Wholesale Continuity Shield (for B2B Wholesale Hub users)
10/10
Demand Score
B2B buyers ordering on terms/minimums churn fast when price rules fail; even short outages cause lost POs and manual recovery costs.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$249-1k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
2. Custom Pricing & Discount Limitations
Competitor Landscape
- Shopify Functions (DIY)
- Mechanic
- Cloudflare Workers
- UptimeRobot
- Panther for monitoring
Must-Have Features for MVP
Rule compiler to deterministic price lists and visibility matrices
Edge cache with rapid invalidation
Health checks and synthetic B2B journeys
Automatic failover/return to origin with guardrails
Order queue + reconciliation with diff reports
Per‑customer fallback logic (minimums, tiered pricing)
SLA reporting and incident timelines
Theme/app minimal‑touch installation wizard
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Achieving parity with complex pricing/visibility rules
- Platform limits around checkout extensibility
- Large rule tables for big catalogs
- Aligning with third‑party app ToS
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Pricing deviations under 0.5% vs. source app
- Failover under 200ms TTFB delta
- Clear reconciliation and auditability for finance
- No‑code install for merchants; minimal theme edits
- Documented ROI in preserved order volume
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.