Finding a specific replacement part for a product can be a tedious, often painstaking process for both buyers and sellers. Some multi-component systems and large equipment can consist of dozens of parts and pieces – ranging from large fan motors to minute screws....
Customer Experience
Gear Up for Voice-Enabled Demands from B2B Buyers
In today’s advanced digital world, voice recognition and search technology speaks volumes – literally. Voice-enabled virtual assistants like Siri, Google Home, and Amazon Echo have become trusted household devices that provide us with answers to all of life’s...
Adopt a Lifecycle Marketing Strategy to Attract and Retain Customers
Successful B2B organizations are dropping the traditional sales funnel approach and embracing a more fluid lifecycle marketing strategy as buyers evolve from prospects to customers and, ultimately, to advocates. Unlike the outdated sales funnel which focuses on new...
Segment Your Customers to Attract More Online Buyers
In the wholesale distribution marketplace, B2B buyer needs are as diverse as their business roles. They shop different ways, purchase different ways, and want varying levels of engagement with a company. So how do you satisfy all these buyer behaviors and...
BOPIS is Helping Distributors Compete with Amazon and Big Box Retailers
In what looks to be an anti-Amazon strategy, a growing number of Big Box retailers are now offering a buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) feature for their customers. Independent hardlines distributor and Unilog customer, Orgill, has been tracking major chains in...
Cool Feature: Customer Part Number
One of the most popular eCommerce features of the Unilog platform (according to our customers) is the Customer Part Number field. When an individual from one of your registered customers views a product detail page on your site, they see an “Add / Remove CPN”...
How to Improve the B2B Wholesale Buyer Experience
Buyer experience has been a B2C term until recently – now customer-centric marketing tactics and strategies are gradually making their way into the B2B world. Today, more and more sellers in B2B support the idea of retaining their customers by improving the buyer...
Displaying Pricing on Your Website: How Transparent Should You Be?
Thanks to the Internet, people have developed an increasing desire for information. Particularly for consumers, the information superhighway has made it easier to gather information so they can make smarter, more informed purchasing decisions. B2B buyers are no...
7 Steps to Building Better Customer Relationships Online
The Internet continues to become a more integral part of our daily life. It helps us find products and services, voice our opinions and provide feedback, and learn what’s going on in the world. We especially like using the Internet when we can easily find what we’re...
Unilog Q&A: Clarifying Digital Commerce Lingo
eCommerce technology can be a bit overwhelming. With new software, tools and terminology created every day, it’s hard to keep on top of it all – let alone understand it. Don’t feel badly if you’re a bit confused about some technology terms and how they differ from one...