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.
Automotive Shopify Apps for Auto Parts Stores: The Jobs Your Stack Has to Cover
The Shopify apps an auto parts store needs, by job: fitment search, parts diagrams, ERP sync, freight shipping, and support. What Shopify covers natively.
What Is Magento? Editions, Hosting and B2B Explained
What Magento is in 2026: Magento Open Source vs Adobe Commerce, the three ways Adobe hosts it, how B2B works on it, and how a move to Shopify runs.
What Is BigCommerce? Plans, B2B Edition and Hosting Explained
What is BigCommerce? The hosted ecommerce platform explained: its four plans and prices, B2B Edition, Catalyst headless builds, and how a move to Shopify works.
What Is Salesforce Commerce Cloud? SFCC, B2B and Editions Explained
What is Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC)? Its five products, where it came from, how B2B Commerce works, its editions, and how a move to Shopify works.
What Is Shopware? Editions, Hosting, Pricing and B2B Explained
What is Shopware? The open-source platform explained: Community Edition and paid plans, SaaS, PaaS or self-hosting, B2B Components, and moving to Shopify.
What Is commercetools? Sphere, Headless Commerce and B2B Explained
What is commercetools? The headless, API-first platform explained: Sphere, composable commerce, pricing, how B2B works, and how a move to Shopify runs.
Shopify Statistics 2026: GMV, Revenue and B2B Growth
Shopify statistics from Shopify's own filings: $378.4B GMV and $11.6B revenue in 2025, Q2 2026 results, 96% B2B GMV growth, market share and payments data.
Manufacturing and Wholesale Ecommerce Statistics (2026)
Manufacturing ecommerce statistics from Census: e-commerce was 66.6% of US manufacturing shipments and 38.3% of merchant wholesaler sales in 2024.
Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP): What It Is and What It Means for B2B on Shopify
A plain-English guide to the Universal Commerce Protocol: launch date, roles, capabilities, versions, how it compares with ACP, and the B2B questions to ask.
Shopify Agentic Storefronts: What B2B Sellers Need to Know
Shopify Agentic Storefronts explained for B2B: the AI channels, checkout on each, who is eligible, and why wholesale-only products and prices stay out.
How Much Does a Shopify Website Cost for B2B? (2026)
Shopify website cost for B2B in 2026: every plan price checked on shopify.com, plus the build, ERP integration, apps and ongoing work most guides leave out.
What Is Quote to Cash? The B2B Process on Shopify
Quote to cash for B2B: how a negotiated quote becomes a Shopify order, an ERP invoice and a payment on net terms, and where the handoffs usually break.
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