For PPB-licensed pharmacies
ShelfLink is Kenya’s compliant B2B marketplace connecting PPB-licensed retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, and wholesalers. Turn slow-moving inventory into working capital—with every order verified by a licensed wholesale partner before delivery.
Free to join. Takes 3 minutes with your PPB license number.
Two counters
For sellers
List slow-moving, sealed medicines with 90+ days remaining before they become a dead loss.
Skip NEMA/PPB destruction costs by moving stock to high-turnover clinics and hospitals that can dispense it quickly.
Funds are locked in regulated escrow before dispatch and released straight to your till/account upon delivery.
For buyers
Buy authentic, short-dated medicines at 15%–40% below standard wholesale prices for fast-moving outpatient counters.
Find hard-to-get or out-of-stock SKUs from verified facilities in your area without waiting days for distributor restocks.
Every order passes physical batch, seal, and expiry verification by a licensed partner wholesaler before reaching your door.
For sellers
Use your own figures. Nothing you enter is stored or sent.
You recover
KES 75,000
Before the ShelfLink fee, if the full quantity sells.
How it works
Sign up with your PPB premises license and superintendent pharmacist details. We verify every account against the PPB register before granting marketplace access.
Sellers upload sealed, original-pack medicines with at least 90 days to expiry. Buyers browse nearby stock by molecule, brand, batch expiry, and discount.
Once an order is placed, our licensed partner wholesaler inspects the physical stock to confirm intact seals, batch numbers, expiry dates, and proper storage.
Buyers pay securely via M-Pesa into regulated escrow. Once your pharmacy confirms delivery and inspects the handover, funds are released to the seller.
Order journey
Six stages from request to payout. The money stays in escrow until the buyer accepts the stock.
A verified buyer picks a listing and confirms the quantity. The batch number and expiry date on the listing are recorded on the order.
The buyer pays by M-Pesa into regulated escrow. The seller dispatches only once the payment is secured.
Our licensed partner wholesaler checks the physical packs: intact seals, batch numbers, expiry dates and proper storage.
Only stock that passes inspection is delivered to the buyer’s pharmacy.
If packs are damaged or the expiry is shorter than listed, the buyer refuses the handover. The stock is returned and escrow is refunded in full.
Once delivery is confirmed, funds are released to the seller’s till or account. The invoice and batch movement log are ready for PPB inspection.
Each order produces a digital invoice and a batch movement log. Sample shown: names, prices and times are illustrative.
Digital invoice
INV-SL-20481
Amoxicillin 500mg capsules
100 capsules · Batch AMX-44192 · Exp 14 Aug 2027
40 packs × KES 612
KES 24,480
Reference wholesale price KES 850 per pack · 28% below
Batch movement log
Batch AMX-44192
Guardrails
No medicine with fewer than 90 days remaining can be listed, ensuring ample time for safe patient dispensing.
We only allow unopened, original manufacturer packs. Controlled substances (narcotics/psychotropics), cold-chain items, and recalled batches are strictly prohibited.
All transactions are routed through and inspected by a PPB-licensed wholesale partner to maintain proper channel compliance.
Every trade generates a digital invoice and batch movement log ready for PPB inspection at any time.
Before you register
Yes. Unlike informal peer-to-peer swaps, every transaction on ShelfLink is verified, documented, and routed through our PPB-licensed wholesale partner with full batch-level audit trails.
When a buyer places an order, they pay via M-Pesa into a regulated escrow account. The seller only dispatches once payment is secured, and funds are only released after the buyer confirms the stock arrived in good condition.
Do not accept the handover. Flag the discrepancy immediately upon delivery—your escrow payment stays protected and is refunded in full while the stock is returned.
Listing stock and browsing the marketplace is completely free. ShelfLink only charges a small transaction fee upon a successful, completed delivery.
Contact
Ask about compliance, the wholesale inspection or payouts. Hospital procurement leads can book a 10-minute demo.
Join verified pharmacies and clinics across Nairobi trading smarter and safer.