What Does BigCommerce B2B Edition Mean For Commerce?

B2B eCommerce is a large but very poorly understood industry in which there is so much complexity and very few solutions to help alleviate that complexity.

Most of the eCommerce platforms are solutions that are generally expensive like Adobe Commerce, SAP Hybris, Salesforce Cloud Craze, Oracle Commerce, Optimizely (Formerly Insite), and other expensive platforms to implement.

Shopify has taken a large chunk of the B2C platform space because of its simplicity and lower cost of ownership relative to other platforms. Unfortunately, Shopify is not very well designed for B2B and is a long way away from solving B2B eCommerce.

Hence B2B Edition for BigCommerce! BigCommerce is by far the closest solution to Shopify in that it’s a true SaaS that auto-updates and requires little to no attention to maintain. It’s easy to use and learn just like Shopify. With B2B edition you can now use a simple software that is as easy as Shopify to power your B2B business.

This is truly a game-changer for B2B eCommerce because the cost of ownership can now be dramatically lower.

What Does B2B Edition Give You?

Lower Cost Of Entry.

Rather than spending money on a complex system, you can quickly implement a SaaS with out of the box ready to go B2B features!

A Scalable SaaS Solution

This is a true SaaS solution with no upgrade costs! Something the B2B world isn’t used to. This dramatically lowers cost of ownership and can scale to massive heights!

Price lists and customer groups
Use price lists to give B2B customers a B2C-level experience with custom pricing at the SKU level for segmented customer groups.

Corporate account management
With B2B edition, you can set up multiple tiers of buyers with specific roles and permissions to access catered catalogs, payment options, and fulfillment speeds.

Restricted log-in
Segment your customers for pricing, product access, and promotions without having to maintain a second site. Guest and B2C users can also apply for a corporate account.

Invoice portal
Offering a variety of payment options will substantially increase revenue and client satisfaction. Allow customers to easily manage and pay invoices online with a credit card, ACH, purchase order or other payment methods.

Sales representative masquerade
Log in on behalf of a company, access shopping lists, add products to the cart and complete placement of the order. Reduce buyer friction by adding items to the cart remotely so your buyers just have to pay.

Sales representative quoting
Sales representatives can create a quote and provide additional discounts to customers on top of pre-arranged pricing. This is a game-changer for getting sales representatives more involved in the eCommerce process and experience!

Shared shopping lists
B2B buyers have complicated order patterns. Manage and save multiple shopping lists, save these for future use and seamlessly purchase previously liked products.

Buy again
Company users can view all past purchases and easily order again. Buy again functionality is critical for B2B users who want to simply buy what they did again hassle-free and without spending a lot of time.

Payment method visibility control
Repeat and trusted customers can be approved for purchase order payments meaning larger orders can be placed now and paid for later.

B2B Themes
You can choose from approved B2B eCommerce themes that normally come at additional costs!

In conclusion, B2B Edition is a massive game-changer for B2B businesses and Commerce.
It’s a new era for manufacturers and distributors – selling online isn’t a choice anymore. Enable a better B2B eCommerce experience by utilizing Bigcommerce’s robust B2B feature set specifically curated for the modern B2B customer.

If you are a distributor or manufacturer you should absolutely be considering BigCommerce for your future eCommerce platform! Check out our BigCommerce services page to see how we can help or Contact Us to get started right away.