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Recently, the platform rolled out a powerful set of tools built specifically for B2B businesses - a growing and thriving marketplace, the kind of behind-the-scenes commerce most entrepreneurs don\u2019t talk about, but many could scale into.<\/p>\n<p>The drop includes four new partner-built solutions designed to help manufacturers, distributors, and enterprise sellers do what they\u2019ve always done-but faster, easier, and without a mountain of custom code. Think: storefronts, back-office systems, and custom ordering portals that actually make sense in a B2B world.<\/p>\n<p>But what does this actually <i>solve<\/i> for?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down-casual, honest, and straight to the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shopify isn\u2019t just for DTC anymore. 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