--- title: "Shopify B2B Agency in Chicago" url: https://www.uncap.com/shopify-agency/chicago-illinois published: 2026-07-15 updated: 2026-07-15 summary: "Uncap is a Chicago-headquartered Shopify B2B ecommerce agency serving Chicagoland manufacturers, industrial distributors, and wholesale brands. We build unified B2B and DTC commerce on Shopify Plus: company pricing, customer catalogs, net terms, quick ordering, and real-time ERP integration with SAP, Infor, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics, Acumatica, and NetSuite. Headquartered at 8770 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago and operating since 2013, Uncap serves operators across Chicagoland and nationwide." --- # Shopify B2B Agency in Chicago > Uncap is a Chicago-headquartered Shopify B2B ecommerce agency serving Chicagoland manufacturers, industrial distributors, and wholesale brands. We build unified B2B and DTC commerce on Shopify Plus: company pricing, customer catalogs, net terms, quick ordering, and real-time ERP integration with SAP, Infor, Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics, Acumatica, and NetSuite. Headquartered at 8770 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Chicago and operating since 2013, Uncap serves operators across Chicagoland and nationwide. Uncap's office sits at 8770 West Bryn Mawr Ave, a few miles from O'Hare, and every manufacturer or distributor Uncap builds for anywhere in the country gets served by a team headquartered right here. Chicago isn't a market Uncap expanded into. It's the one Uncap has always worked from, which means the deepest bench, the most project history, and a customer base across this metro spanning manufacturing, industrial distribution, and wholesale trade wider than almost anywhere else on Uncap's map. Uncap is a Shopify B2B agency and Platinum Partner built for manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers doing $2 million to $50 million in revenue, connecting Shopify to the ERP you already run instead of asking you to replace it. ## Home Market, Not a New One Chicago's manufacturing and distribution base doesn't run on one dominant vertical. Industrial suppliers, electrical distributors, machinery dealers, general wholesalers, and manufacturers producing everything from components to finished goods all operate in the same metro, often within a few exits of each other on the same expressway. Customers across that mix order by account, expect net terms, and call a rep directly when a job needs material today, not after a website figures out who they are. Buyers here are also further along than most cities Uncap works in. Searches for "netsuite chicago" carry real volume and real cost per click, meaning Chicago buyers already know ERP integration is a category, not a mystery someone has to explain to them first. That's a different starting point than a market where a distributor has never thought past a basic storefront. It also means the bar for a credible partner is higher: buyers here can tell the difference between a generic Shopify build and one that actually understands account hierarchy and ERP sync. Search "web design company Chicago" and the results are a deep, competitive field, dozens of agencies with real portfolios and strong reviews. Account-based B2B pricing, ERP-driven inventory, and the credit terms a manufacturer or distributor runs on sit outside the scope most of those shops are built for, a different kind of engagement than a marketing site or storefront redesign. A well-designed site that can't see your inventory or your customer-specific pricing isn't running your commerce. It's a brochure with a cart attached, and someone on your team ends up reconciling the difference by hand. ## The Pieces of a Chicago Build Everything starts with Uncap Commerce: launching on Shopify for the first time, moving off a legacy platform, or unifying a DTC channel and a B2B channel that operate separately today. This stage covers architecture, data migration, and ERP work, not merely the storefront's appearance. The layer a Chicago manufacturer or distributor deals with daily is [Uncap Connect](https://www.uncap.com/products/connect), a native, embedded integration between Shopify and your back office that stays ERP-agnostic instead of assuming you're on NetSuite the way a generic connector might, including Epicor's Prophet 21 (P21), one of the systems common among Chicago's manufacturers and industrial distributors. Inventory, customer-specific pricing, and credit terms sync in real time, so a buyer never lands on a price your ERP hasn't already confirmed, and accounts requiring EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) for purchase orders and advance ship notices route through that same layer. Two products build on top of that foundation: [Uncap Quotes](https://www.uncap.com/products/quotes) handles the request-for-quote workflow that manufacturing and distribution never fully move past, building, sending, revising, and converting quotes into orders inside the admin your reps already use, and [Uncap Portal](https://www.uncap.com/products/portal) gives repeat distributor and dealer accounts a private ordering door, order history, account-specific pricing, and quick reorder on the parts they buy constantly. Nothing here is bolted onto a template. It's shaped around how a Chicago manufacturer or distributor actually sells: by account, by warehouse, and by relationship. ## Why Work With a Chicago-Based Shopify B2B Agency Instead of a Remote One? Because ERP and account-pricing work goes faster when the team building it can sit in your office instead of guessing from a video call. Uncap's Chicago team can walk a client's shop floor mid-project, not just at kickoff, which matters more once account hierarchies and warehouse-level inventory get complicated. ## What It's Like to Work With the Home Team Uncap has held Shopify Platinum Partner status since 2013 and has now completed more than 380 B2B commerce projects, nearly all of it directed from this office. A build typically runs through three stages: architecture and data mapping, storefront and B2B account setup, then ERP sync and go-live, staged through a sandbox so cutover isn't the first real test of anything. Manufacturers or distributors already running Prophet 21 rarely get stuck on the ERP itself. The real work sits in the account-specific pricing, the credit terms, and warehouse or production-level inventory a generic integration was never built to read, exactly the gap Uncap Connect closes. ## A Metro Wide Enough to Cover Almost Every Vertical Chicago's diversified base is exactly why Uncap doesn't lock into one industry here. Uncap's [industry pages](https://www.uncap.com/industries) span Building & Construction, Electrical & Electronics, Industrial Machinery, Auto Parts & Aftermarket, Janitorial & Safety, Medical & Dental, and more, all resting on the same foundation: Shopify B2B infrastructure wired into whatever ERP the business already runs, Prophet 21, NetSuite, SAP, or something else entirely. A Chicago business manufacturing components, distributing electrical or industrial supply, or moving general wholesale goods through a warehouse ends up with a similar account structure and pricing tier setup even though the product on the floor looks nothing alike. Uncap's [solutions for manufacturers](https://www.uncap.com/solutions/manufacturing) reflect that same logic: production-to-order visibility, order routing, dealer and account tiers, and reorder points shaped around how manufacturing actually runs, not a B2C template wearing a wholesale label. ## The First 90 Days, Home Field or Not The actual barrier for most Chicago manufacturers and distributors isn't wanting a better system. It's not knowing what step one looks like without disrupting operations that never really slow down. Uncap starts with discovery and data mapping, reviewing your ERP, pricing structure, account hierarchy, and SKU or BOM catalog to map exactly what moves to Shopify. Next comes the storefront and B2B account build, where company accounts, customer-specific price lists, and net terms get configured around your existing structure rather than a generic checkout. Third is ERP sync and testing, run inside a sandbox first so pricing, inventory, and order flow are verified against real data before anything touches a live order. Last is go-live with parallel support, your team working exactly as they do today while the online side comes up beside them, backed by a team based a few miles from your operation rather than on the other end of a video call. None of it requires ripping out Prophet 21 or whatever your business already runs on. [Uncap's guide to ecommerce for manufacturers](https://www.uncap.com/post/ecommerce-for-manufacturers) goes deeper into what this looks like once a manufacturer moves online. ## Talk to Uncap About Your Chicago Business Chicago is Uncap's home turf, and the commerce approach reflects that: [Shopify B2B](https://www.shopify.com/b2b) infrastructure wired into the ERP you already run, not a template storefront that can't see how your accounts actually work. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Uncap actually based in Chicago? Yes. Uncap's headquarters sits at 8770 West Bryn Mawr Ave, and the team building B2B commerce for manufacturers and distributors nationwide works out of that office. For a Chicago business, the people on your project are a short drive away, not a time zone removed. ### What size manufacturers and distributors does Uncap work with in Chicago? The target range is $2 million to $50 million in annual revenue, big enough that a template Shopify build won't hold up, small enough that a six-figure enterprise implementation doesn't make sense. That range covers a large share of Chicago's independent manufacturing and distribution businesses. ### Does Uncap only work with companies already on Shopify? No. Businesses arrive at every stage, some new to Shopify entirely, some migrating off an older platform, some already live and needing ERP integration or B2B functionality layered in. Uncap Commerce covers the launch or migration; Uncap Connect handles the ERP side once you're live. ### How long does a Shopify B2B build take for a manufacturer or distributor with an ERP already in place? It mostly depends on the ERP, how complex your SKU or BOM structure is, and how clean your existing pricing and account data already are. Most mid-market builds run through three stages instead of one continuous project. Uncap's team can scope a real number once they see your ERP and product catalog. ### Does it matter that Chicago buyers already understand ERP integration? Yes, in a practical way. Searches like netsuite chicago carry real volume here, meaning most Chicago manufacturers and distributors already know ERP-synced commerce is a category. That raises the bar for a credible partner: buyers can tell the difference between a generic Shopify build and one that actually understands account hierarchy, credit terms, and real-time ERP sync, which is exactly where Uncap Connect is built to operate.