BtoB: what is it?
BtoB (Business to Business): refers to a business-to-business action carried out, as its name indicates, from professional to professional.
It is possible to illustrate a business to business action with the following example:
You are a supplier of textile raw materials, and you ship rolls of fabric to a sewing shop that needs materials to make clothing. This is a BtoB shipment. This does not only concern the sale of products between professionals, it can concern the service sector, information and others.
There are also other acronyms such as BtoBtoC, it is about transactions between professionals with individuals as final consumers. Or the BtoC transactions.
Make a shipment between professionals
At Upela, we develop many offers and tools for professionals. The creation of a professional account allows you to benefit from even more advantageous rates than those intended for the public. You also have access to options especially dedicated to BtoB transactions.
Making your shipments with an Upela pro account gives you access to :
- Integrated address book: save your most recurring contacts
- Mass mailing: send the same goods to several recipients in 2 clicks
- Send by file: send different packages to multiple recipients
- TMS (Transport management system) or integration of your carrier contracts: integrate all your carrier contracts directly into your professional account
- Deferred payment: pay your invoices twice a month and save time with each mailing
- Setting your default tasks: set your preferences from your customer area and facilitate your logistics
- Returns: pre-pay return slips for your customers
- Importations
- E-commerce store integration: automate the shipping of your orders on a single platform
- Upela API integration: integrate our transport offers directly into your website
- Creation of a personalized platform dedicated to your BtoB shipments (on-demand)
Logistic tools for businesses
B2B import export also makes it possible for you to create a business account (totally free of charge) for easier shipment management (imports, exports and returns) every day. Using this PRO business account, you have access to a full range of tools designed to help you gain time on logistics: you use your address book to record the particulars of your regular customers so as not to have to type their address out on each delivery; deferred payment means that you pay your invoices only at the end of the month; our prepaid shipping form means that your suppliers only need to manage the pick-up of your parcels (they do not advance any costs and do not have to fill in any paperwork); and your address book enables you to make deliveries from your supplier to your warehouse, for instance, using Drop Shipping.
B2B Logistics: in France … and abroad
Upela facilitates your logistics in France … and internationally. We accompany small and medium size businesses with the issues of development on a nation Europe, America, Asia, Africa, Australia, DOM-TOM) to see where you can import and export your goods.
