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Afosto
For wholesalers

Your wholesale business in one system, from order to bookkeeping

Business customers order at their own prices, the warehouse picks with a scanner and the order lands as a sales order in Exact Online. Afosto is the wholesale software that ties order flow, stock and administration together.

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Exact Online
Bol.com
Lightspeed
Kaufland
afosto.app
Your wholesale business in one system, from order to bookkeeping

The wholesalers and retailers running their operation on Afosto

Trusted by ambitious retailers

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  • Kienhorst & Gruppelaar V.O.F.
  • Tuinmaak
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  • Azalp Group BV
  • Azul Trading BV
  • Bartels Sport
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  • Chabot Fashion Stores B.V.
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  • De Welzijnwinkel
  • F.R.M.
  • Francisbyfb
  • Funsport Makkum Windsurf shop
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  • Mauré B.V.
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  • Sideways Europe B.V.
  • Solvra B.V.
  • Stalwereld B.V.
  • TripleFabrics B.V.
  • van der Garde Tuinmeubelen
  • White
  • Woudstra Schoenmode
  • Xess International B.V.
  • Jambelle (Assen)
  • Onderdelenhuis Boverhof
  • Phone City B.V.
  • Superstellar
  • Supportho Medical B.V.
  • USA Engines B.V.
  • Homeopathie Regentesse BV
  • Polymeds B.V.
  • Confetti
  • Earsafety Sound Protection
  • Elite Toys B.V.
  • GGZ Friesland
  • iRepair
  • Kienhorst & Gruppelaar V.O.F.
  • Tuinmaak
  • ACR Reijnders B.V.
  • Azalp Group BV
  • Azul Trading BV
  • Bartels Sport
  • Bos Men&Women
  • Chabot Fashion Stores B.V.
  • DBM BV
  • De Welzijnwinkel
  • F.R.M.
  • Francisbyfb
  • Funsport Makkum Windsurf shop
  • Hey!Hallyu
  • Hummelink-modifications | Nils Hummelink
  • Kae
  • Kledingcalculator.nl
  • Korenbeurs Partijverkoop
  • Mauré B.V.
  • Plebs & Snobs
  • Sideways Europe B.V.
  • Solvra B.V.
  • Stalwereld B.V.
  • TripleFabrics B.V.
  • van der Garde Tuinmeubelen
  • White
  • Woudstra Schoenmode
  • Xess International B.V.
  • Jambelle (Assen)
  • Onderdelenhuis Boverhof
  • Phone City B.V.
  • Superstellar
  • Supportho Medical B.V.
  • USA Engines B.V.
  • Homeopathie Regentesse BV
  • Polymeds B.V.

What is wholesale software?

Wholesale software is software that supports the full operation of a wholesaler: business customers ordering at their own agreed prices, orders running through a warehouse in volume, and invoices landing in the bookkeeping. That is something different from a consumer webshop with a password in front of it. In Afosto the B2B side is part of the platform itself:

Mostly want to know what the ordering portal looks like for your customers? That story is on the page about the B2B webshop. Below is the wholesale side: what happens between order and bookkeeping.

Organisations as customers

in Afosto a company is an organisation with its own addresses, VAT and Chamber of Commerce details and several contacts. A buyer logs in and picks which company they order on behalf of

Own prices and terms

every organisation has a price list or set of price rules attached, from fixed net prices to volume discounts. When something changes, open baskets are recalculated with the new prices straight away

Warehouse and bookkeeping connected

pick lists come from the same order flow as your webshop and till, and opened orders go to Exact Online as a sales order

How it works

An order from a regular customer, step by step

Take a regular customer ordering forty boxes at their own agreed price. This is what happens in Afosto, and what you do not have to do anything for.

  1. Step 1

    The customer orders at their own prices

    The buyer logs in and picks which company they are acting on behalf of. From that moment everything is calculated with the price list and price rules of that organisation: fixed net prices, volume discounts from a certain quantity, or a promotion for customers with a label.

    The customer orders at their own prices
  2. Step 2

    A quote first? That works too

    For larger requests you build the order up as a draft order and email it as a quote, with an expiry date you set yourself. Agreed? Then you open the order and it takes the same route as any other order: reserve, pick, invoice.

    A quote first? That works too
  3. Step 3

    The warehouse picks in groups

    The pick list groups lines by item and position, so your picker walks past a rack only once, even when there are several orders in one round. Scanning confirms the item and shows the next position straight away. Forty boxes are forty scans that way, not forty slips of paper.

    The warehouse picks in groups
  4. Step 4

    Shipping from the right location

    Shipping can happen from several warehouses or an external location like a dropship partner; per order line you steer where it comes from. On packing, the shipping label rolls out and the customer gets their track and trace.

    Shipping from the right location
  5. Step 5

    The bookkeeping updates itself

    As soon as the order is opened, Afosto posts it as a sales order in Exact Online and finds the right debtor automatically. Warehouses are linked to Exact locations and the stock is fully reconciled periodically. No exports, no retyping.

    The bookkeeping updates itself
    afosto.app
    The bookkeeping updates itself
    Exact Online

Every step can also be driven through the API: create orders, calculate prices, read out pick lists. Handy if you build your own ordering portal or integration.

B2B in the platform

What a wholesaler needs on top of that

No plugins or custom work bolted onto a consumer platform, but functionality that is already in there.

On account, with insight into the balance

Per order you set payment terms: a payment period, instalments or a fixed condition as a template. How much an organisation has outstanding in orders that are not yet covered you can request at any moment, down to the order. When it builds up, you block an organisation for new transactions.

  • Payment terms and conditions per order or as a template
  • Outstanding balance per organisation, including the orders behind it
  • Block an organisation on arrears or fraud

Outstanding balance

Per organisation

On accountInstalmentsBlocking possible

Multiple warehouses, one stock view

Every warehouse has its own positions (shelves and bins) and its own safety stock. External locations like a dropship partner are set up as a warehouse too. Per order line you decide where it ships from, and that can be changed as long as nothing has been allocated yet.

  • Positions per warehouse for targeted picking
  • External and dropship locations as a full warehouse
  • Ship-from routable per order line

Ship-from

Per order line

Own warehousesDropshipSafety stock

Purchasing that connects to your suppliers

Replenishment starts with a replenishment order: what needs topping up, for which warehouse. You then place it with the supplier through the connection set up for them, for example as a purchase order in Exact Online or as a confirmation email. That way purchasing is part of the same administration as sales.

  • Replenishment orders per warehouse
  • Push through as a purchase order to Exact Online
  • Or as an order confirmation by email to the supplier

Purchase order

To Exact

ReplenishmentPer supplierSame administration

Marketplaces and webshops on top

Selling through bol.com, Kaufland or an existing webshop on Lightspeed, Shopify or WooCommerce alongside B2B? Orders come into the same order flow, and stock and shipping status go back to the channel automatically. Kaufland even gets the invoice PDF with it.

  • Orders from bol.com, Kaufland, Lightspeed, Shopify, WooCommerce and more
  • Stock updated automatically per channel
  • Shipping status and track and trace back to the platform

Platform connections

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Wholesale on Afosto

The whole chain in one administration

Platform connections, from Exact Online to bol.com and Kaufland

Order flow for B2B portal, till, marketplaces and API

Transaction fees on top of your own PSP or carrier contract

API

Everything the UI can do, the API can do too

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about wholesale software

The questions wholesalers ask us most often before they switch.

What is wholesale software?

Software that supports the full operation of a wholesaler: business customers with their own agreed prices and payment terms, orders running through a warehouse in volume, stock across several locations and invoicing towards the bookkeeping. In Afosto that sits in one platform: organisations, price lists, pick lists and the Exact Online connection work on the same order flow, without loose plugins or syncing in between.

Can I combine B2B and B2C on Afosto?

Yes. Consumers are contacts, companies are organisations, and both order through the same order flow with the same stock. Customer-specific prices only apply to customers you have attached a price list or price rule to; everyone without their own agreements simply pays your standard prices. A buyer who belongs to several companies picks which organisation they act on behalf of when logging in.

Can my customer order on account?

Yes. Per order you set payment terms, such as a payment period or instalments, on their own or through a preset template. The outstanding balance of an organisation, the value of orders not yet paid or covered, can be requested per customer, including the orders underneath. On arrears or misuse you block an organisation for new transactions.

Does Afosto work together with Exact Online?

Yes. As soon as an order is opened, Afosto posts it as a sales order in Exact Online and links it to the right debtor through a fixed search order. Warehouses in Afosto are linked to locations in Exact, and the stock is fully reconciled periodically. Purchasing connects too: you place a replenishment order as a purchase order in Exact. That way the bookkeeping stays current without exports or manual entry.

How do I set up different prices per customer?

With two building blocks you use separately or together. A price list holds fixed prices per item and is attached to the organisation: that customer always pays those prices, in the webshop, at the till and through the API. Price rules are conditional: a volume discount from a certain quantity, a discount for organisations with a certain label, or a promotion within a period. The rule builder lets you combine those conditions.

Can I make quotes in Afosto?

Yes. You build the request up as a draft order and send it by email as a quote, with an expiry date you set yourself and extend if needed. If the customer accepts, you open the order and it moves on automatically to reservation, picking and invoicing. There is no separate quote module you have to retype into an order later: it is the same order, from request to invoice.

Put your wholesale business on one system

Create a free account and rebuild your first order, from price agreement to pick list. Or book a demo and we will walk through your current order route together.

4.3·on Googlebased on 22 reviews