Brands paid through ShelfSpace every week
Consignment system built for cannabis.
Vendor delivers product. You sell it. You pay them after.
Wholesale ties up your cash before a single customer walks in. Consignment flips it: the vendor owns the risk, you own the shelf, and the money moves only after the SKU earns its keep.
How cannabis consignment worksGrocery, hardware, apparel — they all moved to consignment decades ago.
Big retail figured out long ago: buying inventory upfront is brutal. The supplier owns the risk; the retailer owns the shelf. We brought that playbook to cannabis, with a team that knows Metrc and the math.
Why general consignment software doesn't work for cannabisAdd them in ShelfSpace, set the split, and settlements run the next week.
No spreadsheets to chase. No shared docs to maintain. Add the vendor, pick the split, and the settlement engine takes over weekly from there.
Getting started with consignmentSome vendors go consignment. Some stay Net 30. Some prefer COD. All run through one workflow.
Consignment isn't all-or-nothing. Start with the vendors most likely to say yes (high-velocity SKUs, growing brands, anyone tired of chasing payment) — we'll help you sort them. The rest keep their existing terms.
Cannabis vendor management guideThe platform pulls sales from Metrc and your POS. Runs the math. Queues the check. You approve. You send. Every week.
No quarterly reconciliation. No "we'll figure it out next month." The vendor sees the same numbers you see, every package, every sale, every week. Download a real settlement (PDF).
Anatomy of a cannabis consignment settlement reportRun a BOGO. Take a return. The settlement reconciles both.
Most operators eat the cost of vendor-funded promos and returns because the math is too painful to chase. Ours runs them as a normal line item. You keep the margin you negotiated.
How aging discounts workEvery package on your shelf, every sale at the register — traced and matched.
Cannabis is the one industry with a state-mandated package ledger. We use it. Vendors can't dispute the numbers, because the regulator already signed off on the manifest.
How Metrc verification worksLive sell-through. Inventory aging. Next payment date. All in one view.
When the vendor can see what's selling and when they get paid, the phone stops ringing. You save the back-and-forth; they get the data they actually need to plan replenishment.
How vendors get paid through cannabis consignmentCheck 21 compliant. Mobile-deposit ready. Mailed or downloaded.
Cannabis banking is a mess. Wire fees, ACH limits, returned checks. Check 21 sidesteps the whole circus, because the vendor downloads the image and deposits from their phone.
How check payments workWhat used to be inventory is now liquid.
Modeled at $3M annual revenue with a 90-day inventory turn.
Inventory is your biggest balance-sheet item. Convert a chunk of it to consignment and that cash is back in your account, funding payroll, marketing, new locations, or just breathing room.
Case study — $27K freed at a Massachusetts dispensaryEven when promotions run, your retail margin doesn't move.
In wholesale, every promo discount eats your margin. In consignment, the discount comes off the vendor's side first, exactly the way you negotiated it during onboarding.
How cannabis consignment profit splits workYou own the vendor conversation. We own the settlement cycle.
Most operators try consignment in spreadsheets and quit by week six. The math, the splits, the aging tiers, the payment cycle — none of it fits in Excel. We built the engine that does.
See full consignment docsCash freed + zero waste + locked margins. Straight to your bottom line.
We'll show you which vendors to start with. 48 hours. Free.
Pay for what we actually run for you. Nothing more.
See full pricingFree evaluation in 48 hours. You only pay if we deliver.
"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
No credit card. No commitment.
Most do — and most are eager once they see the structure. They get weekly settlements with sell-through data on every package, instead of chasing payment for months on Net 60. You handle the vendor relationship and the contract; the platform runs the weekly settlement cycle.
Nothing. Same deliveries, same POS, same Metrc, same staff. Customers can't tell the difference.
You haven't paid for it. It goes back to the vendor. That's the entire point.
First vendor agreements within 14 days. Settlements start the following week.
The evaluation is free. Consignment is priced on usage — it scales with settlements processed, vendors active, and consignment dollars moved. Set during the evaluation and locked month-to-month, no flat fee, no minimums. Covers weekly settlements, sell-through reporting, vendor portal access, Check 21 payment delivery. Pairs naturally with Core AP. No contracts, cancel any time. See pricing.
Weekly. The platform pulls sales data from Metrc and your POS, calculates what each vendor is owed for the week's sell-through, and queues a Check 21 payment with a settlement report showing inventory, units sold, and amount paid. You approve and send. The vendor sees the same data you see. See a full sample.
Then they stay on whatever terms they're already on — COD, Net 30, Net 60. Consignment isn't all-or-nothing. Start with the vendors most likely to say yes (high-velocity SKUs, growing brands, anyone tired of chasing payment) — we'll help you sort them. The rest stay on terms that work.
