For Retailers

Stock the shelf. Pay on what sells.

Vendors own the inventory until it sells. We run the weekly settlements, reconciled to Metrc. You approve the check.

Schedule a call 30 minutes with Chris. See how your vendor payments would run.
Metrc Certified Metrc Third-Party Vendor · Vendors paid every week
Illustration with example numbers
Brands paid through ShelfSpace every week

Selling product you don't own yet.

The vendor delivers. You sell it. You pay them after, only for what sold.

Step 1

Vendor delivers

You mark the delivery consignment when it arrives.

Step 2

Lives on your shelf

$0 paid upfront. The vendor owns it until it sells.

Step 3

Customer buys

Every sale tracked from Metrc and your POS.

Every week

Vendor gets paid

We settle, you approve, the check goes out.

Already sold this way: GroceryHardwareApparelCannabis, now
$0
paid upfront for consignment product
Weekly
settlements, reconciled to Metrc and your POS
2 lanes
for every vendor: consignment and wholesale
$27K
freed at one Massachusetts dispensary

The delivery decides. Not a contract.

Every vendor is set up for consignment and wholesale from day one. Whoever receives the truck picks the lane. Proven movers wholesale, new SKUs on consignment, same vendor, same week.

  • Nothing to propose or renegotiate
  • You set the split and the payment terms
  • Wholesale stays on whatever terms you have
Cannabis vendor management guide →
Receiving · FernwayDelivery #4471
WholesaleConsignment
Due to vendor today$1,275.00
Vendor paidNet 30
If it doesn't sellYour loss
Sunrise ExtractsConsignment 50/50Net 30
WyldConsignment 60/40Net 30
Kiva ConfectionsConsignment 50/50COD

Pay every week on what actually sold.

We read your Metrc and POS sales, run the math, and queue the check. You approve. The vendor sees the same numbers you do.

  • Discounts shared automatically: the vendor gets their split of what it rang up for
  • Returns and credit memos netted the same week
  • No quarterly true-ups, no "next month"
Settlement Report · SR-61Week ending 03/29/2026
Sent weekly
Net vendor payout
$1,534.66
Net sales$3,069.31
Vendor split (50%)$1,534.66
Inventory on shelves$2,406 · 25 items
Your 50%Vendor 50%
Returns · 3 units creditedAuto-applied−$72.00
Credit memo · CM-2841 nettedAuto-applied−$45.50

Numbers nobody can argue with.

Cannabis has a state-run package ledger. We use it. Every package on your shelf and every sale at the register, traced and matched, so the settlement holds up.

How Metrc verification works →
Settlement matchSunrise Extracts · Manifest #M2C-9821
GG #4 · 3.5g18 / 24 sold✓
Blue Dream · 1g9 / 12 sold✓
Pineapple Express0 / 6 sold✓
Metrc verified · 42 of 42 packages traced27 sold

Vendors see it. The phone stops ringing.

Every vendor gets a portal with live sell-through, inventory aging and their next payment date. They get paid by digital check every week, deposited from their phone.

SX
Sunrise ExtractsVendor portal
This week's settlement$1,534 Cleared
Inventory on shelves$2,406 · 25 units Current
Oldest package on shelf42 days Aging
Next paymentNext week Scheduled
ShelfSpacePaid on behalf of: Greenbrook Retail LLC
No. 04829
04/03/2026
Pay toSunrise Extracts
$1,534.66
Check 21 · Mobile deposit ready
Cash freed

Inventory turns back into cash.

Before
$250K
Trapped on shelves
After
$250K
Back in your account

Modeled at $3M annual revenue with a 90-day inventory turn.

Put a chunk of your deliveries on consignment and that money never leaves your account: payroll, marketing, a new location, or just breathing room.

Case study: $27K freed at a Massachusetts dispensary →

Mark it down. Your split still holds.

On wholesale, every dollar you discount comes out of your margin. On consignment the vendor is paid their share of what it actually rang up for, so a markdown is shared the moment it rings. Nothing to chase.

How profit splits work →
GG #4 · 3.5g
$50$40
Marked down
$25You
$25Vendor
50/50 split · 50% margin at every price

We run the engine. You run the relationships.

Most operators try consignment in spreadsheets and quit by week six. None of this fits in Excel.

✓POS sales data ingest
✓Metrc package reconciliation
✓Consignment or wholesale, per delivery
✓Weekly settlement math
✓Category-level profit splits
✓Promo and return adjustments
✓Settlement reports
✓Vendor portal access
✓One-click check delivery
✓QuickBooks sync

Slide to see how consignment software transforms your cash flow

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Annual Revenue $3,000,000
$500K $10M
Conservative
$46,233
25% on consignment
Typical
$92,466
50% on consignment
Aggressive
$138,699
75% on consignment
Waste: $0 write-offs
Margin: per contract
Expirations: vendor's cost
EBITDA impact 15.0% → 17.0%

Cash freed + zero waste + locked margins. Straight to your bottom line.

Schedule a call 30 minutes with Chris. See how your vendor payments would run.

Seeing your settlements is free. We run the rest for you.

Consignment is one service. We run the rest too.

Same team, one Metrc connection, one set of vendor relationships. Every engagement is scoped to your locations and vendors. See how we work with you →

Accounts Payable

Every wholesale invoice checked against Metrc, then paid the moment you approve.

See ShelfPay →

Accounts Receivable

Overdue invoices chased and collected, so your money doesn't sit in limbo.

See ShelfCollect →

Credit Recovery

Returns, expirations and co-marketing on wholesale product turned into credit memos every month.

See credit recovery →
Get started

Your cash flow could change this quarter.

Seeing your settlements is free. We run the rest for you.

Schedule a call 30 minutes with Chris. See how your vendor payments would run.
Chris Mitchem

"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

Frequently asked questions

Will my vendors agree to this?

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.

Does anything change about how I run my store?

Nothing. Same deliveries, same POS, same Metrc, same staff. Customers can't tell the difference.

What if product doesn't sell?

You haven't paid for it. It goes back to the vendor. That's the entire point.

How fast can I start?

First vendor agreements within 14 days. Settlements start the following week.

What does this cost?

Seeing what's owed — tracking transactions and receiving settlement reports — is free. Pricing is scoped to your operation — see how we work with you.

Can you just run consignment settlements for me?

Yes — that's the done-for-you lane. You connect Metrc and your POS once, and we run the whole weekly cycle in your name: reconcile the week's sell-through, apply each vendor's category split, update the vendor portal, and queue the Check 21 payment. You approve the check; we cut it. Talk to us.

How do settlements actually work?

Weekly. The platform reads your Metrc data and the POS sales export you upload, calculates what each vendor is owed for the week's sell-through, and queues a check 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.

What if a vendor won't ship on consignment?

Then that delivery is simply received as wholesale, on whatever terms you already have — COD, Net 30, Net 60. Nothing has to be renegotiated and nothing gets turned off: every vendor is set up for both lanes, and each delivery is marked consignment or wholesale as it's received. Start by asking the vendors most likely to say yes (high-velocity SKUs, growing brands, anyone tired of chasing payment) — we'll help you sort them.