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Is Your Sales Process Stuck in the Past?
You're losing efficiency and sales if your B2B customers can't self-serve with the same ease as B2C. Off-the-shelf platforms can't handle your complexity, and manual processes are costing you more than you think.
Inaccurate Quoting
Manual quotes are slow, error-prone, and inconsistent, leading to lost deals and frustrated sales reps who spend more time on paperwork than on selling.
Disconnected Systems
Your current ordering system doesn't talk to your ERP, causing inventory nightmares, incorrect pricing, and manual data entry that wastes countless hours.
B2C Platform Failures
Trying to force a B2C platform to handle contract pricing, tiered accounts, and approval workflows results in clunky workarounds and a poor customer experience.
The Anatomy of a High-Performance B2B Platform
We build custom B2B eCommerce solutions with the specific, enterprise-grade features that manufacturers and distributors need to thrive online.
Custom Quoting & RFQ Management
Empower your sales team and customers with a dynamic quoting engine that handles complex configurations and pricing rules automatically.
- Automate Request for Quote (RFQ) submissions and responses.
- Enable sales reps to build and send quotes from a central dashboard.
- Allow customers to convert approved quotes directly into orders.
Tiered & Customer-Specific Pricing
Display the right price to the right customer, every time. Manage complex pricing contracts and tiers without manual intervention.
- Implement unlimited pricing tiers based on customer groups or volume.
- Sync contract-specific pricing directly from your ERP.
- Manage promotional pricing and discounts with precision.
Bulk Order & Quick Order Forms
Make reordering effortless for your high-volume buyers. Our quick order forms are designed for speed and efficiency, supporting SKU uploads and saved lists.
- Allow customers to order by SKU, part number, or CSV upload.
- Enable quick reordering from past purchase history.
- Create saved order templates for frequent purchases.
Role-Based Access & Approval Workflows
Mirror your company's purchasing hierarchy online. Set up custom roles and approval rules to ensure every order complies with internal policies.
- Define user roles like "Buyer," "Approver," and "Admin."
- Create multi-level approval chains based on order value or product type.
- Provide a central dashboard for managers to review and approve orders.
Net Terms & Credit Limit Management
Extend credit to your valued customers securely. Integrate payment terms and credit limits directly from your accounting system into the checkout process.
- Offer "Pay on Account" options with defined Net 30/60/90 terms.
- Automatically check and enforce customer credit limits in real-time.
- Provide customers with a view of their available credit and payment history.
Sales Rep "Masquerade" Mode
Allow your sales representatives to log in as their customers to provide instant support, place orders on their behalf, or troubleshoot issues.
- Improve customer service with hands-on assistance.
- Streamline the ordering process for less tech-savvy clients.
- Maintain a complete audit trail of all actions taken by sales reps.
Seamless ERP & CRM Integration
Your B2B platform should be an extension of your ERP, not a separate silo. We ensure flawless, bi-directional data flow for customers, orders, and inventory.
- Integrate with SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, and more.
- Sync customer data, order history, and pricing rules in real-time.
- Automate inventory updates across all channels to prevent stockouts.
Headless Commerce Architecture
Gain ultimate flexibility and future-proof your platform. A headless approach decouples your front-end experience from the back-end commerce engine.
- Deliver content and commerce to any channel: web, mobile, IoT, etc.
- Achieve lightning-fast performance and superior user experiences.
- Easily integrate with any CMS, PIM, or third-party system.
PunchOut Catalogs for eProcurement
Simplify corporate buying for your largest customers. Integrate your catalog directly into their eProcurement systems like Ariba, Coupa, or Jaggaer.
- Enable seamless purchasing from within the customer's native system.
- Support cXML and OCI standards for broad compatibility.
- Increase customer loyalty and secure large-volume contracts.
Instant B2B Platform Cost Estimate
Use our interactive calculator to get a ballpark estimate for your project. For a detailed, fixed-price quote, schedule a free consultation with our B2B experts.
Estimated Project Cost
This is a preliminary estimate. The actual cost depends on the full scope of features, design complexity, and specific integration requirements.
Get a Detailed QuoteWhy CIS for Your B2B eCommerce Project?
We're not just developers; we're architects of B2B growth. We combine deep technical expertise with a strategic understanding of what drives success in the B2B digital landscape.
Deep ERP Integration Mastery
We specialize in complex, bi-directional integrations with systems like SAP, NetSuite, and Microsoft Dynamics, ensuring your platform is the single source of truth.
Complex Logic, Simplified
Our engineers excel at translating your most complex pricing rules, approval workflows, and business logic into an intuitive, seamless user experience.
Enterprise-Grade Security
With CMMI Level 5, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 certifications, we build secure, compliant platforms that protect your data and your customers' trust.
MVP-First for Faster ROI
We focus on launching a core, high-value product quickly, allowing you to generate revenue and gather feedback while we iteratively build out advanced features.
AI-Enabled for the Future
We integrate AI for personalized product recommendations, predictive ordering, and intelligent search, giving you a competitive edge that grows over time.
100% In-House Expert Team
Your project is handled entirely by our vetted, full-time team of architects, developers, and project managers. No freelancers, no outsourcing.
Real Results for B2B Leaders
See how we've transformed complex B2B sales processes into streamlined, revenue-generating digital platforms.
Industrial Parts Manufacturer Boosts Sales Efficiency
A leading manufacturer of industrial components was struggling with a manual quoting process that took days and an ordering system disconnected from their SAP ERP. Sales reps were buried in paperwork, and customers faced long wait times.
"CIS didn't just build a portal; they re-engineered our entire sales workflow. Our quoting time went from 3 days to 15 minutes. The impact on our sales team's morale and productivity has been phenomenal."
Key Challenges:
- Complex, multi-part quotes requiring engineering input.
- No real-time inventory visibility for customers or sales reps.
- Manual order entry into SAP, leading to frequent errors.
- Inability to handle customer-specific contract pricing online.
Wholesale Distributor Automates Complex Pricing
A regional food distributor with thousands of SKUs and hundreds of unique pricing contracts for different restaurant chains needed to move beyond phone and email orders. Their key challenge was replicating their incredibly complex pricing and promotion rules online.
"We thought our pricing was too complex for any standard system. CIS built a custom pricing engine that connects to our NetSuite instance and handles every rule perfectly. Our customers can finally self-serve, which has freed up our inside sales team to focus on new business."
Key Challenges:
- Hundreds of customer-specific price lists and contracts.
- Time-sensitive promotions and volume-based discounts.
- Need for quick re-ordering based on past deliveries.
- Lack of a centralized platform for new product discovery.
Medical Supplier Ensures Compliance with Approval Workflows
A supplier of specialized medical devices needed a B2B portal for hospitals and clinics that could enforce strict purchasing rules. Orders required multi-level approvals based on department budgets and product categories, a feature their old system couldn't handle.
"Compliance is everything in our industry. The approval workflow system CIS developed gives our hospital clients complete control and visibility, which has become a major competitive advantage for us. It's secure, intuitive, and auditable."
Key Challenges:
- Multi-step approval chains required for capital equipment.
- Budgetary controls per department and user role.
- Need for detailed audit trails for every order.
- Integration with hospital procurement systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear, straightforward answers to common questions about B2B eCommerce development.
Costs vary widely based on complexity. A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with core B2B features and standard ERP integration typically starts around $50,000 - $75,000. More complex enterprise platforms with advanced customizations, multiple integrations, and AI features can range from $150,000 to $500,000+.
Using our MVP-first approach, we can often launch the initial version of your platform in 3 to 5 months. This allows you to start capturing value quickly. More comprehensive phases with advanced features are rolled out iteratively over the following months, based on a mutually agreed-upon roadmap.
Absolutely. We have over 20 years of experience integrating with a wide range of systems, including homegrown and legacy ERPs. Our process involves a thorough discovery phase where we map your data architecture and build custom middleware or APIs to ensure a robust and reliable connection.
While those are excellent B2C platforms, they often fall short for complex B2B needs. They typically lack native support for features like multi-level approval workflows, customer-specific contract pricing, RFQ management, and net payment terms. While they can be customized, the cost and complexity of "forcing" them to work often exceed the cost of building a custom solution designed for B2B from the ground up.
We follow an agile methodology. The process starts with a deep discovery and strategy phase. We then move to UI/UX design and prototyping. Development is done in two-week sprints, with regular demos and feedback sessions. This ensures transparency, flexibility, and that the final product is perfectly aligned with your business goals.
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