Guides
Offering net terms as a CPG supplier, without the risk
How CPG brands, co-manufacturers and ingredient suppliers offer NET-30 to NET-90 without wrecking cash flow: what buyers expect, and how to offload them.
Retailer deductions and chargebacks, explained
What deductions are, why a CPG invoice rarely settles at face value, how to reserve and dispute, and how to keep cash flow independent of the reconciliation.
From container to shelf: the durable goods cash cycle, explained
How money moves for electronics, furniture and appliance suppliers — deposits, transit, retailer terms, sell-through, returns — and the leg trade credit covers.
EPC and developer payment cycles, explained
How money moves from developer to EPC to supplier: milestone draws, retainage, pay-when-paid — and why supplier invoices wait 60–90 days for project cash.
Payment chains on hyperscaler-backed projects
How money moves from hyperscaler to GC to electrical contractor to supplier on data center builds — and why supplier invoices sit at the end of the chain.
Long-lead equipment deposits: financing the wait
Switchgear and transformers book deposits quarters before delivery. What that does to supplier and contractor cash, and how trade credit bridges the gap.
Offering net terms as a solar distributor, without the risk
How solar equipment distributors offer NET-30 to NET-120 without wrecking cash flow: what terms buyers expect, what they cost, and how to offload them.
Cash flow around tax-credit and incentive timing
How the ITC, transferability deals and state incentives set the dates real money arrives on solar projects — and how that timing hits supplier receivables.
Getting started as a buyer
Approved to buy on terms? How credit decisions, due dates and payments to Yellowpay work — and what changes at the counter or the dock (nothing).
Getting started as a supplier
Already qualified? How to connect your invoicing, set buyer terms, and fund your first invoice with Yellowpay.
Pay-when-paid clauses, explained
What a pay-when-paid clause means, whether it's enforceable, and how construction suppliers protect their receivables from it.