Shopify B2B Vs StoreHippo B2B

Shopify B2B ecommerce solutions use different apps for handling different requirements and complexities of large enterprise businesses. Unlike Shopify B2B, StoreHippo has a comprehensive set of inbuilt B2B ecommerce features. Get a well rounded B2B ecommerce platform with no need to buy costly apps to run your large-scale business.

• Custom-created for a variety of B2B ecommerce use cases
• Differential pricing, granular security and option for white labelling
• Efficient and requirement gathering with inbuilt and custom forms
• Innovative solutions with seamless software integrations(ERP, CRM, Accounts and more)

Experiment and create innovative solutions with StoreHippo’s inbuilt features and tools. Grow your B2B ecommerce business with enterprise-grade features designed for unique requirements of large businesses. Unlike Shopify’s multiple plugin based B2B ecommerce solutions’ StoreHippo offers a host of features to design future-ready solutions for a variety of B2B ecommerce businesses.

• 300+ native features to handle end to end business
• Multi-vendor ecommerce solution to onboard dealers/distributors
• Central dashboard to manage multiple sub-stores chain
• Analytics and reports for better business overview and strategic planning

Build a global presence for your brand with StoreHippo multilingual ecommerce platform. Add 100+ languages to your B2B ecommerce platform to connect with your international clients. No coding efficiency or multiple apps needed like Shopify multilingual solutions.  Easily implement rule-based translations or do translations in bulk with StoreHippo multilingual solutions for B2B ecommerce.

• Inbuilt multilingual support including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew etc. 
• Add multilingual action buttons along with static content in multiple languages 
• Implement multilingual store messages like error, warning,real-time deals etc.
• Build multilingual Android and iOS  mobile apps

Make your global orders frictionless by making it easy for your clients to pay in the currency of their choice. Unlike Shopify B2B, you don’t need any plugins or extensions with StoreHippo to add multi-currency payments on your B2B ecommerce site. Do away with multi-currency limitations of Shopify B2B solutions that work only for countries which accept Shopify Payments. Explore new business opportunities with StoreHippo’s simplified multi-currency payments.

• Seamless currency switch with automatic and manual currency conversions
• Implement IP based pricing and currency selection
• Design multi-currency themes and invoice
• Automatic currency conversion at payment gateway level

1-second delay in page load time can bring down your conversions by 7%. An improvement of a mere 1-second in page load time can boost conversions by 10% to 20%(Source: Google). For a large B2B ecommerce business this 1-second swing can mean substantial gain or loss. For example, a business with $100,000/day sales can gain $3.65 to $7.3 million/year by improving site speed by 1-sec or lose $2.5 million/year if the site is slower by 1-sec. Build fast, engaging and conversions oriented stores with StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform.

• Unmatched  average API response time of <50ms 
• High-performance, fast-loading pages for better user experience
• Peak-load tolerance with inherently scalable infrastructure
• Resilient to failures and recovery

Almost 73% of B2B buyers are millennials and it's no wonder that 70% B2B searches begin on mobile phones. Mobile channel drives nearly 50% of the revenue of large brands. Large-volume purchases using mobile devices are completed 20% quicker. StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform is designed grounds-up on the mobile-first principle Shopify which implemented mobile commerce as an afterthought. Leverage mobile commerce to offer faster and quicker buying options to your customers.

• State-of-art B2B stores built on mobile-first MEAN-stack architecture 
• SPA for building lightweight and superfast sites
• Create PWA stores that work like apps when opened in a browser
• Unmatched user experience with CDN and offline caching

Build B2B ecommerce stores with cutting-edge technology that future-proofs your business. No need to learn and gain expertise of Shopify's complex  Liquid-based coding structure. Do away with complex coding with simple and DIY StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform. Use a widget-based modular approach to easily tweak your frontend or backend with StoreHippo B2B ecommerce solutions.  Offer a great user experience with easy personalization using the lightweight backend.

• ZERO javascript coding
• Client-side templating  
• Full control over store data and DOM
• Powerful templating engine

Build an omnichannel presence and start selling across multiple customer touch points with StoreHippo’s headless ecommerce solutions. Build innovative solutions using StoreHippo’s decoupled headless approach and 250+ API endpoints.  No need to learn multiple technologies and experiment with Storefront APIs as needed to implement Shopify headless solutions. Use StoreHippo’s decoupled APIs for making quick changes to your B2B ecommerce store’s backend or frontend.

• Completely decoupled backend and frontend with headless commerce as the core design goal
• Faster performance with multi-tier caching and extreme optimizations in the theme framework
• Design consistent and personalized user experiences with custom hooks and built-in events
• Build out of box products like StoreHippo built its Admin Panel, Help Center, StoreHippo website and StoreHippo Forums using headless commerce

Build tailor made stores for your brand’s requirements with StoreHippo B2B ecommerce solutions. Create out-of-box and disruptive B2B ecommerce models with flexible solutions from StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform. Unlike Shopify B2B, where you need to learn coding for customizations, StoreHippo offers easily customizable B2B ecommerce solutions for large brands.

• Extensively customizable frontend and backend 
• Drag and drop tools to customize themes
• Make custom entities or tweak the existing ones
• No coding needed to build dynamic pages

Add your preferred payment gateways/channels without paying added charges for using payment providers of your choice. Be clear about your transaction charges with transparent transaction charge structure. No additional charges or monopolizing payment gateways services like Shopify Payments which makes B2B ecommerce business pay additionally for choosing preferred payment partners. With StoreHippo B2B ecommerce solutions, go with as many pre-integrated or custom payment channels you want.

• 60+ integrated domestic and international payment gateways
• Discounted TDR on select partner payment gateways
• ZERO additional charges for integrating multiple payment gateways 
• No sales commission on orders up to 200 times of subscription value

No hidden cost, pay a transparent subscription charge that covers all the features offered in your plan. Get the most competitive pricing for a wide spectrum of enterprise-grade features needed to build the most advanced B2B ecommerce solutions. No hidden apps or plugins cost like Shopify B2B solutions.  Choose the most suitable StoreHippo B2B ecommerce plan from a host of subscription plans designed for different stages of your business.

• Fully hosted, managed and auto scalable B2B ecommerce platform 
• Save expenses of hiring big technical team with DIY B2B ecommerce platform
• Free SSL for all your chain of sub-stores and customer touchpoints
• Inbuilt mobile app builder to build mobile apps at ZERO additional cost

Strategize your B2B ecommerce marketing for better ROI with StoreHippo’s inbuilt marketing tools. Get a one-stop marketing solution unlike Shopify B2B where you have to choose, pay and sync multiple marketing apps. Offer clients and order volume specific multi-tier discounts and promotions using the powerful discount engine of StoreHippo. Build an engaging brand voice with an inbuilt blog engine. Use the SEO-friendly StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform to rank better on SERPs.

• Dynamic pages and custom forms to personalize marketing
• IP or login based landing pages and discounts
• Abandoned cart recovery tool to follow up lost orders
• Integrate and auto-sync with best in class marketing and mailing software

Reach out to clients in domestic and international markets with StoreHippo’s integrated logistics solutions designed for B2B ecommerce. Streamline your supply chain by adding multiple shipping partners without incurring heavy upfront cost. Use automated and efficient shipping modules designed to make large-volume shipping easy, simple and error free. Deliver to 26000+ PIN codes, get COD support.

• Get discounted logistics with selected shipping partners
• Optimize your logistics with multiple shipping partners
• Add custom logistics providers of your choice ( domestic and international)
• Manage your own fleet of delivery agents with delivery boy solutions

Create a loyal local client-base with inbuilt hyperlocal ecommerce solution from StoreHippo B2B ecommerce platform. Engage and retain your local clients with comprehensive hyperlocal solutions designed for managing large scale B2B ecommerce operations. Strategize your local marketing based on insights from sales and customer history of a given location. Use Google map and SMS notifications to speed-up and streamline order deliveries.

• Add location specific inventory to a chain of sub-stores
• Implement IP-detection based rules for shipping, taxes, delivery timing etc. 
• Automatic order routing for optimized deliveries
• Build multilingual online store to connect with customers’ in their native language

Implement granular security with StoreHippo B2B ecommerce solution’s inbuilt “audit logs''. No blind guessing of errors as with Shopify B2B ecommerce solutions which does not have an audit log feature. Track down error to prevent intentional fraud with StoreHippo’s audit trail and documented protocol.  

• Track and assess potential security breaches
• Detailed reports to monitor and track changes done by various users
• Search, track and troubleshoot issues to contain damages
• Faster recovery by finding “updated data” and comparing it with the unchanged version