For pro shops and golf clubs
You can get goods onto the shelf without buying them first. Consignment means the manufacturer owns the goods until they are sold, and that you pay for what actually went across the counter.
How your shop gets access
Pro shops get access through the club's own email domain. Once the domain is approved, staff with an address on it can get in without each user waiting for manual review.
Access is personal, and the company is liable for what its approved users do. Two staff in the same shop can each have their own account.
Sales, stock and reconciliation
You record sales as they happen. Stock is a series of entries rather than a number that gets corrected, so it can always be explained why it says what it says.
Stock is reconciled periodically against what you have counted. Discrepancies must be explained before the reconciliation is closed, and the settlement for the period's sales is drawn up afterwards.
Two assistants can sell at the same time without selling the same last item twice.
Payment
You pay the manufacturer directly by ordinary bank transfer. The platform receives no money and holds no card details.
The settlement gathers the amount, account number and payment reference in one place. If the manufacturer changes account shortly before a payment, you get a warning — that is the situation invoice fraud exploits.
Wholesale, when it suits better
If you would rather buy the goods, you can order them as wholesale at the stated wholesale price. You then own them from delivery and carry the risk of selling them on.
The two forms sit side by side on the product, because they are alternatives to one another.