Why Bern businesses are investing in B2B and wholesale portals
Bern is a federal city of switzerland, home to about 137,000 people, and one of the markets in Switzerland where we build B2B and wholesale portals.
The local economy is driven by federal administration and medtech, and commercial activity concentrates around the city centre.
Logistics are supported by Bern Airport, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Switzerland has very high spending per online shopper and expects multilingual stores in German, French and Italian. TWINT and invoice payment are must-haves.
For a business in Bern, 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.
Local details we build into every Bern project
Conversion in Bern depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
Prices, taxes, shipping and refunds are shown in Swiss franc (CHF), formatted the way Bern customers read them.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into German, French and Italian where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Bern recognise: TWINT and PostFinance Card and delivery through Swiss Post.
Domain, phone and contact
A .ch domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +41 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
With University of Bern close by, finding people to manage catalogues, content and support after launch is realistic in Bern.
A B2B ordering portal built around your Bern business
Whatever your business sells in Bern, N&T Software designs and develops the B2B ordering portal and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
In Bern we typically work with wholesalers, FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers and electrical and hardware traders, and with sellers in categories such as electronics, fashion, watches and luxury and groceries that have strong online demand in Switzerland.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
What your B2B ordering portal includes
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. Revenue reports by product, repeat buyer and delivery area of Bern guide stock and marketing decisions.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Bern shoppers and available in German and French.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Bulk import and sync tools mean the Bern team never re-keys stock, prices or descriptions by hand.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Customers in Bern can pay with TWINT, PostFinance Card and Visa and Mastercard, with receipts and refunds handled in the same admin.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Couriers such as Swiss Post, DPD Switzerland and Planzer plug in alongside your own fleet for Bern orders.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Multiple stock points in Switzerland are supported, so a Bern order ships from the nearest one.
Who we build for in Bern
Popular online categories in Switzerland include electronics, fashion, watches and luxury, groceries, home and sports. Local demand in Bern is shaped by federal administration and medtech, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Bern, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
We map how wholesalers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
FMCG distributors
For FMCG distributors, we usually start with quick and bulk ordering, then add accounting and e-invoicing once orders are flowing.
Industrial suppliers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for industrial suppliers in Bern, connected to the systems you already use.
Electrical and hardware traders
Electrical and hardware traders get quotes and approvals plus sales-team tools workflows tailored to their operations.
Medical and institutional suppliers
We map how medical and institutional suppliers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Dealer networks
For dealer networks, we usually start with business accounts, then add logistics and freight partners once orders are flowing.
Getting paid online in Bern
A B2B ordering portal for Bern must support the way people here actually pay: TWINT, PostFinance Card, Visa and Mastercard, invoice payment, PayPal and Apple Pay.
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 Swiss franc (CHF).
Zone-based payment rules let you offer different options for the city centre than for outer parts of Bern.
- TWINT
- Apple Pay
- Invoice payment
- PayPal
- Visa and Mastercard
- PostFinance Card
Fulfilment options for Bern orders
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with Swiss Post, DPD Switzerland, Planzer, DHL Express and Quickpac, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Bern.
We set up shipping zones, cut-off times, free-shipping thresholds, cash-collection rules and returns so the promise on the product page matches what your team can deliver.
Connectivity in the area — Bern Airport — makes regional and national dispatch from Bern practical.
Owning your channel in Switzerland
Many Bern sellers already list on Digitec Galaxus, Zalando, Brack.ch, Ricardo, Migros Online and Coop. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
Your B2B ordering portal becomes the hub: marketplaces and social shops become extra outlets fed from one catalogue, while repeat customers buy directly from you at better margins.
Selling online legally in Switzerland
Tax basics: Swiss VAT (MWST/TVA) is 8.1% standard with 2.6% and 3.8% reduced rates; foreign sellers above the threshold must register.
Two frameworks shape the build: the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP), in force since September 2023, and the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Unfair Competition Act (UWG), which require clear identification and pricing.
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 Switzerland.
Mobile commerce in Bern
Phones carry most traffic in Switzerland. 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 Bern time (UTC+2), in German and French if you want.
- Logistics and freight partners
- CRM and lead management
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
- BI and reporting tools
- Accounting and e-invoicing
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- 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.
How we phase your B2B ordering portal
Value first, depth later. For a B2B ordering portal serving Bern, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for CHF, TWINT and Swiss Post from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Bern 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 Bern clients work with us
Bern runs on UTC+2, which is 3h 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.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in Romansh, Italian and German. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your B2B ordering portal.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Bern clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
