We empower our clients and add value to their businesses providing B2B marketplace development both for web and mobile
Here’s how we develop custom B2B marketplaces
Discovery stage
On this stage we help you gather and organize your requirements, prioritize business goals and understand your target market. Having that done, our project manager will suggest the best ways and practices to address your needs.
UI/UX design
Based on the prepared documentation, we design prototypes and UI for your future marketplace. With profound understanding of your business idea, we implement the user journey and build an intuitive custom marketplace that your users will love.
MVP development
Our talented engineering team develops your marketplace in accordance with the latest industry standards. Your platform will be totally protected, powerful, maintainable allowing to add new functionality when needed.
QA and optimization
Putting special effort into testing each B2B marketplace website we create, and optimizing the code, we make sure the quality and efficiency of all the custom solutions our team delivers is top-notch and goes along with your business plans.
Deploy and post-release support
We don’t stop working on your project once it’s deployed, and quickly solve any issues that may occur. If you don’t have an in-house tech team, we will take care of your platform and support it on a regular basis.
Essential features of B2B marketplace development
Apiko team helps manufacturers, retailers and B2B brands build custom web and mobile B2B marketplace platforms. Here are some ideas of the features you can cover.
Advanced search and filters
Ensure that your users will easily navigate through your website and find what they need. You can include such filters as keywords, size, color, type, price, shipping options, etc.
Custom catalog segmentation
Provide suppliers with the option to upload catalogs and order goods directly. By including a multiple catalog view with such filters as price, assortment or industry, you’ll make the buying process faster and more personalized.
Detailed product description
Make the section of product description explicit. Include custom fields, where manufacturers can add all necessary information about the product, as well as upload video and images.
Personalized pricing strategies
If you serve businesses of different sizes and requirements, offer them price calculators and show sample prices for a set of typical orders.
Recommendations
Personalized product recommendations will help you deliver the best experiences for each customer segment and lead them closer to the purchase stage.
Personalized product recommendations will help you deliver the best experiences for each customer segment and lead them closer to the purchase stage.
Provide manufacturers and retailers with dashboards, where they can track information about active, pending or cancelled orders, view order details, analyze and forecast sales.
Streamlined selling
Working in B2B, you can focus on what really matters - A-class shopping experience, selling, client-oriented approach - and automate the rest.
Best shopping experience
Take advantage of advanced fuzzy search algorithms, easy-to-find trending items, dynamic filters to narrow down the research result and display relevant, specific product recommendations for your visitors.
New marketing channel
By creating mobile B2B marketplaces you engage generation Z and millennials' audience with ease. Accelerate your growth and expand your business through new markets.
Develop custom B2B marketplace platform with Apiko
Web B2B marketplace development
Mobile B2B marketplace development
Benefits of B2B web and mobile marketplace development
With the digital development of B2C buying behavior, B2B segment is not going to lag behind. Modern B2B customers look for a more personalized approach, flexible pricing, recommendations and detailed products overview. Here are the benefits of the B2B marketplace for both manufacturers and retailers.
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Cost-effectiveness & sales process automation
Minimize your spendings while growing your revenue with your B2B marketplace platform. It might sound impossible, but modern technologies attract a higher number of buyers and boost your sales performance drastically. You can align and automate almost every business aspect, including customer services, order entry or client information provisioning. That is how your company cuts down on extra costs and makes possessions most effective.
1
Inventory visibility
Particularly in B2B selling, inventory management and the procedure of providing access to inventory levels play an important role. In today’s digitalized world, it becomes much easier to give customers and sales reps greater visibility into the inventory data they need when placing orders. An opportunity of viewing inventory availability significantly improves customer experience. Suppliers that provide inventory availability can prevent backorders and improve order accuracy and fulfillment.
2
Interaction with customers
Seamless buying experience is what keeps your clients coming back. At the same time their feedback helps your business improve constantly. Positive reviews left by real customers facilitate buying decisions better than promotional descriptions from wholesalers and manufacturers. Through simple, sincere review buyers share their enthusiasm, purchasing pleasure and brand loyalty with other clients which in the long-run aids sales and the image of your business. Build up a community of admirers around your B2B marketplace.
3
Suppliers and customers communication
With a B2B marketplace website you stay just a click away from your customers - always available and ready to guide them through the sales funnel. Furthermore, you would be able to showcase the most specific and relevant product recommendations for your customer, listen to and understand their needs and requirements. If you know them upside down, you’ll find out how to compile your business strategy and turn random visitors into repeat customers . You can not only sell products more efficiently but also highlight items with more features, resulting in powerful up-selling and cross-selling opportunities.
4
Reach new customers and markets
Expand your horizons, grow your client base and evaluate new perspective platforms with a B2B marketplace platform. There’s no downtime in the global network, so your online marketplace will not rely on the availability of a sales team and your digital sales portal will be available around the clock, 365 days a year. Benefit from eliminating any time difference challengers, and serve a wider international market through your B2B trade platform. Improve your search engine rankings, get the first page of Google and voila...a top B2B marketplace niche belongs to you. That is how the advertising budget remains intact.
5
Cost-effectiveness & sales process automation
Minimize your spendings while growing your revenue with your B2B marketplace platform. It might sound impossible, but modern technologies attract a higher number of buyers and boost your sales performance drastically. You can align and automate almost every business aspect, including customer services, order entry or client information provisioning. That is how your company cuts down on extra costs and makes possessions most effective.
1
Inventory visibility
Particularly in B2B selling, inventory management and the procedure of providing access to inventory levels play an important role. In today’s digitalized world, it becomes much easier to give customers and sales reps greater visibility into the inventory data they need when placing orders. An opportunity of viewing inventory availability significantly improves customer experience. Suppliers that provide inventory availability can prevent backorders and improve order accuracy and fulfillment.
2
Interaction with customers
Seamless buying experience is what keeps your clients coming back. At the same time their feedback helps your business improve constantly. Positive reviews left by real customers facilitate buying decisions better than promotional descriptions from wholesalers and manufacturers. Through simple, sincere review buyers share their enthusiasm, purchasing pleasure and brand loyalty with other clients which in the long-run aids sales and the image of your business. Build up a community of admirers around your B2B marketplace.
3
Suppliers and customers communication
With a B2B marketplace website you stay just a click away from your customers - always available and ready to guide them through the sales funnel. Furthermore, you would be able to showcase the most specific and relevant product recommendations for your customer, listen to and understand their needs and requirements. If you know them upside down, you’ll find out how to compile your business strategy and turn random visitors into repeat customers . You can not only sell products more efficiently but also highlight items with more features, resulting in powerful up-selling and cross-selling opportunities.
4
Reach new customers and markets
Expand your horizons, grow your client base and evaluate new perspective platforms with a B2B marketplace platform. There’s no downtime in the global network, so your online marketplace will not rely on the availability of a sales team and your digital sales portal will be available around the clock, 365 days a year. Benefit from eliminating any time difference challengers, and serve a wider international market through your B2B trade platform. Improve your search engine rankings, get the first page of Google and voila...a top B2B marketplace niche belongs to you. That is how the advertising budget remains intact.
5
Cost-effectiveness & sales process automation
Minimize your spendings while growing your revenue with your B2B marketplace platform. It might sound impossible, but modern technologies attract a higher number of buyers and boost your sales performance drastically. You can align and automate almost every business aspect, including customer services, order entry or client information provisioning. That is how your company cuts down on extra costs and makes possessions most effective.
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