What does Magento's Digital Commerce Cloud announcement mean for you?
Tuesday, May 16, 2017Lauren Macdonald
Between hosting Magento Imagine 2017 and making a BIG announcement for B2B businesses, April was a busy but exciting month for Magento!
In case you missed the announcement, Magento revealed that it will now support B2B capabilities through the launch of its Magento Digital Commerce Cloud for B2B offering.
According to Magento’s official statement, “Digital Commerce Cloud empowers B2B merchants to quickly create B2C-like commerce experiences that strengthen customer loyalty, drive revenue growth, reduce costs, and optimize the supply chain.”
So what does this mean for B2B businesses like yours?
It means a few things.
First, merchants can now fully support corporate buyers with commerce account management, customized catalogs and price lists, and tools for rapid ordering. It also means corporate buyers can make online requests for quote workflow, and increased visibility across retail outlets.
Here’s a complete breakdown of the features included with Digital Commerce Cloud:
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Corporate Account Management
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Quoting
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Quick Ordering
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Custom Catalogs and Pricing
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Real-Time Inventory Intelligence
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Intelligent Routing and Order Delivery
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Backend Integration
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Multi-channel Support
Need help integrating your B2B Magento store with your accounting/ERP system?
Digital Commerce Cloud allows you to integrate and enable real-time communications with ERPs, CRMs and other backend systems using extensive APIs and off-the-shelf extensions. If you don’t want to write to Magento’s API, an easier option is to use an integration solution provider like eBridge Connections with pre-built connectors, so that you don’t have to worry about developing the integration yourself. With eBridge, your solution is fully built, maintained, and managed by us, in-house, with 24/7 support so that you never need to worry. You can rest easy knowing that your orders are always in good hands!
If you’re a B2B business running Magento, make your business better using Digital Commerce Cloud
The release of Magento Digital Commerce Cloud allows merchants to handle B2B commerce requirements out-of-the-box, enabling them to simply and cost-effectively adapt business models to meet the needs of digitally-connected customers. It also uniquely positions your business to meet the demands of both B2B and B2C customers.
Want to learn more?
Magento Digital Commerce Cloud for B2B will be available this summer. For more information about how Magento supports B2B merchants, please visit: www.magento.com/industries/b2b
We make integrating your Magento eCommerce with your ERP and EDI easy.