Field Notes
Insights, guides, and trends from the team building commerce on Shopify, for operators in wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing.
Automotive 7 Shopify Apps Every Automotive Store Needs (2026)
Seven Shopify apps automotive sellers actually need: fitment, shipping, mobile app, support, reviews, email and SMS, and paid membership, what each solves.
What Is a Core Charge? Meaning, Refunds and B2B Rules
What is a core charge? A refundable deposit on parts like alternators and starters. How core refunds work, how states tax them, and how B2B sellers handle them.
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct: What Changes When You Sell B2B on Shopify
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct for distributors and manufacturers selling B2B online: deployment, inventory, pricing, multi-entity, and how each connects to Shopify.
Shopify ERP Integration: When Official Connectors Are Enough
Shopify ERP integration via an official connector works until B2B pricing, credit and order edits hit. What Business Central and M3 document, plus a self-test.
Epicor's Final on-Premises Release and Your Commerce Roadmap
Epicor's final on-premises release for P21 and Kinetic is 2028.1. What changes, what does not, and how to build a storefront integration that survives the move.
Dynamics GP End of Life: Keep Your B2B Storefront Running
Dynamics GP end of life dates, checked against Microsoft, and how distributors selling on Shopify B2B can plan a storefront that survives the ERP move.
ERP APIs Explained: What Each ERP Actually Exposes to an Ecommerce Integration
What P21, SX.e, Kinetic, SyteLine, M3, D365 F&O, Business Central, SAP Business One and Sage 100 actually expose to an ecommerce integration, and their limits.
What Is an Epicor BAQ, and Why Your Storefront's Inventory Number Depends on One
An Epicor BAQ defines custom queries in Kinetic. On a storefront integration, the BAQ decides your available-to-sell number, and whether you oversell.
SyteLine, CloudSuite Industrial, SX.e, CloudSuite Distribution: Infor's ERP Names Explained
SyteLine is CloudSuite Industrial and SX.e is CloudSuite Distribution. Infor's ERP names explained, how to tell which one you run, and why deployment matters.
Matrix Pricing, Contract Pricing and Special Price Agreements: How ERPs Decide What a B2B Buyer Pays
Contract pricing, matrix pricing and special price agreements explained, how P21, SX.e, D365, SAP B1 and Sage 100 resolve them, and why storefronts should ask.
Available to Promise vs on Hand: Why B2B Storefronts Oversell
On hand is a count; available to promise is a commitment. Why B2B storefronts oversell when they sync the wrong number, and how ATP and CTP fix it.
What It Costs to Move a 1M SKU Catalog Onto Shopify
What it costs to move a 1M SKU catalog onto Shopify: the five drivers that set the price, the physics of the load, and how to turn estimates into a quote.
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