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LilyPad Vortex · B2B ordering portal

Let your customers order themselves.

Vortex is a B2B storefront wired straight into your live database. Customers and reps browse real stock, see their own pricing, and place orders — no phone calls, no re-keying, no errors.

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✓ Live stock & pricing ✓ Fishbowl · Katana · Cin7
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Order placed
SO-10142 · Adventure Cyclery
$1,148
Synced to Fishbowl · live pricing
How an order flows

Watch an order fill itself.

A buyer browses the live catalog, adds parts at their own pricing, and submits. It lands in your ERP the moment they hit order — nothing for your team to re-key.

Browse the live catalog
Add items at their pricing
Submit — straight to your ERP
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Home Categories Orders Adventure Cyclery
Featured Products
6 Speed Chain Ring
CR100
112 ea
$24.00 Qty 4 Add
Multi Speed Chain
C202
795 ea
$26.00 Qty 2 Add
Discount Brake Cables
B101
90 ea
$10.00 Qty 6 Add
Capabilities

A storefront built for B2B inventory

Everything your buyers and reps need to order the right thing, every time.

Self-serve B2B ordering
Customers and reps place their own orders around the clock — no phone tag, no manual entry on your side.
Live stock & pricing
Every product shows real on-hand quantity and each customer’s negotiated pricing, straight from your database.
Search by product, description or UPC
A fast, familiar storefront so buyers find the right part in seconds and reorder with confidence.
Favorites & quick reorder
Buyers save the items they purchase most and rebuild a standing order in a couple of clicks.
Customer-specific catalogs
Pick a customer and Vortex shows their catalog, pricing and order history — perfect for reps in the field.
Wired to your database
Orders flow straight into Fishbowl, Katana or Cin7. One source of truth, always in sync.
A day of selling

The same orders — without the phone tag

Every order your customers and reps place today still gets done. Vortex just removes the calls, the paper and the re-keying in between.

Orders that don't wait for business hours
A customer needs to reorder at 9pm.
Today
They call or email — someone re-keys the order the next morning and hopes the quantities are right.
With Vortex
They log in, see live stock and their pricing, and submit. It lands in your ERP instantly.
Reps who sell from the trade-show floor
A rep is taking orders at a booth.
Today
Paper order pads get typed up later — slow, and mistakes creep in.
With Vortex
Pull up the customer's catalog and pricing, add items, and submit on the spot from any device.
3PL billing without the spreadsheet
Month-end storage & handling billing is due.
Today
Storage, handling and fulfillment charges get tallied by hand across every client.
With Vortex
Four built-in, customizable billing types auto-bill every client — on autopilot.
The complete toolkit

Everything your buyers & reps can do

Vortex is a true B2B shopping experience — not a stripped-down B2C tool. Here's the full picture, grouped the way your team works.

Storefront & UI
The shopping experience
Customizable home page
Featured items slider
Up to 5 images per product
Multi-level categories
Favorites & quick reorder
Back-in-stock alerts
Mobile-device friendly
Order Creation
Build any order
Create, save & edit orders
Duplicate existing orders
Customer & vendor PO #
Line-item notes
% discount per line or order
Price override
Scan barcodes for lines
ERP Integration
2-way API
Two-way API with your software
Submit orders to your system
Export to .csv & email PDF
Immediate or batch export
Order status synced back
Pricing rules from your system
Payments & Logistics
Checkout & shipping
Accept payments & Payhub
Require payment by type
UPS rates & tax from your software
Custom shipping chart rates
Show credit limit
Hold / open to buy
Back-order control
Users & Access
Logins & permissions
User login creation
Customer login & 2FA
Manager & admin panel
Customer & rep categories
Company & per-user logos
Controlled catalog access
3PL & Fulfillment
Optional add-on
3PL auto-billing
Drop-ship & credit-return
Require or quick-ship orders
Signature capture
Public & private memos
Reports & inventory look-up
For 3PL providers

Running a 3PL? Vortex bills for it, too.

The same ordering portal — purpose-built for third-party logistics. Give every client a branded storefront where their own customers order, and let Vortex handle the monthly billing automatically.

Auto-billing on autopilot
Take the hassle out of monthly billing. Four built-in billing and report types for storage, handling and fulfillment — all fully customizable.
Your clients' customers order too
Put your business on your clients' devices. They log in and place orders for their customers — and every order flows straight into your database.
Controlled access & punch-out
Decide exactly what inventory each client can see and order, with dedicated "punch-out" sites and shop-by-category storefronts per account.
Frequently asked

Vortex questions, answered

Give your customers a storefront.

We'll spin up Vortex on your catalog so you can see your own products, stock and pricing in a live B2B portal.