Cross-Border Price & Settlement Orchestrator (B2B Markets Control)

B2B E-commerce
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Inability to price and settle locally blocks international deals and erodes margin via FX and duties; finance needs control without replatforming.
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8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$399-1k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
90 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Expert

The Problem

A cross-border control plane for B2B: generate region-specific price books with FX rules (mid-rate + margin, rounding ladders, hedging windows), assign by market/company, and route checkout/invoice pa

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 6 real user complaints:

Competitor Landscape

  • Shopify Markets / Markets Pro (Global-e)
  • Global-e
  • Flow.io
  • Zonos
  • Avalara Cross-Border
  • Stripe multi-currency invoicing

Must-Have Features for MVP

Price book generator with FX sources, hedging windows, and rounding rules
Market/company assignment and fallbacks
PSP router with region-specific accounts and invoice-as-a-service
Duty/tax calculator with Incoterms, DDP/DAP toggles, and landed cost in cart
Multi-origin shipping rules and lead-time disclosures
Settlement reconciliation and finance dashboards
Compliance artifacts (VAT/GST invoices) and audit exports

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Regulatory/compliance across regions when orchestrating payments
  • PSP onboarding and marketplace (Stripe/Adyen/local APMs)
  • Accurate duty/tax and HS classification inputs
  • Price synchronization limits and rate limiting on platforms

Risk Level: High

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Verified margin lift via routing/FX optimization
  • Accurate, compliant landed cost calculations
  • Zero-storefront-migration deployment
  • Finance-grade reconciliation and controls (approval workflows)

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