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B2B wholesale · 24 June 2026 · 6 min read

How to run tiered wholesale pricing in Linnworks (without spreadsheets)

If you sell B2B, every trade account wants a different price. Linnworks alone can't model that. Here's how Green & Home Ltd does it — and how you can copy the pattern.

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MCP for developers · 19 June 2026 · 7 min read

Self-hosting an MCP server on Cloudflare: a 90-minute guide for Linnworks integrators

For dev shops, freelance Linnworks consultants and in-house teams: how to deploy your own Linnworks MCP server on Cloudflare Workers and connect Claude to your live ops data — without weeks of integration work.

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B2B wholesale · 12 June 2026 · 5 min read

The hidden cost of typing in trade prices manually (and the fix)

How long does your team really spend looking up the right trade price for the right customer for the right SKU? A back-of-envelope worked example for B2B wholesalers running Linnworks — and the two-app fix that collapses it.

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MCP basics · 5 June 2026 · 6 min read

What is MCP? A Linnworks merchant’s guide to the Model Context Protocol

MCP — the Model Context Protocol — is the new standard for connecting AI assistants like Claude to your business data. Here’s what it means for Linnworks merchants in plain English.

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Linnworks ops · 28 May 2026 · 7 min read

7 Linnworks bottlenecks an MCP server can fix in an afternoon

The seven daily Linnworks chores that an MCP server plus Claude can replace today, with the exact prompts to use.

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Linnworks ops · 21 May 2026 · 4 min read

5 questions to ask Claude about your Linnworks data every Monday morning

A 10-minute Monday routine to make sure nothing slipped through your ops queue last week. All five questions tested live against the MCP-G Linnworks connector.

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B2B wholesale · 14 May 2026 · 5 min read

The hidden cost of re-keying B2B orders into Linnworks (and how to stop)

How much time and money do trade counter, phone and field orders cost when each one is typed into Linnworks by hand? Worked example with real numbers.

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Linnworks ops · 7 May 2026 · 5 min read

Repeat orders in Linnworks: when to automate and when to keep manual control

Standing orders are a quiet revenue engine — but only if you automate them right. A practical guide to when to schedule and when to leave it manual.

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Trust & security · 30 April 2026 · 6 min read

How to safely connect Claude to your live business data (without breaking GDPR)

Five questions to ask before you wire any AI assistant up to your live Linnworks, Xero or e-commerce data. Plus how the MCP-G architecture answers them.

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Buyer guides · 23 April 2026 · 4 min read

Buying the Linnworks MCP source — what £249 actually buys you

We retired the £49/month hosted plan and now offer the Linnworks MCP as a one-off £249 source-code download. Here's what that gets you, who it's for, and what we recommend for everyone else.

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Linnworks ops · 16 April 2026 · 5 min read

6 reports your ops manager can stop running manually in 2026

A practical list of repetitive Linnworks reports an AI can produce on a schedule. Reclaim a half-day a week.

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Buyer guides · 9 April 2026 · 6 min read

A buyer’s checklist: choosing the right AI assistant for a multichannel e-commerce business

Eleven questions to put to any AI vendor before you commit. Tear out and use.

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MCP basics · 2 April 2026 · 5 min read

The death of the spreadsheet: why ops managers are switching to AI queries

The spreadsheet has been the operations dashboard for 40 years. AI is replacing it faster than anything before it. Why now, and what to do.

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