DistributorCentral

DistributorCentral is now OrderMyGear.
MPower is the alternative.

distributorcentral.com now redirects to ordermygear.com. It was acquired in 2023 and the standalone brand is retired. If you are reconsidering your options anyway, here is how MPower compares on features and on price, using both companies' published rates.

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Verified against both companies' published pages. Last checked 4 September 2026.

Why distributors move to MPower

One platform, one price, however many stores you run.

Unlimited stores, one flat fee

Run five stores or fifty for the same subscription. No per-store licence, no per-store monthly hosting, no surprise when a client wants another one.

Everything in one system

Stores, orders, CRM, presentations and accounting in a single application with one login, not four portals stitched together from four acquisitions.

Order management included

Full quote-to-invoice order management, CRM and presentations come with the plan rather than as a separate per-user product with a seat minimum.

Side by side

What you get on MPower that you do not get on OrderMyGear.

Both companies publish their pricing, which makes a real comparison possible rather than a sales pitch.

CapabilityMPowerOrderMyGear (incl. DistributorCentral)
Company storesUnlimited Included, no per-store feePer store $2,499 one-time, then $119 to $199 a month for every store
Order management and CRMIncluded Orders, CRM, presentations and follow-ups in the same planAdd-on $79/user/mo, 2-user minimum, sold separately
One login for everythingYes Stores, orders, CRM and accounting in one applicationMultiple Online Stores, DistributorCentral, OneSource and OMG Orders are separate portals
AI in the back officeYes Supplier email parsed into order updates; Stripe-to-QuickBooks reconciliationNot advertised None listed on OMG product pages
Pop-up and time-limited storesYes Set a start and end date on any store to control exactly when it accepts ordersYes Scheduled open and close dates
Automated sales taxYes Calculated automatically from the ship-to address at checkoutYes Avalara and TaxJar integrations
Supplier product dataYes 725K+ products over PromoStandards with per-supplier data-quality scoringYes OneSource API and Product Search, free
AccountingYes QuickBooks sync, reconciliation, billing, commissionsYes QuickBooks and ASI integrations
Published pricingYes Self-serve, no sales callYes Published per-plan, no contracts
Warehousing and kittingVia partners ShipStation, VeraCore, SkuVaultVia partners ShipStation, Shippo

OrderMyGear figures are from their own published pricing and product pages, last checked 4 September 2026.

What it actually costs

Every store you add is free. On OrderMyGear it is another $1,428 a year.

MPower charges one flat fee for unlimited stores. OrderMyGear charges $119 a month for every store, every month, forever. Both columns use the two companies' own published rates.

Your programmeMPowerOrderMyGearYou save
5 company stores
$150K web sales		$8,600$9,036$436/yr
10 company stores
$250K web sales		$10,500$16,176$5,676/yr
20 company stores
$400K web sales		$13,350$30,456$17,106/yr
40 company stores
$600K web sales		$17,150$59,016$41,866/yr
When OrderMyGear is the cheaper buy. If you run only a handful of stores, per-store hosting beats a percentage of sales. The break-even sits at roughly five stores at $150K of web sales, or eleven stores at $600K. Below that, OrderMyGear costs less, and we would rather say so than have you work it out afterwards.

Where MPower wins

  • Store count is free. Five stores or fifty, same subscription. No per-store licence and no per-store hosting.
  • Order management is included, not a separate $79/user/mo product with a two-user minimum.
  • One system, one login. Stores, orders, CRM, presentations and accounting in a single application.
  • AI that does back-office work. Supplier emails parsed into order status and tracking; Stripe payouts reconciled against QuickBooks.
  • SOC 2 Type 2. Independently audited by Sensiba LLP.
  • One vendor, one roadmap. Not four acquired platforms mid-consolidation.

How these are built. MPower All-in-One at $479.20/mo billed annually ($5,750/yr), unlimited stores with order management and CRM included, plus 1.9% on web-store orders. OrderMyGear at $119/mo per store Standard hosting plus Presentations and Order Management at $79/user/mo with a two-user minimum, the closest equivalent to what MPower bundles, shown as the ongoing annual cost after the $2,499 one-time Company Stores licence. OMG's $119 includes 50 orders per store per month; the overage rate is not published. Card processing of roughly 2.9% + $0.30 applies on both and is excluded from both. OMG's 3.95% platform fee applies to pop-up carts, not company stores, so it does not appear here.

Switching

What moving actually involves.

Nobody switches platforms in an afternoon, and a migration page that promises otherwise is selling you something. Here is the honest shape of it.

What comes across cleanly

  • Customer and contact records
  • Product data — rebuilt live from PromoStandards rather than copied, so it arrives current
  • Order history, imported as records for reference and reporting
  • Artwork and logo files

What has to be rebuilt

  • Storefronts. Store design does not transfer between platforms. Each store is rebuilt, though the builder and templates make this faster than the first time round.
  • Custom domains and DNS. Straightforward, but it is a cutover with a date and a short window to plan.
  • Integrations. Anything wired to OMG's API is re-pointed.

Honest timing

Two to six weeks for most distributors

The variable is store count and how much bespoke design each one carries. A handful of template-based stores moves quickly. Twenty stores with individual branding is a project, and we will say so on the call rather than after you have signed.

Run both for a while

Most distributors keep existing stores live on their current platform while new ones launch on MPower, then migrate the rest as programmes come up for renewal. Because MPower does not charge per store, running a few extra during the overlap costs nothing.

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FAQ

DistributorCentral questions, answered.

Is DistributorCentral shutting down?
The standalone brand is effectively retired. distributorcentral.com returns a permanent redirect to ordermygear.com, and its product-data and website capabilities continue inside OrderMyGear rather than disappearing. OrderMyGear has not announced an end date for any DistributorCentral service, so confirm the current status of anything you depend on directly with them.
Who owns DistributorCentral now?
OrderMyGear acquired DistributorCentral in November 2023. OrderMyGear then merged with Inktavo, the parent company of InkSoft, Printavo and GraphicsFlow, in October 2025. OrderMyGear had already acquired BrightStores in November 2022 and Aturian in 2025. If you are comparing DistributorCentral, BrightStores, InkSoft and OrderMyGear, you are comparing four products from one vendor.
Is MPower cheaper than OrderMyGear?
It depends on how many stores you run. MPower charges a flat subscription for unlimited stores plus a percentage of web-store orders; OrderMyGear charges per store per month with no percentage on company stores. Run a lot of stores and MPower costs a great deal less. Run only a handful, and OrderMyGear costs less. The table above works through four scenarios using both companies' published prices.
Does MPower do pop-up and time-limited stores?
Yes. Any store can be given a start date and an end date that control exactly when it accepts orders, so a spirit-wear, event or fundraiser store opens and closes on the schedule you set rather than needing someone to remember to switch it off.
Does MPower calculate sales tax?
Yes. Sales tax is calculated automatically at checkout from the customer's ship-to address, so multi-state store programmes charge the right rate without you maintaining a rate table.
Do I still get free product data if I move?
MPower includes supplier product data in every paid plan: over 725,000 products via PromoStandards, with scheduled pricing and inventory syncs and a per-supplier data-quality score. OrderMyGear's Product Search and OneSource API are free of charge and remain so; the difference is that MPower's catalogue is part of the platform you already run your orders in rather than a separate portal.
Can I try MPower before committing?
Yes. Pricing is published and self-serve, so you can see exactly what a plan costs before speaking to anyone, and you can run stores on MPower alongside your existing platform during a transition.

Competitor pricing and product facts on this page were taken from OrderMyGear's own published pages and last verified on 4 September 2026. Pricing changes, so check current figures with each vendor before deciding.

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