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B2B ordering portal

We build self-serve portals where your B2B clients order without calling sales: quick ordering from lists and history, company accounts with roles, documents and payment terms in one login. In our example build, 63% of orders moved to self-serve within a quarter.

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B2B Ordering Portal

Adoption is the metric, everything else is furniture

A B2B portal that clients do not use is an expensive brochure. The design question is not what features to add but what friction to remove: buyers already know what they order, so the portal’s job is to make repeating that order faster than an e-mail. Saved lists, history reorder and CSV upload beat any fancy catalog page.

The second adoption lever is trust: live stock, correct contract prices and order status without calling anyone. When the portal is more reliable than the salesperson’s inbox, buyers switch on their own, which is exactly how our example build reached 63% self-serve within a quarter.

What we deliver

01Company accounts: roles, buyers and approval flows
02Quick ordering: saved lists, history reorder, CSV
03Documents in one place: invoices, statuses, payment terms
04Client-specific catalogs and pricing
05Adoption support: onboarding your first clients

Delivery plan

✓ approved

MVP · week 9

Storefront + checkout
Product import
ERP sync

Feature Sprints

Kaufland feed
B2B module

Backlog

Blog migration
Configurator
7 items scopedfixed fee · plan is yours

How we do it

01

Buyer journey mapping

We interview how your clients actually order today and design the portal around those habits.

02

Portal build

Quick order, lists, documents, roles and approvals, wired to ERP data clients can trust.

03

Cohort onboarding

First client cohort onboarded with your sales team; friction measured and removed weekly.

When it makes sense

01

Repeat orders go through phone and e-mail

02

Clients ask for invoices and order status daily

03

Sales spends time on order admin instead of selling

B2B packaging shop with instant quantity-tier pricing, built by SeedlightSee it in practiceFrom quote-by-email to a self-serve packaging shop8 weeks · from workshop to launch

FAQ

B2B ordering portal

How long until clients actually adopt it?

With trusted data and reorder-first UX, meaningful adoption shows within the first quarter, 63% self-serve in our example build. We measure it weekly after launch.

Does the portal work on phones and tablets?

Yes, warehouse and field buyers order from mobile, so quick order, lists and approvals are designed mobile-first, not shrunk down.

Will our clients actually use it?

Adoption is part of the scope: the portal mirrors how buyers already order (lists, repeat orders), and we onboard the first client group with your sales team.

Can different people at one client have different rights?

Yes, buyers, approvers and admins per company account, with order limits where you need them.

Does it replace our sales team?

No, it removes the retyping. Sales keeps the relationships and key accounts; the portal takes the repeat orders.

Got an eCommerce platform to modernize? Let us talk.