Field Notes
Insights, guides, and trends from the team building commerce on Shopify, for operators in wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing. New to a term? See the B2B glossary.
Automotive 7 Shopify Apps Every Automotive Store Needs (2026)
Seven Shopify apps automotive sellers actually need: fitment, shipping, mobile app, support, reviews, email and SMS, and paid membership, what each solves.
How Much Does a Shopify Website Cost for B2B? (2026)
Shopify website cost for B2B in 2026: every plan price checked on shopify.com, plus the build, ERP integration, apps and ongoing work most guides leave out.
What Is Quote to Cash? The B2B Process on Shopify
Quote to cash for B2B: how a negotiated quote becomes a Shopify order, an ERP invoice and a payment on net terms, and where the handoffs usually break.
Rebar Weight Chart: Pounds per Foot by Bar Size, and How Rebar Is Priced
Rebar weight chart for ASTM A615 bars #3 to #18 in pounds per foot, with the math from pieces to pounds, hundredweight and tons, and how rebar is priced.
Restricted Use Pesticides: What Dealers Check Before a Sale
What a restricted use pesticide dealer checks before each sale: the label, the buyer's certification, who takes the product, and the Part 171 sale record.
Mill Test Report: What Steel Buyers Expect With Every Order
What a mill test report shows, how to read it, EN 10204 3.1 certificates, Buy America statements, and why buyers expect the MTR for each heat on the order.
What Is a Core Charge? Meaning, Refunds and B2B Rules
What is a core charge? A refundable deposit on parts like alternators and starters. How core refunds work, how states tax them, and how B2B sellers handle them.
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct: What Changes When You Sell B2B on Shopify
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct for distributors and manufacturers selling B2B online: deployment, inventory, pricing, multi-entity, and how each connects to Shopify.
Shopify ERP Integration: When Official Connectors Are Enough
Shopify ERP integration via an official connector works until B2B pricing, credit and order edits hit. What Business Central and M3 document, plus a self-test.
Epicor's Final on-Premises Release and Your Commerce Roadmap
Epicor's final on-premises release for P21 and Kinetic is 2028.1. What changes, what does not, and how to build a storefront integration that survives the move.
Dynamics GP End of Life: Keep Your B2B Storefront Running
Dynamics GP end of life dates, checked against Microsoft, and how distributors selling on Shopify B2B can plan a storefront that survives the ERP move.
ERP APIs Explained: What Each ERP Actually Exposes to an Ecommerce Integration
What P21, SX.e, Kinetic, SyteLine, M3, D365 F&O, Business Central, SAP Business One and Sage 100 actually expose to an ecommerce integration, and their limits.
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