The case for a B2B ordering portal in Manta
Manta is a commercial centre in Ecuador home to about 259,000 people, and one of the places where we build B2B and wholesale portals for local businesses.
Pacific port and tuna-industry city — a business base that increasingly wants to sell online rather than through calls, messages and spreadsheets.
Ecuador is dollarised, which removes currency risk for foreign brands. Guayaquil and Quito together hold most online buyers.
For a business in Manta, the opportunity is to own the customer relationship: your own B2B ordering portal keeps your margin, your data and your brand, while marketplaces and social channels become additional sales routes instead of the only one.
What makes a Manta store feel local
A store that works in Manta respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
Prices, taxes, shipping and refunds are shown in US dollar (USD), formatted the way Manta customers read them.
Language and content
Content can be produced in Spanish, so a Manta customer reads the store in the language they use at home.
Local trust signals
Badges for Visa and Mastercard and Payphone, Servientrega Ecuador delivery and clear return terms reassure first-time buyers in Manta.
Domain, phone and contact
A .ec domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +593 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Custom-built for how you sell in Manta
Your B2B ordering portal is planned, designed and coded for your business model — not adapted from someone else's — and it can ship with a customer or staff mobile app on day one.
Typical clients include FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers, electrical and hardware traders and medical and institutional suppliers. Categories that sell especially well online in Ecuador — electronics, fashion, home and beauty — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
Features of your B2B ordering portal in Manta
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Business accounts
Registration, KYC and approval, company hierarchies, branches, buyers and approvers with their own permissions. Delivery can be booked through Servientrega Ecuador, Tramaco Express and Laar Courier or dispatched by your own riders around Manta.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Stock can be held in Manta or anywhere in Ecuador, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Manta drive revenue.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Manta shoppers and available in Spanish.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Manta teams do not re-type thousands of items.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Checkout is configured for Visa and Mastercard, Payphone and DeUna.
Payments customers in Manta expect
Shoppers in Manta rarely abandon a cart over price alone — they leave when their usual method is missing. Here that means Visa and Mastercard, Payphone and DeUna, then bank transfer, Datafast and Kushki gateways and cash on delivery.
Gateway selection depends on your category and merchant approval; we connect the provider, reconcile payments, automate retries and refunds, and never store raw card data. Prices, taxes and refunds appear in US dollar (USD).
- Datafast and Kushki gateways
- Visa and Mastercard
- DeUna
- Payphone
- Bank transfer
- Cash on delivery
Fulfilment options for Manta orders
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with Servientrega Ecuador, Tramaco Express, Laar Courier, Correos del Ecuador and DHL, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Manta.
Delivery rules can price by distance, weight, postcode or zone, offer same-day slots in dense areas, and switch on pickup points or click-and-collect where customers prefer them.
Compliance built into your B2B ordering portal
For Manta sellers, tax first: Ecuadorian IVA is 15% (since April 2024), and SRI electronic invoicing is mandatory.
Two frameworks shape the build: the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (LOPDP) 2021, and the Organic Law on Consumer Defence and the Electronic Commerce Law.
We build the technical controls — tax-inclusive pricing, compliant invoices, consent banners, terms and return pages, data-access roles and audit logs. We are not a law firm, so final legal and tax positions should be confirmed with your own adviser in Ecuador.
Your own store alongside Mercado Libre and De Prati
Many Manta sellers already list on Mercado Libre, De Prati, Comandato, Tía and OLX Ecuador. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
NNT Mart gives you a channel you own: your domain, your customer list, your pricing and your brand. Where it helps, we connect product feeds and orders from marketplaces so stock stays in sync and your team works from one dashboard.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Manta
Popular online categories in Ecuador include electronics, fashion, home, beauty, groceries and sports. Pacific port and tuna-industry city — which shapes what local businesses need online. In Manta, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
For wholesalers, we usually start with contract pricing, then add ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho) once orders are flowing.
FMCG distributors
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for FMCG distributors in Manta, connected to the systems you already use.
Industrial suppliers
Industrial suppliers get quick and bulk ordering plus credit and payments workflows tailored to their operations.
Electrical and hardware traders
We map how electrical and hardware traders sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Medical and institutional suppliers
For medical and institutional suppliers, we usually start with sales-team tools, then add credit and payment gateways once orders are flowing.
Dealer networks
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for dealer networks in Manta, connected to the systems you already use.
Mobile commerce in Manta
A dealer and sales-representative app lets buyers re-order in seconds, scan products, check statements and receive scheme announcements, while reps take orders at the counter even with patchy connectivity.
One backend serves the website and the apps, and the apps ship under your own Google Play and App Store accounts — so what you change once appears everywhere.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Manta time (UTC−5), in Spanish if you want.
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
- BI and reporting tools
- Logistics and freight partners
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- Accounting and e-invoicing
- CRM and lead management
- Credit and payment gateways
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
Launch roadmap and success metrics
Value first, depth later. For a B2B ordering portal serving Manta, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for USD, Visa and Mastercard and Servientrega Ecuador from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Manta customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on order-entry time, share of orders placed online, order accuracy, days sales outstanding, repeat-order frequency and sales-rep productivity — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
How Manta clients work with us
Manta runs on UTC−5, which is 10h 30m behind India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Northern Quichua, Shuar and Spanish. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Manta clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
