A Shopify Plus and B2B-heavy developer for Chicago and Midwest DTC, food + spirits, manufacturing-DTC, and wholesale-strong brands. Plus B2B, ERP integration, EDI flows. Central Time, in-person discovery in the Loop.
Chicago Shopify work skews more B2B and wholesale-aware than coastal markets. The city's economic base is manufacturing, food + spirits, financial services, and B2B logistics — brands here often run a wholesale book that's larger than their DTC channel. Shopify Plus B2B, NetSuite or ERP-integrated catalog management, EDI flows, and multi-warehouse fulfilment are common scope items, not edge cases. Engagements lean on Admin GraphQL heavy lifting.
Chicago and the surrounding industrial corridor produce hardware that goes direct: tools, kitchenware, outdoor gear, automotive accessories. Site needs deep spec catalogs, warranty registration, dealer locator, and Plus B2B for wholesale customers.
Chicago’s food scene runs from specialty grocery to spirits. Cold-chain logistics, age verification (for spirits), club subscription mechanics, retail dual-channel with the city’s strong restaurant scene.
Brands where the wholesale book is the business and DTC is the brand engine. Plus B2B, NET-30 terms, custom catalog pricing per buyer, approval workflows, and MAP-policy enforcement.
Chicago’s fintech and financial-services density (CME, options exchanges, asset managers) spawns adjacent commerce: branded merch, content/research subscriptions, event ticketing platforms.
Our Chicago Shopify team serves brands across Chicago, the suburbs, and the wider Midwest gateway region. Discovery happens on-site in the Loop, West Loop, Fulton Market, or River North. Past Chicago Shopify engagements covered manufacturing-DTC launches, food and spirits subscription builds, B2B wholesale platforms with NetSuite integration, and financial-services-adjacent commerce. Central Time coverage Mon–Fri 9–6 with same-CT Slack response.
Chicago brands more often run real wholesale operations alongside DTC than coastal peers. Shopify Plus B2B is genuinely-used, not just enabled. Manufacturing legacy means deeper catalog architecture, ERP integration as default, and multi-warehouse fulfilment are common scope items rather than edge cases.
NetSuite and Shopify is one of our most-shipped integration patterns. We've also done custom ERP integration with SAP Business One and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for Chicago manufacturing clients. Typically a 6–10 week scope on top of the Plus build.
Central Time coverage with quarterly in-person workshops in the Loop or Fulton Market. Discovery sprints typically include one or two in-person sessions in Chicago. Day-to-day build runs remote with weekly Friday demos on CT and same-CT Slack response.
Plus B2B (company accounts, catalog pricing, NET-30 terms inside the standard Shopify admin) handles 80% of Midwest B2B use cases. Separate B2B portals make sense when EDI integration and 50+ buyer hierarchy are in play. We assess in discovery and document the trade-offs in writing.
Chicago Shopify Plus engagements run roughly 15–20% under NYC equivalents and similar to LA. Our pricing is consistent regardless of location; what varies is scope — Chicago briefs more often include ERP integration, B2B flows, and multi-warehouse work that increase total scope.