The lot isn't inventory. It's the order, the price, the COA, and the audit trail.
Most B2B cannabis platforms treat a lot like a bin count.
How many units are available. Maybe a harvest date. Move on.
But cannabis operators don't buy bins. They buy lots. And a lot carries a lot more than quantity.
It carries a lot number — the one that needs to appear on the order so the buyer can trace it back. It carries COA-validated THC %. It carries lot-specific pricing — whether that's a bulk discount or a lot premium when the numbers warrant it. It carries reservation status when product is partially committed. It's the connective thread between what's in the facility and what shows up on an invoice.
When your platform doesn't expose that — when the lot ends at the inventory screen and doesn't follow the order — operators start asking for workarounds. Expose the lot number here. Tie the discount to the lot, not the SKU. Show me what's reserved versus what's actually available.
We hear versions of this from operators constantly. Not as complaints about missing features. As questions that reveal a deeper problem: their platform treats the lot as inventory data. SellStack treats it as commercial data.
The lot is where the transaction lives. Everything else is just a container.