Groove

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B2B businesses have to nurture customers through a complex buyer’s journey. Unlike in typical B2C retail, these customers often have multiple decision-makers who need to agree on purchases. B2B businesses must prepare to nurture customers through a longer, more complex buyer's journey.

eCommerce Software 300

eCommerce Software B2B eCommerce eCommerce Platforms 300

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2024

It’s unclear why B2B ecommerce is often compared with B2C, given how different the experiences are for buyers and the underlying infrastructures for selling products online. Yet the comparisons persist, with many B2B companies frustrated that they can’t fully monetize their ecommerce channel.

B2B 264

B2B eCommerce Platforms eCommerce B2C 264

Kissmetrics

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While the terms B2B (business-to-business) and B2C (business-to-consumer) marketing may sound similar, they differ vastly in practice, especially when it comes to paid social media. Before we dig into the different strategies, let’s take a deeper look at the differences between B2B and B2C. B2B Social Platform Use.

Social Media 279

Social Media B2C B2B Consumer 279

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

We don’t have to look far to find examples of B2B SaaS companies that have found traction using a self-service or product-led motion. Look at Zoom or Slack: businesses designed for enterprise organizations that use B2C-like onboarding flows (such as product-led growth, or PLG) to fuel interest and adoption. What does that mean exactly?

B2C 130

B2C B2B Payments Payment Services 130

Groove

APRIL 15, 2024

B2C platforms often do not keep up with these changes or may not meet the unique requirements of B2B transactions. BigCommerce has a solution to that never-ending problem: BigCommerce B2B Edition. What Are the Four Factors Driving B2B to Shift to eCommerce? What Are the Four Factors Driving B2B to Shift to eCommerce?

BigCommerce 224

BigCommerce B2B B2C Customer Retention 224

Optimizely

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Shifting your career from business to business (B2B) to business to consumer (B2C) marketing is a surprisingly difficult task. While personalization, creativity, and data-driven campaigns work in both B2B and B2C marketing, there are many differences that you have to navigate. You’ll be doing the selling.

B2C 218

B2C B2B Marketing Technology 218

Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 11, 2020

With collective commute times down to zero and face-to-face meetings all but impossible, we’ve seen the B2B buyer journey become an almost exclusively digital experience. These solutions are already popular in B2C and B2B markets, creating experiences that: Meet modern buyers’ expectations of immediacy.

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B2B B2C Marketing Customer 511

Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 14, 2020

A few weeks ago, I teamed up with some treasured colleagues to discuss the marketing technology landscape in a conversational webinar: Steve Casey, who joins me in covering B2B marketing technology, and our compatriots Joe Stanhope and Rusty Warner who cover B2C marketing technology, engaged in a spirited (‘cause we don’t always agree) conversation (..)

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B2B B2C Webinar Technology 453

Optimizely

OCTOBER 5, 2017

However, most traditional CRMs were built specifically to serve B2B businesses — and you can tell. B2B CRMs clearly aim to help salespeople and marketers manage long, relatively predictable sales cycles and one-to-one communications, and they often pair with marketing tools to nurture leads across the course of a lengthy sales funnel.

B2C 186

B2C B2B Multi-channel Management 186

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Headless commerce provider commercetools has added B2B functionalities to the core offering of commercetools Composable Commerce. The new functionality offers features including seamless account management and checkout processes and the ability to view, search and browse an entire product catalog online.

B2B 275

B2B B2C Customer Experience Management 275

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Shopify has taken a stake in the B2B retail marketplace Faire and is establishing Faire as the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of global merchants through a deeper integration between the two platforms. The size of Shopify’s stake in Faire was not disclosed.

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Shopify B2B Merchant Services eCommerce 289

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

As 2024 unfolds, the B2B ecommerce sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by technological advancements and shifting buyer behaviors. Navigating digital transformation in 2024’s B2B ecommerce landscape hinges on a deeper comprehension of AI, omnichannel strategies and social commerce.

B2B 263

B2B eCommerce BigCommerce Omnichannel 263

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 15, 2022

Should you choose a B2C-focused advertising platform to advertise to consumers and a separate B2B-focused advertising platform to advertise to business buyers? Or, are there advertising platforms that can do both and do it well enough to cover the range of B2C and B2B use cases across your company?

B2B 195

B2B B2C Consumer Marketing 195

BigCommerce

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the rise of millennial buyers, more B2B businesses are looking to create B2C-like buying experiences. At BigCommerce’s 2021 Make…

B2B 334

B2B B2C 334

GetElastic

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Based on evidence from 2021’s State of Digital Commerce Report, and 2020’s B2B Digital Commerce research, the survey examines digital commerce through the lens of multiple verticals and business models. By 2024, 15% of B2B organizations will use digital commerce platforms to support both their customers and sales reps in all sales activities.

B2C 146

B2C B2B Customer Retention Subscription 146

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 9, 2019

As the world’s largest eCommerce market, China appeals to global B2C and B2B brands alike. But China’s B2B eCommerce market is not as mature as the consumer space, and neither is its B2B payment.

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B2B eCommerce B2C eCommerce Marketing 411

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But the real BNPL growth in the next decade won’t come from retail spending; the business model is getting a boost with many B2B businesses moving to add BNPL as a payment option. For example, in 2018 global B2B payments hit $125 trillion, while the global consumer payments market only reached $52 trillion. Meeting B2B Business Needs.

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B2B Payment Services B2C Financial Services 305

Groove

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you found this article on the web, you are likely a B2B Wholesale business that is looking to expand your operations into the eCommerce space. There are specific challenges that B2B merchants face when operating an eCommerce store, and you will want to address them before they become large issues. What is B2B Wholesale?

Payment Services 195

Payment Services B2B Operations Shipping Costs 195

Fabric

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Most articles about building e-commerce software focus on B2C (business-to-consumer) settings. While B2C is widely written about, there are far fewer technical guides for developers in the $1.3 trillion B2B (business-to-business) e-commerce industry.

eCommerce 246

eCommerce B2B eCommerce Software B2C 246

Kissmetrics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

B2B and B2C content marketing require entirely different strategies. Instead, you need a targeted B2B content marketing strategy to reach your marketing goals. Why Do You Need a B2B Content Marketing Strategy? As mentioned, B2B content marketing presents different challenges from B2C content marketing.

B2B 314

B2B B2C Multi-channel Marketing 314

Kissmetrics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

E-commerce is the future, but it isn’t just for B2C. B2B brands are finding huge success in the digital marketplace industry and everyone wants a piece of the pie. Globally, B2B marketplaces make up a $31 billion market. While competition is intense in the mainstream, niche B2B marketplaces are showing real promise.

B2B 298

B2B Merchant Services eCommerce Food and Beverages 298

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 31, 2019

Shopify is widely known as a B2C/DTC platform, and its Shopify Plus offering is aimed at a B2B audience. Handshake brings Shopify a more advanced set of B2B capabilities. Handshake was listed in “The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites For Midsize […]. How advanced?

B2B 304

B2B Shopify B2C eCommerce 304

Optimizely

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Both of the above are examples of B2C products, but the length of the sales cycle is very different for the two products. If your brand sells an expensive or niche product with a long B2C sales process, you have to think about your marketing differently long-term. Use content marketing throughout long B2C sales cycles.

B2C 354

B2C Marketing B2B Article 354

Salsify

JULY 29, 2020

Isn't ecommerce just ecommerce regardless of business-to-consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B)? This question comes up a lot when laying out the differences between B2C and B2B strategy.

B2C 96

B2C B2B eCommerce Consumer 96

RTP blog

APRIL 26, 2018

focuses on how retailers can bolster their customers’ experience, I noticed a number of sessions and in-person meetings at the two conferences that actually touched on the world of a somewhat different audience: B2B buyers. Another example of retail’s impact on B2B comes from an unlikely source — luxury candy boutique Sugarfina.

B2B 150

B2B B2C Magento eCommerce 150

ChannelAdvisor

APRIL 25, 2022

B2B buyers today believe that making purchases for work should be as easy as making purchases for themselves. To provide this more B2C-like experience, B2B organizations must ensure products on their sites are easy to find, the purchasing process is seamless, and delivery is fast, flexible and reliable. .

Multichannel 97

Multichannel B2C B2B eCommerce 97

Kissmetrics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Are you a B2B business? Here’s the thing: most of the SEO advice out there is for B2C companies. As a B2B business, you have a different target audience, a longer buyer cycle, and different goals. If you want to learn more about how to grow your B2B business with SEO, you won’t want to miss my next webinar.

Webinar 202

Webinar SEO B2B B2C 202

ChannelAdvisor

APRIL 25, 2022

B2B buyers today believe that making purchases for work should be as easy as making purchases for themselves. To provide this more B2C-like experience, B2B organizations must ensure products on their sites are easy to find, the purchasing process is seamless, and delivery is fast, flexible and reliable. .

Multichannel 95

Multichannel B2C B2B eCommerce 95

Kissmetrics

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Is your company tapping into its local customers through B2B local SEO? Although business-to-consumer (B2C) brands often leverage local marketing, business-to-business (B2B) ones tend to take a broader approach. B2B brands without storefronts are even more likely to have their local marketing strategies slip through the cracks.

SEO 298

SEO B2B B2C Mobile 298

BigCommerce

MARCH 27, 2018

It’s hard not to start any article about B2B or wholesale ecommerce without dropping the market size bomb: Global B2B online sales surpassed $ 7.6 alone, B2B and wholesale ecommerce will top $1.1 To give that a bit of perspective, global B2C sales topped $2.1 B2C ecommerce accounted for $660 billion in 2017.

B2B 333

B2B B2C eCommerce Multi-channel 333

Algopix

APRIL 19, 2020

While the most common type of marketplace is based on the B2C (Business to Customer) model, there are in fact other marketplace models including B2B (Business to Business) and C2C (Customer to Customer). The difference between B2B, B2C and C2C relates to the parties that interact on each of these platforms.

B2C 78

B2C B2B Hobbies Demo 78

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

The online eyewear retailer, which sells in both B2B and B2C channels and is working with brick-and-mortar retailer U.S.Vision , has categorized approximately 3,000 SKUs since adopting the PIM solution, with more in the pipeline.

Management 275

Management B2C B2B Channel 275

BigCommerce

MAY 2, 2022

At BigCommerce, we strive to provide the best tools and resources to help merchants across the world make the most…

BigCommerce 345

BigCommerce eCommerce Platforms B2C B2B 345

SellBrite

JULY 19, 2019

Whether you are reeled in by an Instagram ad, hear about a cool new product from a friend, or get a half-dozen texts from your wife reminding you to order more filters for the coffeemaker, most quick B2C purchases we make follow the above pattern. What does this have to do with B2B ecommerce? The way B2B buyers want to buy is changing.

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B2C B2B eCommerce Live Chat 114

Optimizely

JULY 18, 2018

Kaleigh started the company about 4 years ago and has focused specifically on writing for B2B ecommerce brands like BigCommerce, Get Feedback, SnapApp, and more. But wait, B2B? How does that help you as a B2C marketer? What B2C brands can learn from B2B marketers. ….and and much more. READ THE INTERVIEW.

B2C 150

B2C B2B Marketing BigCommerce 150

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 13, 2018

On March 12, Salesforce announced its intent to acquire CloudCraze, a B2B eCommerce application. This savvy and long-anticipated move nicely rounds out its broad CRM portfolio and supports B2B customers through their engagement journey. This is because B2C engagement is […].

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B2B B2C eCommerce Customer 239