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.
Available to Promise vs on Hand: Why B2B Storefronts Oversell
On hand is a count; available to promise is a commitment. Why B2B storefronts oversell when they sync the wrong number, and how ATP and CTP fix it.
What It Costs to Move a 1M SKU Catalog Onto Shopify
What it costs to move a 1M SKU catalog onto Shopify: the five drivers that set the price, the physics of the load, and how to turn estimates into a quote.
Selling Medical Supplies Online When Every Buyer Has a Contract Price
How medical supply distributors sell online when every account holds a contract price: price-file parity, formulary catalogs, and day-one eligibility.
Quoting on Building Products When Every Job Is a Different Price
Why every building products job prices differently, and how quote-to-order works online: takeoff lists in, versioned quotes out, orders on account terms.
The Best ERPs for Shopify Plus B2B: NetSuite, SAP, Epicor, Infor Visual, and Acumatica Compared
NetSuite, SAP, Epicor, Infor Visual, and Acumatica for Shopify Plus B2B: where each fits, what the integration involves, and two documented live builds.
How Long Does a Shopify B2B Migration Take? 10 to 16 Weeks
A Shopify B2B migration typically takes 10 to 16 weeks, and Uncap's median cutover is around 14 weeks. The five schedule-killers and the parallel-track plan.
Why Is Our Inventory Sync Failing? The Eight Ways Shopify and Your ERP Drift Apart
Eight reasons Shopify and ERP inventory drift apart: sync lag math, two writers, ATP semantics, unit-of-measure errors, dropped events, and the missing audit.
The Shopify ERP Sync Design Spec: Seven Decisions to Make Before Anyone Writes Code
The inventory sync spec to write before code: field ownership, the number you promise, cadence by class, failure behavior, reconciliation, and cutover.
The B2B Store Launched and Nothing Happened: What the First Year Actually Requires
The B2B store is live and orders still arrive by phone. The first year's four jobs: adoption campaigns, channel metrics, the real backlog, and an owner.
The First 90 Days of a Live B2B Store: The Operating Cadence That Decides Everything
The 90-day operating cadence for a live B2B store: three KPIs, three logs, a weekly half hour, a monthly ship, and checkpoints with real decisions attached.
Your Quotes Are Stuck in Email: How to Fix B2B Quoting on Shopify
B2B quotes die in email threads because email has no state: no current version, no status, no expiry. What a real quote workflow needs on Shopify.
Selling Windows and Doors Online: The Supplier's Guide to Configured Ordering
Windows and doors split into three catalogs online: stock, configured, and parts. How suppliers sell each one without living in a manufacturer's portal.
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