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.
Business Credit Applications: How to Onboard Wholesale Accounts Online
What a business credit application should collect, how to check trade references and set terms, and how to take wholesale credit applications online on Shopify.
Wholesale Order Forms: From PDF and Spreadsheet to Online Ordering
What a wholesale order form needs (SKUs, pack sizes, PO number, terms), why PDF and spreadsheet forms break, and how to move wholesale ordering onto Shopify.
Warranty Registration for Manufacturers: Data, Law and Shopify
Warranty registration for manufacturers: what data to collect, what the FTC lets a warranty require, and how to run product registration on Shopify.
What Is a Line Sheet? What Goes on One and How to Take It Online
A line sheet lists each style, wholesale price, MSRP, case pack, minimum and ship window a buyer needs. What to include, how to make one, and moving it online.
Wholesale Pricing: How to Calculate Wholesale Price and Set Price Tiers
Wholesale pricing step by step: unit cost, margin vs markup, keystone and MSRP checks, account and volume tiers, and how each tier runs on Shopify B2B.
MAP Policy: How to Write and Enforce One as a Manufacturer
How to write a MAP policy as a manufacturer: scope, unilateral announcement, cart and login pricing, monitoring and enforcement steps, in the FTC's own words.
Wholesale Catalog: How to Build a B2B Catalog Buyers Can Order From
How to build a wholesale catalog buyers can order from: what each product needs, print vs PDF vs online, ERP sync, and setting up Shopify B2B catalogs.
How to Sell Wholesale to Retailers: A Guide for Brands and Manufacturers
How to sell wholesale to retailers as a brand or manufacturer: wholesale pricing, line sheets, pitching stores, net terms, accounts and reorders.
Shopify Multiple Stores: When a Second Store Makes Sense
Can you run multiple Shopify stores? How Plus expansion stores work, what stays separate, inventory, Shopify Markets, and when one store is the better fit.
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.
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