An Ideal Platform for B2C Businesses

B2B businesses deal with large and complex ordering processes. To keep business going, they require robust front-end and back-end systems. Magento has a host of native B2B features included at the core of the application, such as multiple buyers per account, requests for quotes, and more.

Features

Company Accounts

• Magento allows the creation of a company structure that reflects the B2B business.

• Company accounts can be set up from the storefront and the Admin section.

Company Structure

• Create a company account that is associated with the admin login.

• Create users who are associated with a particular division or subdivision of the company

Quick Order

• Magento’s quick order simplifies the order process.

• Quick order reduces the order process for those who know the product name or SKU of the products they want to order.

• Quick order can be used by customers who are logged in to their accounts, and guests as well.

Requisition Lists

• A requisition list is used to create frequently ordered items.

• Requisition lists save time during reordering because items are added to the shopping cart directly from the list.

• Maintain multiple lists that focus on products from different vendors, buyers, teams, or campaigns.

• Up to 999 requisition lists can be maintained for each customer account, depending on the configuration.

Quotes

• Magento allows buyers to initiate a ‘Request to Negotiate’ the price from the shopping cart.

• History of communication between the seller and the buyer is maintained.

• The quote grid also displays the base quote as well as the negotiated quote.

Multi-Source Inventory

• Using the multi-sourcing inventory option allows merchants to manage a particular product quantity from different sources or locations.

• The multi-source inventory (MSI) allows users to manage sources for inventory location, stocks for each channel, catalog the product inventory, and orders.

Customizable Security

• Set a custom path for the admin area, stop intruders, and use an SSL to secure web pages. Provide customers security when shopping.

• Monitor security on the platform and release new security patches to plug vulnerabilities.

• Merchants and developers get tools and documentation to keep their online store safe.

Access to a large community

• Magento is an open-source platform and currently has more than 300,000 developers around the world.

• Over 250,000 businesses use the platform.

• Users can access a huge library of third-party extensions to add just about any functionality to their online store.

• Magento also supports a wide variety of third-party integrations, making it possible to customize.