Inventory purchasing for consumer brands

We buy your inventory. You pay us when it sells.

StockWise pays your suppliers in full and owns your stock until the moment it sells. No debt on your balance sheet. No daily cut of your revenue while containers are still at sea.

PO funding from €25k to €1M · terms fixed before we buy anything · Amsterdam

QLS · Partner J&J · Partner Monta Active Ants Amazon FBA bol.com LVB Shopify + other major 3PLs
Owned by StockWise until sold
Unit economicsWorked example
Landed cost per unit paid by StockWise on day 0 €10.40
Agreed markup 2.5% / month × 3 months held €0.78
You pay us, at the moment of sale €11.18
Your selling price you sell as normal, your channels €29.95
Margin you keep, per unit €18.77

Illustrative. Your markup is agreed per month and fixed in writing before we place a single purchase order.

€5M+inventory funded to date
178+WMS integrations supported
6 daystypical onboarding, 3PL to first PO
2024founded in Amsterdam
01 · The problem

Cash in containers, or a cut of every sale.

Growing a product brand means placing bigger purchase orders, months before the revenue arrives. Right now you have two ways to fund that gap, and both hurt.

Option one: use your own cash. Your working capital sits in a container for 60–90 days. You can't spend it on marketing, hiring, or the next order. Growth waits for the boat.

Option two: revenue-based financing. A provider advances you the money and starts deducting a fixed percentage of your daily revenue from day one. You're repaying stock that hasn't landed, from sales of stock you bought last season.

We built StockWise because a third option should exist: repayment that starts when the inventory actually sells, and not a day earlier.

what day-one deductions actually cost
Advance for a new purchase order€100,000
Daily revenue deduction10%
Your revenue while goods are at sea€3,000 / day
Days until that stock is sellable75
Repaid before one funded unit sells−€22,500

A quarter of the advance leaves your account before the goods it paid for earn a single euro. That cash came out of your existing margin.

Cash leaving your account, first 90 days

Revenue-based financing StockWise
GOODS AT SEA: NOTHING SELLABLE YET €0 €10k €20k €30k DAY 0 30 60 90 DAY 75: STOCK ARRIVES & SELLS −€22,500 repaid before a funded unit sells €0 until your stock starts selling

Same €100,000 purchase order, same 75-day lead time, same €3,000/day of existing revenue. With StockWise, repayment tracks units sold, funded by the sale itself, not by your existing margin.

02 · How it works

Four steps. The stock pays for itself.

2.1

Connect your 3PL

A read-only connection to your fulfilment software shows us your real sales velocity and stock levels: the numbers, not a pitch deck. No lengthy underwriting, no personal guarantees. Read-only means exactly that: we can't touch orders, pricing, or customer data.

2.2

We buy from your supplier

You place the purchase order you actually need; we pay your supplier in full, directly. Your supplier relationship stays yours: same contacts, same negotiated pricing.

2.3

We own the stock until it sells

The inventory sits in your 3PL and sells through your channels as normal. Legally it's ours, which means it's not debt, not a loan, and not on your balance sheet.

2.4

You pay per unit sold

As units sell, you pay us the cost price plus a monthly markup that was fixed in your agreement before we bought anything. Slow month? You automatically pay less. Fast month? You've got the margin to cover it.

03 · The platform

Both of us see the same numbers, all the time.

Your dashboard shows what we own, what sold, and what's owed, reconciled daily against your 3PL data. No invoices to chase, no month-end surprises, no spreadsheet arguments.

04 · Compare

The honest comparison.

Revenue-based financing is a real product that works for some businesses. Here's where the models differ, so you can decide which one matches how your cash actually moves.

Criterion StockWise Revenue-based financing
Repayment starts When a funded unit sells Day one, before the stock has landed
Repayment tied to Units actually sold, cost + agreed markup A fixed daily percentage of all revenue
Balance sheet impact None: we own the stock, so it's not your debt An advance or loan on your books
A slow sales month You pay less that month, automatically Daily deduction continues on whatever you sell
Personal guarantee Never Sometimes required, read the fine print
Cost structure Monthly markup, fixed in writing before purchase ¹ Fixed fee percentage, owed regardless of sell-through

¹ Based on a typical client agreement. Your exact markup depends on product category and sell-through history, and is agreed before any purchase order is placed. No fee has ever been changed mid-agreement.

“Our March order was our biggest ever and our bank balance didn't notice. That sentence would have been science fiction a year ago.” Sportief, distributor of Everlast · StockWise client since 2024
05 · Who it's for

A good fit is easy to spot.

And to be clear about who we can't help: if you don't hold physical inventory (services, software, dropshipping), we're not useful to you. No hard feelings.
  • E-commerce or DTC consumer brand selling through your own store, bol.com, Amazon, or retail.
  • Roughly €1M+ in annual revenue: enough sales history for us to read your velocity with confidence.
  • Fulfilment through a 3PL we can connect to, so the data does the underwriting.
  • Repeat-purchase inventory with proven sell-through: reorders we can forecast, not one-off bets.
06 · Questions, answered plainly
Who actually owns the stock?

We do, from the moment we pay your supplier until the moment a unit sells. It sits in your 3PL and sells through your channels exactly as before; ownership is a legal and accounting matter, not an operational one. This is why nothing lands on your balance sheet as debt.

What does it cost?

Cost price plus a monthly markup, agreed in writing before we place any purchase order. The markup depends on your product category and sell-through history. There are no origination fees, no daily deductions, and no penalty for a slow month: you simply pay as units sell.

How much will you fund?

Purchase orders from €25,000 up to €1,000,000, and most clients run several POs at once. The ceiling grows with your sell-through history: the data earns you the headroom.

What if the stock doesn't sell?

We only buy inventory your own sales history supports: that's what the 3PL connection is for. If a line sells slower than forecast, your repayment slows with it; that's the model working, not breaking. What happens to stock that stays unsold beyond an agreed horizon is set out in your agreement upfront, so there are no surprises on either side.

What data do you need from my 3PL?

Read-only access to sales velocity, stock levels, and inbound shipments. We don't need your customer data, your ad accounts, or your bank login. The connection takes an afternoon on most platforms, and everything is processed within the EU under GDPR.

How fast is onboarding?

Typically six working days from connecting your 3PL to the first purchase order being paid. Most of that is us agreeing terms with you, not paperwork.

Do you take equity?

No. No equity, no warrants, no board seat, no personal guarantee. We make money one way: the agreed markup on inventory that sells.

  07 · Talk to us

Tell us what you're ordering next.

You'll hear from us within one working day, from a person, not a sequence. First call is 20 minutes: your numbers, our model, and whether they fit.

Before you ask: the 3PL connection is read-only, your data stays in the EU under GDPR, and nothing is shared with anyone. Terms in writing before any commitment.
StockWise B.V.
Bos en Lommerplein 280
1055 RW Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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