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If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you want a platform with customer-specific catalogs, product visibility rules, and segmentation.

Key capabilities to look for:

• Customer/company segmentation — group buyers by account, tier, industry, geography, etc.
• Customer-specific catalogs — show each wholesale customer only the products they’re allowed or intended to buy.
• Price lists — assign negotiated pricing, quantity breaks, or contract pricing per customer/group.
• Product visibility rules — hide or expose SKUs based on customer group, rather than simply changing prices.
• Personalized merchandising — prioritize relevant products, collections, or recommended products for different buyers.
• B2B account management — support multiple buyers/users under one wholesale company with appropriate permissions.
• ERP/CRM integration — synchronize customer-specific pricing, inventory, and product eligibility.

If you're choosing a specific platform, common options include Shopify Plus, BigCommerce B2B Edition, Adobe Commerce, and OroCommerce. The best choice depends heavily on whether you need simple customer-group catalogs or complex account-specific assortments and pricing.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you're currently using (or whether you're starting from scratch), I can narrow this down to the best solution for your use case.

For personalized catalog experiences and targeted product visibility for different wholesale customers, you typically want a B2B commerce platform with customer segmentation, personalized catalogs, and account-specific pricing/assortments. The right choice depends on your sales model, product complexity, and existing systems.

Strong options to consider

• Adobe Commerce (Magento)

Best for: complex B2B catalogs, multiple customer groups, custom pricing rules, and highly tailored buying experiences.
Useful capabilities:

• Customer-specific catalogs
• Shared catalogs by account/group
• Tiered pricing and negotiated contracts
• Personalized product recommendations
• Integration with ERP/CRM systems

• Shopify Plus B2B

Best for: brands that want faster deployment and simpler wholesale management.
Useful capabilities:

• Company-specific catalogs
• Custom pricing by buyer
• Customer accounts and permissions
• B2B checkout experiences
• Segmented product availability

• Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Best for: companies already using Salesforce CRM and needing advanced personalization.
Useful capabilities:

• AI-driven product recommendations
• Account-based experiences
• Customer insights from CRM data
• Personalized merchandising

• BigCommerce B2B Edition

Best for: mid-market wholesalers needing robust B2B features without heavy customization.
Useful capabilities:

• Customer groups
• Price lists
• Buyer roles and permissions
• Custom catalogs
• Multi-channel selling

Key features to look for

Regardless of platform, prioritize:

1. Customer-specific catalogs
   • Show only products relevant to each wholesaler
   • Hide products they are not eligible to purchase

2. Account-based pricing
   • Contract pricing
   • Volume discounts
   • Region/customer-tier pricing

3. Segmentation and merchandising
   • Promote different products to different buyer groups
   • Highlight seasonal, regional, or account-specific inventory

4. Recommendation engine
   • Suggest products based on purchase history
   • Recommend complementary items

5. ERP/CRM integration
   • Sync customer agreements, inventory, pricing, and sales data

A common architecture

Many wholesalers use:

CRM (customer data) → B2B commerce platform (catalog + ordering) → ERP (inventory + pricing) → analytics/personalization layer

For example:

• Enterprise wholesale with complex contracts: Adobe Commerce or Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Growing wholesale brand: Shopify Plus B2B or BigCommerce B2B
• Large distributor with many SKUs and customer rules: Adobe Commerce + ERP integration

If you share your approximate number of wholesale customers, SKU count, ERP/CRM system, and whether customers need login-based portals, I can narrow this down to the best fit.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you’ll want a platform that supports customer-specific catalogs, pricing, product visibility, and segmentation rather than just a standard personalization engine.

A good setup usually includes:

• Customer/company segmentation — group wholesalers by account, industry, region, tier, or buying behavior.
• Custom catalogs — show different products or assortments to different wholesale accounts.
• Customer-specific pricing — negotiated price lists, volume pricing, or contract pricing.
• Product visibility rules — hide products, collections, or variants from customers who shouldn't see them.
• Personalized merchandising — prioritize products relevant to a customer's purchase history or segment.
• Account-level permissions — control what buyers and sub-users within a wholesale company can access.
• ERP/CRM integration — sync customer tiers, inventory, contracts, and purchasing history.

Platforms worth considering

If your main requirement is specifically “customer A sees catalog X and customer B sees catalog Y, with different prices and targeted product recommendations,” I'd prioritize BigCommerce B2B, Adobe Commerce, or Shopify Plus depending on your existing stack and complexity.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you use today (Shopify, Magento/Adobe, BigCommerce, Salesforce, custom, etc.) and roughly how many wholesale customers/SKUs you have, I can narrow this down to the best approach.

To provide personalized catalog experiences and targeted product visibility for different wholesale customers, you typically need a B2B commerce platform with customer segmentation, account-specific catalogs, and pricing controls. The right solution depends on your sales model, but these are the main options:

1. B2B eCommerce platforms with personalized catalogs

Best if wholesale customers self-serve online.

• Shopify Plus — Supports B2B catalogs, customer-specific pricing, buyer accounts, and segmented product access.
• Adobe Commerce — Strong for complex B2B setups with shared catalogs, custom pricing, and customer groups.
• BigCommerce — Offers customer groups, price lists, and differentiated catalogs.
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud — Useful for enterprises needing deep CRM integration and personalization.

2. Product Information Management (PIM) + catalog management

Best if you have many products, variants, regions, or customer-specific assortments.

• Akeneo — Helps manage product data and distribute tailored catalogs.
• Salsify — Useful for managing product content across channels.

3. CRM-driven personalization

Best if sales reps manage key wholesale accounts.

• Salesforce — Can use account data, buying history, and segments to personalize product recommendations and visibility.
• HubSpot — Better for smaller teams needing segmentation and marketing automation.

Capabilities to look for

Your platform should support:

• Customer-specific catalogs (show only approved products to each wholesaler)
• Account-level pricing (contract pricing, volume discounts, negotiated rates)
• Product visibility rules (region, customer type, channel, inventory availability)
• Wholesale customer segmentation (industry, purchase history, tier, geography)
• Personalized recommendations (“frequently purchased,” “recommended for your business”)
• Sales rep access (ability for reps to view/manage customer catalogs)
• ERP integration (inventory, pricing, order history)

Typical architecture

A common setup for a growing wholesale business is:

ERP → inventory/pricing/customer data
↓
PIM → product content and catalog rules
↓
B2B commerce platform → personalized storefront experience
↓
CRM/analytics → segmentation and recommendations

If you share your situation (number of wholesale customers, product count, current ERP/eCommerce platform, and whether customers order online or through sales reps), I can suggest a more specific stack.

If you mean software/platform capability, you want a B2B commerce platform with customer-specific catalogs, entitlements/product visibility, and account-level pricing—not just a standard PIM or recommendation engine.

What I’d look for

1. Customer/segment-specific catalogs

Assign each wholesale account or customer group a curated assortment. For example, Distributor A sees 2,000 SKUs while Distributor B sees 500. help.salesforce.comwww.shopify.comwww.shopify.com

2. Product visibility rules / entitlements

Control whether a product is visible and purchasable based on customer, contract, region, channel, or buyer group. help.salesforce.com

3. Customer-specific pricing

Layer negotiated prices, price lists, volume breaks, and contract pricing onto the catalog. help.salesforce.comwww.shopify.comwww.shopify.com

4. Personalized merchandising

Go beyond hiding products: promote the products most relevant to a customer segment, including targeted collections, recommendations, promotions, and new-product launches. help.salesforce.comwww.b2bwave.com

5. ERP/CRM/PIM integration

Ideally, maintain one master product catalog while using customer/account data to determine what each buyer sees. This avoids maintaining separate catalogs manually. www.shopify.com

Platforms worth evaluating

• Shopify B2B — strong option if you want customer/company-specific catalogs and pricing within a relatively straightforward commerce stack. Shopify's B2B catalogs can determine which products a company location can access and what price it pays. help.salesforce.comwww.shopify.comwww.shopify.com
• Salesforce B2B Commerce — particularly compelling if you already use Salesforce and need sophisticated buyer groups, entitlements, pricing, and data-driven personalization. help.salesforce.comhelp.salesforce.com
• Virto Commerce — worth considering for more complex B2B environments where catalog, pricing, content, and workflows need to vary by account/contract/role. virtocommerce.com
• B2B Wave — more focused on wholesale portals and customer-specific catalogs, pricing, and product visibility. help.salesforce.comwww.b2bwave.com

My short recommendation: If your primary requirement is “Customer X should see these products and prices, while Customer Y sees a different assortment and gets different promotions,” start by evaluating Shopify B2B and Salesforce B2B Commerce. If your wholesale rules are unusually complex, add Virto Commerce to the shortlist.

If you tell me what your current stack is (Shopify, Salesforce, Magento/Adobe, WooCommerce, ERP, etc.) and roughly how many wholesale customers/SKUs you have, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 options.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you want a platform that supports customer-specific catalogs, price lists, product visibility, and segmentation.

Good options include:

• Shopify Plus — strong choice if you want customer-specific catalogs, pricing, and purchasing rules with a relatively modern ecommerce stack.
• Adobe Commerce — better for complex wholesale organizations with sophisticated customer groups, shared catalogs, pricing, and permissions.
• BigCommerce B2B Edition — particularly good for wholesale accounts, company-specific pricing, catalogs, and purchasing workflows.
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud — worth considering if your personalization needs are closely tied to Salesforce CRM/customer data.
• commercetools — best suited to companies wanting a highly customizable, composable B2B commerce architecture.

For your specific requirement—“Customer A sees products/prices that Customer B doesn't”—I'd prioritize Adobe Commerce or BigCommerce B2B. If you're already on Shopify, Shopify Plus is likely the most practical route.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you're currently using (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento/Adobe, BigCommerce, etc.), I can narrow it down to the best approach and specific features/apps.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you’ll want a platform that supports customer-specific catalogs, pricing, product visibility, and segmentation.

Good options depend on your stack:

• Shopify Plus + B2B — strong if you already use Shopify; supports company accounts, catalogs, price lists, and customer-specific purchasing rules.
• Adobe Commerce — better for complex wholesale organizations, multiple websites/catalogs, sophisticated customer groups, and highly customized rules.
• BigCommerce B2B Edition — good middle ground for wholesale, with company accounts, custom pricing, catalogs, and buyer permissions.
• Salesforce B2B Commerce — especially compelling if your sales/customer data already lives in Salesforce and you want personalization tied closely to CRM data.
• commercetools — good for a highly customized/headless architecture where product visibility and pricing logic need to be deeply integrated into your own systems.

What I would look for

Your system should let you create rules such as:

Customer segment: Independent retailers → show Products A–D, hide Products E–F, apply wholesale price list #3, and feature products relevant to their purchase history.

Ideally, it supports:

1. Customer/company segmentation
2. Customer-specific catalogs and assortments
3. Customer-specific pricing/price lists
4. Product visibility rules
5. Personalized merchandising/search
6. Purchase-history or sales-rep-driven recommendations
7. Multiple buyers and permissions per wholesale account
8. ERP/CRM integration

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you currently use (Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento/Adobe, custom, etc.) and roughly how many wholesale customers/SKUs you have, I can recommend the best approach and specific apps/tools.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you’ll generally want a platform with customer-specific catalogs, pricing, product visibility, and segmentation rather than just a standard ecommerce storefront.

Good options include:

• Shopify Plus + B2B — customer/company profiles, custom catalogs and price lists, quantity rules, and personalized buying experiences. Best if you want a flexible, modern storefront.
• BigCommerce B2B Edition — strong for complex wholesale structures, customer groups, price lists, catalogs, and account-specific purchasing rules.
• Adobe Commerce — very powerful for sophisticated B2B catalogs, customer-specific pricing, permissions, and product visibility, but more complex to implement.
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud — worth considering if personalization and customer data are already centered in Salesforce.
• OroCommerce — purpose-built for B2B, particularly when you have complex account hierarchies, catalogs, pricing, and sales-rep workflows.

What I would look for

For your specific requirement—“different wholesale customers see different products”—make sure the platform supports:

1. Customer/account segmentation — e.g. Distributor A, Retailer B, VIP accounts.
2. Customer-specific catalogs — products can be included/excluded by customer or customer group.
3. Contract pricing — each wholesale customer can see its negotiated prices.
4. Personalized merchandising — prioritize products relevant to a particular customer segment.
5. MOQ and quantity rules — different minimums or case-pack requirements by customer.
6. Sales-rep/admin controls — ability to override or manage what an account can buy.
7. ERP/CRM integration — customer-specific inventory, pricing, and order data can stay synchronized.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform/ERP you currently use (e.g. Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, SAP, NetSuite), I can recommend the best specific setup or app for this.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you want a platform with customer-specific catalogs, not just customer-specific pricing. The key capability is to control both which products a buyer can see and what price they see based on their company, customer group, or location.

My top choices

1. Shopify B2B / Shopify Plus — best if you want a relatively easy-to-manage modern stack.
   • Create catalogs containing different products and prices.
   • Assign catalogs directly to companies/company locations.
   • Support customer-specific product publishing, volume pricing, and quantity rules.
   • Shopify Plus removes the catalog-count limitation and allows unlimited catalogs with direct company-location assignment. help.shopify.com

Shopify B2B catalogs documentation

2. Adobe Commerce B2B — best if you need very granular catalog/product visibility rules and have a more complex enterprise setup.

Its Shared Catalogs let you define product selection, custom pricing, category permissions, and which companies can access each catalog. experienceleague.adobe.com
Adobe Commerce B2B Shared Catalogs

3. BigCommerce B2B Edition — strong choice if wholesale is the core business.

Customer Groups can drive different catalogs, pricing, permissions, and purchasing experiences, while Price Lists handle customer/group-specific SKU pricing. www.bigcommerce.com
BigCommerce Wholesale Commerce

What I'd recommend

If your requirement is something like:

Customer A sees only products in their assortment at their negotiated prices; Customer B sees a different assortment and prices; Customer C gets another catalog entirely.

I'd shortlist Shopify Plus vs. Adobe Commerce B2B vs. BigCommerce B2B.

For ease of implementation → Shopify Plus.
For complex enterprise catalog/visibility rules → Adobe Commerce.
For wholesale-first functionality and customer groups → BigCommerce B2B.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you're currently using (Shopify, Magento/Adobe, BigCommerce, Salesforce, custom, etc.) and roughly how many wholesale customers/SKUs you have, I can recommend the specific setup—and whether you need a separate personalization/catalog-management tool at all.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you’ll want a platform with customer-specific catalogs, pricing, product visibility, and segmentation.

A few strong approaches:

• Shopify Plus + B2B — good if you want a modern storefront and need different catalogs, price lists, payment terms, and products by company/customer.
• Adobe Commerce (Magento) — stronger for highly complex B2B rules, multiple websites/catalogs, and deep customization.
• BigCommerce B2B Edition — good middle ground for wholesale businesses needing customer groups, custom pricing, and account-specific purchasing.
• Salesforce B2B Commerce — particularly useful if personalized product visibility needs to be tightly connected to CRM/customer data.
• commercetools — worth considering for a highly customized/headless architecture.

For your specific requirement—“Customer A sees products/prices X, Customer B sees products/prices Y, based on their account or segment”—I'd prioritize Shopify Plus, BigCommerce B2B, or Adobe Commerce, depending on complexity.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform you’re currently using (Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, etc.), I can recommend the specific feature/app/tool you should use.

If you mean B2B/wholesale ecommerce, you want a solution that supports customer-specific catalogs, pricing, assortments, and product visibility.

Key capabilities to look for:

• Customer segmentation — group buyers by account, industry, region, tier, or buying behavior.
• Personalized catalogs — show each wholesale customer only the products relevant to them.
• Customer-specific pricing — contract pricing, volume discounts, and negotiated price lists.
• Product visibility rules — hide or surface products based on customer/account attributes.
• Account-level permissions — control what different buyers within the same company can see or purchase.
• Behavior-based personalization — use purchase history and browsing behavior to recommend relevant products.
• ERP/CRM integration — sync customer accounts, inventory, pricing, and orders.

If you're choosing a platform, Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopify Plus, and commercetools can all support pieces of this, but the best choice depends heavily on how sophisticated your wholesale catalog/pricing rules are.

If you tell me what ecommerce platform/ERP you're currently using (e.g. Shopify, Salesforce, SAP, NetSuite), I can recommend the most appropriate approach and specific tools.

For personalized catalog experiences and targeted product visibility across different wholesale customers, you typically want a B2B commerce platform with customer-specific catalogs, segmentation, and personalization capabilities. The best choice depends on your sales model, number of buyers, and existing systems.

Strong options

Features to prioritize

Look for:

• Customer-specific catalogs

Show only products relevant to each wholesale account (for example, a restaurant chain sees foodservice SKUs while retailers see shelf-ready products).

• Account-based pricing
  • Contract pricing
  • Tier discounts
  • Customer-specific price lists
  • Volume-based pricing

• Product visibility rules
  • Hide products by customer group
  • Promote strategic products to certain buyers
  • Restrict regional or channel-specific inventory

• Buyer segmentation

Segment customers by:

• Industry
• Purchase history
• Geography
• Account tier
• Sales territory

• Personalized recommendations

Use purchase history and customer attributes to suggest:

• Reorders
• Complementary products
• Seasonal items
• New launches

• ERP/CRM integration

Connect with systems like Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or SAP S/4HANA so catalogs and pricing stay accurate.

A common architecture

For many wholesale businesses, a good setup looks like:

ERP/PIM → B2B Commerce Platform → Customer Segmentation Layer → Personalized Catalog Experience

Example:

• ERP manages inventory and contract pricing
• PIM manages product data
• Commerce platform controls customer catalogs
• CRM/CDP identifies customer segments
• Recommendation engine personalizes visibility

If you have hundreds or thousands of wholesale customers with different assortments, Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or SAP Commerce are usually better fits. If you need something faster to launch with fewer complexities, Shopify Plus or BigCommerce are often easier.

For what you’re describing, you want a B2B ecommerce platform with customer-specific catalogs, product visibility rules, and personalized pricing—not just a generic personalization/recommendation tool.

Good options

Shopify B2B — probably the simplest choice if you want one storefront where different wholesale customers automatically see different products, prices, quantity rules, and payment terms. Shopify supports catalogs assigned to specific companies/locations and customer-specific product publishing. www.shopify.com

BigCommerce B2B Edition — particularly strong for distributors/manufacturers with complex account structures. Customer groups can control catalogs, pricing, permissions, and purchasing workflows, while price lists can be customized down to the SKU. www.bigcommerce.com

Adobe Commerce B2B — worth considering for a large enterprise operation where you need deeper customization, complex customer hierarchies, and sophisticated personalization/marketing data. Adobe emphasizes unified customer data and personalized experiences across B2B buying groups. business.adobe.com

The capability I'd specifically look for

Your setup should let you define something like:

The key is catalog-level personalization, where the buyer logs in and the system determines what they can see and buy. Shopify and BigCommerce both explicitly support this model. www.shopify.com

If by “targeted product visibility” you also mean “show different products or promotions based on what each customer has previously bought or browsed,” then I'd pair the B2B catalog system with a merchandising/personalization engine rather than relying on catalog permissions alone.

If you mean a B2B/wholesale ecommerce platform where each customer can see a different assortment, pricing, and product visibility, I’d shortlist these:

My first choice: Shopify B2B

Shopify B2B is probably the easiest place to start if your goal is:

• Customer A sees 1,000 SKUs, while Customer B sees 300
• Different customers get different wholesale prices
• Certain products are hidden from specific accounts
• Catalogs can be assigned to individual companies or company locations
• You can combine wholesale and DTC in the same platform

Shopify's current B2B capabilities specifically support customer-specific catalogs, pricing, quantity rules, and product visibility. apps.shopify.combusiness.adobe.com

One important update: as of April 2026, Shopify has expanded foundational B2B functionality to its Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans, while Shopify Plus provides unlimited catalogs and more advanced B2B capabilities. www.shopify.com

BigCommerce if your wholesale rules are more complex

BigCommerce B2B Edition is especially attractive if you have lots of customer groups and complicated catalogs. Its customer groups can determine both what products customers see and what prices they receive. docs.bigcommerce.com

It's a strong choice if you need things like:

• Regional/customer-segment catalogs
• Different pricing by account
• Customer-specific permissions
• Company hierarchies
• Quotes and negotiated pricing
• Large, complex SKU catalogs

Adobe Commerce if you're enterprise-scale

Adobe Commerce makes sense when you need a highly customized commerce architecture. Its B2B capabilities include personalized catalogs, price lists, promotions, and customer-group experiences. business.adobe.com

What I'd choose

Shopify B2B → easiest implementation and excellent buyer experience
BigCommerce B2B → strongest fit for complicated wholesale/customer-group rules
Adobe Commerce → highly customized enterprise environment
OroCommerce → B2B is the core business model and requirements are unusually complex

If you tell me how many wholesale customers you have, roughly how many SKUs, and whether each customer needs different products/prices, I can narrow this down to the best 1–2 options for your situation.