
Expired product returned at zero cost
Consignment
$6,230
Settlement question answered in 24 hours with shared data
24-hour resolution Read the full story
Credit Recovery
$83,741/yr
Credit recovery lifted EBITDA 15% at one dispensary
First 90 days Read the full story
Credit Recovery
$2,340
Recovered co-marketing credits nobody was tracking
Found in 14 days Read the full story
Credit Recovery
$1,847
Return credit nobody filed — recovered
First evaluation Read the full story
Credit Recovery
$3,180
Expiration credits buried in a vendor agreement
Found in 14 days Read the full story
Operations
47 emails
ShelfiQ answered 47 vendor emails in one week
Operations
98% less time
From 15 hours a week to one approve button
Results in 60 days Read the full story
Operations
Zero spreadsheets
Replaced a 200-row spreadsheet with Metrc data
First 14 days Read the full story
Operations
90% fewer calls
Vendor portal stopped 30 payment calls a month
First 30 days Read the full story
Operations
Real-time books
QuickBooks went from 3 days behind to instant
Consignment
Zero stockouts
Vendor started restocking from their settlement report
Within first month Read the full story
Accounts Payable
$7,340
We flagged 12 invoice mismatches in one month using Metrc
Found in 30 days Read the full story
Consignment
$14,230
We got a new product on shelves — zero risk for both sides
First 30 days Read the full story
Operations
20+ hrs/month
ShelfiQ took over vendor email — vendors get instant answers, the owner gets his inbox back
Operations
23% less waste
We gave a buyer real data — waste dropped 23%
First 60 days Read the full story

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$3,000,000
$500K Annual Revenue $10M
Conservative Typical Aggressive
Consignment
Cash freed from inventory
$46,233
25% on consignment
$92,466
50% on consignment
$138,699
75% on consignment
Accounts Payable
Invoice & payment savings
$21,000
$1,750/mo
$39,000
$3,250/mo
$63,000
$5,250/mo
Credit Recovery
Recovered vendor credits
$36,000
$3,000/mo
$60,000
$5,000/mo
$90,000
$7,500/mo
Total Impact
$103,233
$191,466
$291,699
EBITDA
15% → 18.3%
15% → 20.3%
15% → 23.2%

One platform. All three. You only pay if we deliver.

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Sized to your volume. Set after the free evaluation. 48-hour turnaround.

*Estimates only — your actual numbers may vary.

Vendors win. Compliance wins.

What vendors get

Vendors get more, not less

Their own portal. Live payment status. Credit memos when due. ShelfiQ answers their questions in seconds.

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Official Metrc integration
METRC

Same source of truth as your compliance

  • Read-only — we never write to your account
  • Live sync — data updates as Metrc does
  • Vetted by Metrc — official third-party vendor

How much could we save your dispensary?

Free analysis in 48 hours. You only pay if we deliver.

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Frequently asked questions

What does this cost?

The evaluation is free. After that: AP and consignment are usage-based — you pay per invoice processed, per settlement run, and per check generated on the platform. No software seats. Credit recovery is commission-based — pay only when you recover, no monthly fee. Every engagement is priced during the free evaluation to be net-positive against the dollars we find — if the math doesn't clear, we don't take you on. 5+ locations get custom Enterprise pricing. See pricing →

How fast will I see results?

First credits identified in 14 days. Consignment settlements running on the platform within 30 days. Full AP live on the platform within 60 days.

How is this different from generic AP software?

Generic AP software lives outside cannabis — no Metrc link, no court-of-record verification, no understanding of vendor credit memos or weekly consignment settlements. ShelfSpace is built for cannabis specifically. Every invoice is three-way matched against Metrc and your PO before you cut the check. ShelfiQ answers first-line vendor email in seconds. Consignment settlements and monthly credit memos run on the same platform — same vendor list, same Metrc data, same dashboard.

Do you replace my buyer or bookkeeper?

No. Your buyer keeps product selection, vendor negotiation, and sourcing. Your bookkeeper keeps close, reconciliation, payroll, and tax. The platform handles invoice processing, vendor terms, payments, credit memos, and QuickBooks sync — and ShelfiQ handles first-line vendor email. Clean QuickBooks entries land in real time, so your bookkeeper's close gets faster, not bigger.

How does ShelfiQ handle vendor emails?

ShelfiQ answers first. Payment status, balance questions, missing checks, credit memo replies — answered in seconds with live Metrc and settlement data, in the same tone your AP person would use. The roughly five percent that need a human decision route to your AP person with the thread and the data already attached.

What does onboarding look like?

Day 1 we audit your last 90 days of vendor activity. Within 14 days the first credits are identified and AP is live on the platform for your top vendors. Within 30 days consignment settlements run. Within 60 days the full AP operation is on the platform. You only pay once results show up.

Do you only work in Massachusetts?

No. We work in every state in the USA. Our Massachusetts network was first — 50+ vendors already paid through the platform there.

Works with every major cannabis POS