HVAC USA

HVAC has been serving its customers on the Magento 1 platform since 2006, with Magneto announcing its End of Support for M1 after June 30th, 2020. Owner Lyndon Stout knew he needed to upgrade to Magento 2 in order to ensure the ongoing stability of his growing business and security of his customer’s transactional data. Additionally, as the volume of vendors HVAC serves continues to grow, the M2 store required several core B2B functionalities to be implemented in order to successfully manage and serve this growing segment. During our initial consultative conversations, the team identified the following requirements to deliver a successful Magento 2 Store.

After devising a strategic eCommerce solution tailored to HVACs B2B/B2C Hybrid business model, weighed with budgetary considerations, the Rave Digital team moved forward, confidently with Magento 2 Open Source. In order to deliver the required functionalities, the team was tasked with developing custom modules typically exclusive to Magento Commerce/Commerce Cloud, including Vendor Management and Tax Exemption Functionalities. In addition to Vendor Management, the Vendor module creates drop ship orders and alerts QuickBooks to place an order for low inventory products. The Tax-Exempt module enables approved vendors to upload their Tax Exempt certificates, thereby eliminating sales tax being collected from approved vendors orders. Additionally, to further reduce operational costs, Rave recommended moving off Odoo, and onto QuickBooks for effective inventory management, accounting, and business management software reducing overall eCommerce expenses. In addition to QuickBooks, Rave also integrated the following: