B2C Commerce Marketplace

Whereas the Salesforce Platform has AppExchange, B2C Commerce has the Commerce Cloud Partner Marketplace. B2C Commerce Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners create extensions to the core B2C Commerce product, often to integrate with their own cloud-hosted solution. These ISV partners offer services covering everything from tax and payments to loyalty, to content management, and more. All ISV partners wishing to list a solution in the B2C Commerce Partner Marketplace must have their solution, called a B2C Commerce cartridge, certified by Salesforce. B2C Commerce cartridges are also frequently called LINK cartridges, a reference to older terminology.

There are a few important differences between AppExchange solutions and B2C Commerce cartridges. First, B2C Commerce cartridges are always distributed as source code with documentation. They must be integrated into the customer's B2C Commerce solution code base by following the documentation provided...