Network shelf

A network shelf is the invisible space inside a shop where partner stock from an inventory network appears for sale, kept strictly separate from the shop's own stock.

Stock on the network shelf is available to sell to customers but is never counted in the shop's own inventory figures. This 'push, never pull' separation prevents double-counting and circular supply, where two shops each assume the other holds a unit.

Customers and staff see no difference — the network shelf is invisible by design. It is simply how a shop taps into a wider catalogue than it could ever hold alone.

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