B2B webshop platform

We all know a webshop: an online shopping environment where customers can order products or services. Whereas a B2C webshop is for consumers, a B2B webshop is for companies. A B2B webshop is a business webshop for sales between companies. Here, entrepreneurs sell products or services to each other in a business e-commerce environment.

To create a B2B webshop, you need software. Software is the foundation of every web portal. A simple webshop application can sometimes be developed in-house, but for B2B applications there are often specific requirements that make software development complex. Unlike B2C, you have to deal with bulk packaging, graduated calculations, repetitive orders or connections to the administrative systems of a company. With B2B, you have customers with different prices, agreements and contracts. Also, interfaces with ERP (transactional data), PIM/DAM (product data) and CRM (customer data) systems are important.

The next step is the platform. What kind of platform are you going to offer your B2B shop on? If you choose SaaS software, you don’t have to worry about all that yourself. SaaS stands for Software as a Service. You pay a periodic subscription fee to the SaaS provider for the purchase of the software platform. Hosting and maintenance are included. Another option is to purchase open source software. Open source is source code that is made freely available on the Internet. You can further modify this code yourself, but you must also maintain the continued development and maintenance of the platform yourself.

Furthermore, there are choices to be made between an open platform or a platform with a login. An open webshop platform is a web portal that is visible and accessible to everyone. This is particularly useful for entrepreneurs who offer standard business products without too much customization. With a closed platform, users can only access the order portal after logging in. There are many companies that appreciate a closed web shop channel for their customers. In such a closed customer portal, customers can find their own products and order history, sometimes even in the look and feel of their own company.

Ordering certain business products online requires customization. For example, in the online ordering process of printing, a manufactured product that consists of many choice options in the ordering process. A customer chooses in the online shop from the many options to compose the product, such as size, material or weight. Often the product can be personalized with a new design. Consider a flyer or business card with a personalized design. After placing the order, a supplier begins producing the product. All this makes a webshop for printing a custom B2B webshop.

Do you want a specialist in the field of a custom B2B printing webshop? Then Prindustry is the right partner!
This software developer is market leader in the BeNeLux with webshops for printing. The software is specially developed for graphic entrepreneurs. This means that custom applications for online print sales are standard in the platform. All graduated calculations, product construction, quotation, budget or invoicing modules. Moreover, connections are available with (other) graphic producers. The ordering process is fully automated. It is based on SaaS software. Prindustry takes care of hosting, maintenance and further development of the software.