ContractCanvas — B2B Entitlements & Contract Pricing Orchestrator
10/10
Demand Score
B2B buyers churn when they can’t see negotiated pricing or terms; sales teams waste hours issuing manual quotes and fixing pricing errors.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$499-3k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
ContractCanvas overlays your storefront with per-account contracts: custom price lists, MOQs, pack sizes, net terms, credit limits, ship-to rules, assortment visibility, and channel-specific restricti
Competitor Landscape
- Shopify B2B
- Bold Custom Pricing
- SparkLayer B2B
- Vendavo
- Pricefx
- Zilliant
- Salesforce CPQ
Must-Have Features for MVP
Entitlements DSL (assortment, price, MOQ, terms, credit)
Edge-deployed price/eligibility engine
Contract importer (CSV + ERP connectors)
Quick-quote with approval workflows
Net terms and credit limit enforcement
Volume breaks and contract-specific promos
Catalog segmentation and hide/show rules
Audit trail and what-changed diffing
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Ultra-low-latency price computation at the edge
- Complex tax/shipping interactions with MOQs and pack sizes
- ERP sync reliability and conflict resolution
- Guardrails to prevent channel pricing conflicts
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- Lift in B2B conversion/AOV
- Reduction in manual quotes and pricing tickets
- Decrease in contract pricing errors/credits
- Faster onboarding of new B2B accounts
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.