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RETAIL & WHOLESALE MARKETING AGENCY FOR B2B

Turn Wholesale Digital Demand into Margin, Not Vanity Revenue.

Your buyers already research and reorder on Amazon Business, Google Shopping, and distributor portals. We make sure your catalog wins the shelf and spend drives profitable growth.

Wholesale Growth Is a Margin Problem, Not a Traffic Problem

OUR B2B RETAIL & WHOLESALE MARKETING AGENCY METHODOLOGY

B2B ecommerce is not D2C ecommerce, and the agencies that treat it that way quietly erode margin. Your buyers search by part number and spec, your catalog runs to tens of thousands of SKUs, and your best accounts pay contract prices that never belong in a public auction. 

Directive runs wholesale and distribution programs on DiscoverabilityOS, our methodology for making a catalog findable, undeniable, and chosen across every surface where a B2B buyer decides. We decide which SKUs to advertise, exclude, or route to RFQ before a dollar moves, then hold the whole program to contribution margin and pipeline.

Wholesale Buyers Have Already Moved to Direct Order

59%
of B2B buyers now make more than a quarter of their purchases on online marketplaces
The wholesale buying committee did not wait for your sales team to go digital. Purchasing managers compare suppliers, check availability, and reorder inside marketplaces, and roughly 6 in 10 are already doing 26% or more of their B2B buying on Amazon Business alone. When your catalog is missing, mispriced, or losing the Buy Box, that demand routes to a competitor and never surfaces as a lost deal. The distributors and manufacturers who win the next five years are the ones who take control of the shelf now, while the category is still up for grabs.
Digital Commerce 360, B2B Marketplaces Grow Faster Than Other Digital Sales Channels

Directive’s Approach to B2B Wholesale Marketing

HOW IT WORKS

We manage wholesale growth as one connected program: model the margin, control the catalog, capture demand where buyers actually transact, then scale on retention.
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Our Comprehensive B2B Advertising Services

Amazon B2B Advertising

We manage Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Sponsored Display campaigns segmented by SKU profitability, buyer type, and procurement intent, not consumer ROAS logic.

Distributor & Procurement Portals
Get your products listed, priced, and discoverable inside the distributor and procurement platforms your buyers already purchase through.
Shopify B2B Advertising
We build and run Shopify Shop Ads and storefront advertising engineered for B2B buyer behavior, account-level pricing, and reorder patterns, not consumer traffic.
Feed Architecture & SKU Treatment
Run a master feed and supplemental feeds that keep tens of thousands of SKUs accurate, spec-searchable, and approved across every channel.
Google Shopping Campaigns
We build and manage Shopping campaigns around procurement cycles and technical, spec-driven search behavior, the way engineers and purchasing managers actually buy.
Feed Management and Optimization
We manage feed health, product data, and catalog changes on an ongoing basis so pricing, attributes, and inventory stay accurate across every channel.

Our Process & Impact

HOW IT WORKS
We deliver wholesale growth through a structured process tied to contribution margin, not surface-level ROAS.

The B2B Wholesale Marketing Problems We Solve.

THE STRUGGLE
Wholesale and distribution have their own economics: larger orders, longer cycles, spec-driven search, and pricing you cannot expose in public. Directive replaces borrowed D2C tactics with a margin-first program built for how B2B buyers actually purchase.

Consumer Benchmarks for B2B

Agencies chase a consumer ROAS target that ignores your average order value, longer cycles, and margin structure, so a healthy-looking number can still lose money. We benchmark against contribution margin so profit, not vanity revenue, drives every decision.

Catalog Complexity at Scale

Tens of thousands of SKUs cannot be optimized one product at a time, so most of the catalog goes untouched and underfunded. We build feed architecture and SKU treatment rules that manage the full catalog programmatically.

Misaligned Product Listings

B2B buyers search by MPN and spec, but consumer-style titles bury that data, so high-intent buyers never find the exact product they need. We structure titles and feeds around the part numbers and specs buyers actually type.

Channel Conflict & Margin Erosion

Unauthorized resellers, MAP violations, and gaps between list and contract pricing erode margin and put distributor relationships at risk. We enforce SKU-level pricing rules so every product is advertised, excluded, or routed to quote at the right price, protecting margin and channel trust.

Agencies chase a consumer ROAS target that ignores your average order value, longer cycles, and margin structure, so a healthy-looking number can still lose money. We benchmark against contribution margin so profit, not vanity revenue, drives every decision.

Tens of thousands of SKUs cannot be optimized one product at a time, so most of the catalog goes untouched and underfunded. We build feed architecture and SKU treatment rules that manage the full catalog programmatically.

B2B buyers search by MPN and spec, but consumer-style titles bury that data, so high-intent buyers never find the exact product they need. We structure titles and feeds around the part numbers and specs buyers actually type.

Unauthorized resellers, MAP violations, and gaps between list and contract pricing erode margin and put distributor relationships at risk. We enforce SKU-level pricing rules so every product is advertised, excluded, or routed to quote at the right price, protecting margin and channel trust.

Frequently Asked Questions About Retail & Wholesale Marketing

FAQ
A B2B wholesale marketing agency helps distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers grow revenue across marketplaces, shopping channels, and their own storefronts. Directive runs it as a managed, margin-first program: modeling which SKUs to fund, controlling feeds and pricing, and capturing demand where B2B buyers actually purchase.
B2B has larger orders, longer buying cycles, spec- and part-number search, and contract pricing you cannot expose in a public auction. Applying consumer ROAS benchmarks and single-SKU tactics to that reality erodes margin, which is why wholesale distribution marketing needs its own financial model and channel strategy.
Yes. We build Amazon Business and 1P/3P strategy, win the B2B Buy Box, and structure feeds so buyers find products by part number and spec. We also extend proven catalogs into distributor portals, Shopify B2B, and channels like Walmart Business once the unit economics work.
We measure against contribution margin and pipeline influence, not impressions or blended ROAS alone. Every SKU is tied to a financial model, and reporting connects spend to profit so leadership can see which products and channels actually build the business.
Yes. As a B2B ecommerce marketing agency for manufacturers and distributors, we cover the full path from listing and feed control to marketplace conversion and retention, tailored to how each type of B2B seller reaches its buyers.

Own the Shelf Your Buyers Already Shop

Your category is being decided across marketplaces and distributor portals. Partner with Directive to control your catalog, protect margin, and turn demand into profitable growth.