Shopify B2B: What You Get on Each Plan Since April 2026
Shopify B2B is the set of wholesale features built into the Shopify admin: companies with their own locations and buyers, catalogs with B2B prices, quantity rules, payment terms and ordering tools for business customers. Since Shopify’s announcement of April 2, 2026, it runs on the Basic, Grow and Advanced plans as well as Plus, at no extra cost, with a few features kept for Plus. Before you switch it on, check the list of features that don’t work with B2B; for some stores that list decides the question.
Plan details and limits come from Shopify’s Help Center pages on B2B features by plan and B2B considerations, read on October 23, 2026, and Shopify’s B2B for all announcement of April 2, 2026.
What Shopify B2B includes
On every plan that supports B2B:
- Companies and locations. Each business customer is a company, with locations and buyers; location-level permissions decide who can order.
- Catalogs. Price lists and product selections for B2B markets, with quantity rules (minimum, maximum, increment) and volume price breaks.
- Payments. Net payment terms, payment reminders, vaulted credit cards and, in the United States, ACH.
- Ordering. Draft order to invoice, checkout to draft for orders you review, easy reorders and PO numbers.
- Storefront. The Trade theme and a quick order list for buyers who order many SKUs.
- Staff and automation. Sales staff permissions and Shopify Flow with B2B objects.
B2B isn’t available on the Starter or Retail plans.
Shopify B2B by plan
| Feature | Basic and Grow | Advanced | Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies, locations, buyers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| B2B market catalogs | Up to 3 active | Up to 3 active | Unlimited |
| Catalogs assigned directly to a company or location | No | No | Yes |
| Quantity rules and price breaks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Net terms, reminders, vaulted cards | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deposits, partial payments, payment requests per fulfillment | No | No | Yes |
| Contextual checkout and storefront through Markets | No | Yes | Yes |
| Trade theme, quick order list | Yes | Yes | Yes |
In our view the catalog limit matters first for smaller stores. On Basic, Grow and Advanced, the 3 active catalogs are shared across all B2B markets: three catalogs in one market use the whole allowance, and you have to remove or draft one before assigning another elsewhere. Below Plus, a price list per customer has to go through the 3 shared market catalogs, so more than three per-customer price lists needs Plus, where catalogs can be assigned directly to a company or location. Below Plus, catalog features also require the new Shopify Markets.
As we see it, three catalogs cover a store with a few price tiers, such as “Retailer”, “Distributor” and “Key account”. A store that negotiates prices per customer outgrows them quickly, and that is the point at which Plus earns its cost for B2B.
What doesn’t work with B2B
Shopify lists these as incompatible with B2B:
- accelerated checkouts, including Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Amazon Pay;
- local delivery and pickup points (though local delivery and pickup in store are available on B2B draft orders created in the admin);
- tipping;
- subscriptions;
- legacy customer accounts;
- agentic storefronts;
- some third-party apps (ask the developer);
- checkout customizations in
checkout.liquid.
Four more features are turned off by default for B2B and need a request to Shopify Support from the store or organization owner: pickup in store, line item scripts, abandoned checkouts and gift cards at checkout. In a blended store (retail and B2B together), those settings apply to both kinds of customer.
In practice, business buyers check out without Shop Pay or Apple Pay, and if your retail business runs on subscriptions, those stay retail-only. Tell buyers about both before their first order.
One more cost note from Shopify: B2B features have no additional fee, but where variable platform fees apply, B2B and direct-to-consumer orders have different rates. Shopify asks merchants to contact Support for the details.
Requirements before you start
- A supported plan: Basic, Grow, Advanced or Plus.
- Customer accounts: the new customer accounts must be on; legacy accounts can’t be used for B2B.
- Companies: every business customer is set up as a company, with its locations and buyers.
- Markets: the new Shopify Markets for catalogs below Plus; B2B with Markets is switched on in feature test drive.
- A store type: decide whether retail and wholesale share one store or B2B gets a dedicated store. Shopify warns that switching later means redoing most of the setup; the comparison is in retail and wholesale in one store.
Where to go next
The setup itself, from companies to the first catalog, is in set up wholesale on Shopify. Price tiers and volume breaks are covered in wholesale pricing, and minimum quantities in Shopify minimum order quantity. When the native features stop short, for example at cart-wide order minimums, compare a Shopify B2B app. The whole cluster sits in the B2B and wholesale hub.
FAQ
Is Shopify B2B free? B2B features are included at no extra cost on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. Where variable platform fees apply, B2B orders have a different rate from retail orders.
Do I need Shopify Plus for B2B? Since April 2026, Shopify B2B runs on Basic, Grow and Advanced as well. Plus adds unlimited catalogs, catalogs per company, deposits and partial payments.
Can B2B buyers pay with Shop Pay? Accelerated checkouts, including Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Amazon Pay, aren’t compatible with B2B. Buyers pay with the other methods you offer, including payment terms.
Can I run B2B and retail in one Shopify store? A blended store runs both from one admin with shared inventory, or you can set up a dedicated B2B store. Decide before setup, because changing later means redoing most of the work.