Episode 014
What features should a good B2B platform have
The features a B2B platform can't do without if it's going to carry real wholesale sales, from price lists to order approvals.
Fifteen features that, based on Michał Zabielski’s decade-plus of B2B projects, decide whether a sales platform actually takes work off a team’s plate or just adds to it.
Pricing, ordering, and customer accounts
- Dynamic pricing policy: rates tied to customer segment, company size, and relationship history, with price-visibility rules (hidden, login-required, category-specific).
- Quick ordering: CSV import, SKU search, one-click reordering of past purchases.
- Multi-user accounts with roles: different permissions within one client organisation, an assigned sales rep, and credit-limit monitoring.
Logistics and integrations
Multi-warehouse stock handling, shipping costs that vary by product and volume, and the ability to split one order across delivery methods. Then there are the ERP, OMS, and WMS integrations, which, in Zabielski’s view, deliver the biggest return on automation and so belong in the MVP right after pricing policy, product catalogue, and quick ordering.
Everything else, product configurators, partner programmes, expert-level content marketing, multi-language and multi-currency support, gets layered on once the foundation works. B2B isn’t bought like B2C: expert positioning and relationship transparency matter more than community and brand personality.
Not sure which feature to build first for your B2B platform? Get in touch with Endora, we’ll help you sequence the MVP.
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