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16 of 80 answers this week do not mention BigCommerce. Topic: B2B ecommerce. Week of 14th to 20th Sep 2026.
"is there a tool that supports customer-specific catalogs, minimum order quantities and account hierarchies for business buyers"
Yes. Several B2B commerce platforms support that combination:
- WizCommerce — customer-specific catalogs, pricing, case packs/MOQs, and parent-child account hierarchies. Wiz Commerce Wiz Commerce
- Shopify B2B — company accounts, customer-specific catalogs/pricing, quantity rules, and buyer roles; more advanced catalog assignment is available on Shopify Plus. Shopify Help Center
- Virto Commerce — account/role/contract-specific catalogs, pricing, and purchasing workflows. Virto Commerce
- Bagisto B2B — company catalogs, company users/roles, custom pricing, and corporate accounts. Bagisto Documentation
If you tell me your ERP (e.g. SAP, NetSuite, Dynamics) and whether you need parent/child accounts with shared credit limits, I can narrow this down.
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"best software for running a private wholesale portal where reps can see contract pricing and place orders on behalf of clients"
For a private wholesale portal where sales reps can log in, see each customer’s contract pricing, and place orders on behalf of accounts, you’ll want a B2B commerce platform with account impersonation/delegated ordering, customer-specific price lists, approval workflows, and ERP/CRM integration. The “best” choice depends heavily on whether you already have an ERP.
Here are the strongest options by scenario:
| Best fit | Platform | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Existing ERP (NetSuite, Dynamics, Epicor, Infor, etc.) | ERP-native commerce portal | Best for keeping contract pricing/inventory as the source of truth |
| Mid-market manufacturer/distributor | OroCommerce | Built specifically for complex B2B buying workflows |
| Shopify-based brand adding wholesale | Shopify B2B + apps | Good if you already run Shopify and need wholesale accounts |
| Sales reps actively taking orders | CommerceWeave or SparkLayer | Strong rep-assisted ordering workflows |
| Smaller wholesale operation | OrderDock or similar portals | Faster deployment, less enterprise complexity |
CommerceWeave SparkLayer B2B eCommerce## My shortlist
1. OroCommerce — best for complex wholesale
Good if you have:
- Hundreds/thousands of SKUs
- Multiple customer tiers
- Contract pricing
- Multiple buyers per account
- Rep-assisted selling
- Approval workflows
Strengths:
- Built for B2B rather than adapted from retail
- Strong account hierarchy support
- Custom catalogs and price lists
- Complex workflows
Weakness:
- Usually requires implementation help.
2. shopify.com — best if you already use Shopify
Good if you need:
- A modern storefront
- Wholesale + retail in one ecosystem
- Customer-specific catalogs/pricing
- Lower operational overhead
Shopify B2B supports company accounts, assigned catalogs, pricing rules, payment terms, and wholesale purchasing workflows. Shopify
Weakness:
- Rep “order as customer” workflows may require additional apps or customization depending on your process.
3. CommerceWeave — best match for your exact rep workflow
This is one of the closer matches to your description:
- Rep logs in
- Selects a customer account
- Sees that account’s contract pricing
- Places orders on the customer’s behalf
- Maintains an audit trail
CommerceWeaveThis is especially relevant if your sales team currently does:
“Call customer → check price → enter order manually → email confirmation”
4. SparkLayer — good for adding wholesale onto an existing store
Useful if you already have ecommerce but need:
- Trade accounts
- Customer-specific pricing
- Bulk ordering
- Rep-assisted ordering
SparkLayer specifically supports sales agents placing orders for buyers with account-specific pricing. SparkLayer B2B eCommerce
5. ERP-connected portals (often the right answer for distributors)
If your contract pricing already lives in your ERP, consider keeping that as the pricing authority.
Examples:
- NetSuite + SuiteCommerce
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce
- Epicor Prophet 21 + commerce portal
- Infor CloudSuite Distribution
These approaches avoid the common problem of a portal having stale prices compared with the ERP. Shopify
Features I would consider mandatory
For your use case, don’t buy a portal unless it has:
- ✅ Sales rep roles
- ✅ “Order on behalf of customer” capability
- ✅ Customer-specific contract pricing
- ✅ Customer-specific catalogs
- ✅ Order history and reorder
- ✅ Quote → approval → order workflow
- ✅ ERP sync (inventory, pricing, customers, orders)
- ✅ Audit trail showing which rep submitted an order
- ✅ Mobile-friendly rep experience
A few questions would narrow this down quickly:
- What ERP/accounting system do you use (NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics, QuickBooks, Epicor, something else)?
- Roughly how many wholesale customers and SKUs?
- Are reps employees, independent manufacturers’ reps, or distributors?
- Do customers also need their own login, or is this mainly a rep tool?
- Do you need credit terms/PO numbers/net terms built in?
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"which ecommerce platform can handle volume discounts, punchout catalog support and PO number capture for enterprise buyers"
For those requirements, I’d shortlist Adobe Commerce, SAP Commerce Cloud, and Oracle Commerce.
- Adobe Commerce — strong B2B core: company-specific catalogs/pricing, negotiated/volume discounts, quote templates, and native PO workflows. Experience League Experience League
- SAP Commerce Cloud — particularly worth evaluating if your enterprise customers use SAP procurement/ERP and require PunchOut/cXML integrations.
- Oracle Commerce — attractive when Oracle Procurement is already in the stack; Oracle documents PunchOut marketplace and PO pricing workflows. Oracle Documentation
Key caveat: PunchOut is often implemented through an integration/connector rather than being purely native storefront functionality.
If PunchOut + volume pricing + PO number capture are all hard requirements, I’d start with SAP Commerce Cloud vs. Adobe Commerce.
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"which hosted solution works well for wholesalers needing customizable quote-to-order flows and approval processes"
For wholesalers with custom quote-to-order flows and approval chains, OroCommerce is the strongest fit. Its hosted OroCloud offering has native RFQ/quote workflows, configurable approval steps, role-based permissions, and workflows that can route quotes for managerial approval before they reach the buyer. Oro Documentation ORO INC.
- OroCommerce: Best suited to quote-heavy, complex B2B operations.
- Shopify Plus: Easier managed platform; B2B ordering is strong, but sophisticated quoting/approvals generally require apps or customization. shopify.com humanafterall.ca
- Sana Commerce: Particularly worth considering when tight ERP integration is the priority, with workflow automation available. sana-commerce.com
If approval logic is the differentiator, I'd start the evaluation with OroCommerce vs. Shopify Plus.
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"recommend a store builder that handles registration approval, net 30 invoicing and sales rep commissions for B2B sales"
For your requirements, I’d look at B2B-first commerce platforms rather than a standard consumer store builder. You need three workflows to work together:
- Wholesale registration + approval — businesses apply, you review them, then activate their account.
- Net 30 invoicing — approved accounts get credit terms and invoices rather than paying by card.
- Sales-rep commissions — orders are attributed to reps and commissions are calculated/tracked.
My shortlist
| Platform | Registration/approval | Net 30 | Sales-rep commissions | Overall fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes, native | Strong match |
| Shopify B2B + apps | Yes | Yes | Via app/integration | Flexible |
| OrderDock | Yes | Yes | Sales-rep portal; commission handling needs verification | Good for wholesale |
| CommerceUnit | Yes | Yes | Sales-rep workflows | Good for complex distribution |
Willow Commerce is the one I'd investigate first. Its B2B offering explicitly supports company accounts, customer-specific pricing, purchase orders, Net 30/60/90 terms, invoicing/AR, and—importantly for your requirement—assigning sales reps to B2B accounts and automatically tracking commissions based on order value, product category, or custom rules. Willowcommerce Willowcommerce
Shopify B2B is worth considering if you want the broader Shopify ecosystem. Shopify natively supports company accounts and payment terms including Net 30, while an app such as TermFlo can handle wholesale applications, approval, credit limits, and receivables. You'd likely add a sales-rep/commission app or connect your CRM/ERP for commissions. Shopify Help Center TermFlo
OrderDock is particularly interesting if you're primarily a wholesaler/distributor: it advertises native Net 30/60, buyer accounts, custom pricing, order approvals, and a sales-rep portal. Orderdock
What I'd choose based on your workflow
If your process is roughly:
Prospect → business applies → staff approves account → assign sales rep → buyer gets customer-specific pricing → buyer orders → Net 30 invoice → rep gets commission
then Willow Commerce is the closest apparent all-in-one match based on the features its current documentation lists. Willowcommerce
If you tell me what you're selling, approximate number of customers/reps, and whether you already use QuickBooks, NetSuite, Salesforce, etc., I can narrow this down to 2–3 platforms and compare actual pricing, commission functionality, accounting integrations, and implementation complexity.
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"which software supports salesperson-assisted ordering with shared carts, quotes and order history for business accounts"
Yes. If by salesperson-assisted ordering you mean a rep can select a business account, see its customer-specific pricing/history, build or share a cart, create a quote, and ultimately place an order on the customer's behalf, several B2B commerce platforms support this.
| Software | Sales-rep ordering | Shared/customer carts | Quotes | Order history | Business accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SparkLayer | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SAP Commerce Cloud | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Salesforce B2B Commerce | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Zoey | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| WizOrder | ✅ | Multiple carts/customer | ✅ | Purchase history | ✅ |
| Axim Commerce | ✅ | Customer-account ordering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Shopamine | ✅ | Customer-context ordering | Approval workflow | Order visibility | ✅ |
| CommerceWeave | ✅ | Customer-account context | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Particularly relevant options
- **** — Very close to your description
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Yes. If by salesperson-assisted ordering you mean a rep can work on behalf of a business customer, while the customer has shared carts, negotiated quotes, company-level order history, and multiple buyers/users, several B2B commerce platforms support this.
Strong candidates
| Platform | Salesperson-assisted ordering | Shared carts | Quotes | Business accounts / users | Order history |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Commerce B2B | ✅ | ✅* | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Spryker B2B | ✅ Agent Assist | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Salesforce B2B Commerce | ✅ | Varies | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| OroCommerce | ✅ | ✅/configurable | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SAP Commerce Cloud | ✅ | Configurable | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
- Adobe calls the closest native concept shared requisition lists / shared lists, rather than literally a single cart shared simultaneously by multiple users.
1. Adobe Commerce B2B
This is particularly close to the workflow you described. Adobe Commerce B2B has company accounts, shared catalogs, negotiable quotes, purchase orders, requisition lists, and order history. Sellers can also create quotes on behalf of company buyers. Experience League Experience League
Importantly, Adobe explicitly supports assisted selling: sales/customer-service reps can, with permission, log in as the customer and create orders or quotes on their behalf. Its customer account experience also exposes quote and order history. Adobe for Business
Its shared requisition-list functionality allows company users to share lists with colleagues and import them into their own accounts. Experience League Experience League
2. Spryker
Spryker is unusually explicit about this particular use case. Its B2B Suite lists:
- Agent Assist
- Persistent Cart Sharing
- Shared carts
- Multiple carts
- Quotation Process
- Company Account
- Order Management
- Reorder
as B2B capabilities. Spryker Documentation
So if "a salesperson and several people at the customer company need to collaborate around a cart" is the central requirement, Spryker is worth examining closely.
What I'd investigate first
If your workflow is something like:
Customer calls salesperson → salesperson opens that customer's account → adds products to a shared cart → customer/buyer reviews it → salesperson negotiates a quote → quote becomes an order → everyone at the company can see the resulting order/history
I'd put Adobe Commerce B2B and Spryker at the top of the initial evaluation because their documented feature sets map particularly closely to that workflow. Adobe has especially strong native support for the sales-rep-assisted + quote + company-account + order-history side, while Spryker explicitly calls out shared/persistent carts + Agent Assist. Adobe for Business Spryker Documentation
If you tell me whether you're looking for SaaS vs. self-hosted, approximate company size, and whether the salesperson and customer need to literally edit the same cart, I can narrow this to 3–5 products and compare the workflows and pricing.
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"best tool for creating a secure B2B storefront with IP-restricted access, per-account content and contract pricing"
For a secure B2B storefront with IP-restricted access, per-account content, and contract pricing, the best choice depends heavily on whether you need a packaged SaaS platform or a highly customized portal. The key capabilities to look for are:
- Identity and access control
- SSO/SAML/OIDC support
- MFA
- customer approval workflows
- IP allowlists or VPN/private-network restrictions (often handled via an identity provider or edge layer)
- role-based access (buyer, approver, admin)
- Account-level commerce rules
- customer-specific catalogs
- negotiated/contract price lists
- account-specific promotions
- restricted SKUs/content
- buyer permissions
- Enterprise integration
- ERP synchronization
- CRM integration
- contract/CPQ systems
- audit logs
Shortlist
1. Virto Commerce — Best fit for complex enterprise B2B
Good when you need deep control over customer-specific experiences.
Strengths:
- Account-specific catalogs and pricing
- Contract price lists
- Role-based workflows
- Customer-specific content and product visibility
- API-first architecture for custom security layers Virto Commerce Virto Commerce
Typical architecture:
- Virto Commerce for storefront + commerce rules
- Identity provider (for example, enterprise SSO/MFA)
- Cloud WAF/reverse proxy for IP restrictions
Best for:
- Manufacturers
- Distributors
- Regulated industries
- Large partner portals
Tradeoff:
- More implementation effort than pure SaaS.
2. Shopify Plus B2B — Best if you want faster deployment
Shopify Plus B2B supports company accounts, catalogs, customer-specific pricing, and restricted B2B purchasing experiences. Catalogs can control products and pricing by company/location. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
Best for:
- Mid-market B2B brands
- Companies already using Shopify
- Teams wanting lower operational overhead
Tradeoff:
- IP-restricted access usually requires an additional layer (identity provider, app, VPN, or edge security service).
- Extremely complex contract pricing can require customization.
3. Adobe Commerce (Magento) — Best for custom B2B workflows
A strong option when you need:
- custom authorization logic
- complex pricing engines
- multiple business units
- bespoke integrations
Best for:
- Enterprises with development teams
Tradeoff:
- Higher build and maintenance cost.
4. Headless commerce + custom portal — Best for maximum security/control
A common enterprise pattern:
Frontend
- Next.js / React portal
Commerce
- Virto, Adobe Commerce, commercetools, or similar
Identity
- Okta / Azure AD / Auth0
Security
- Cloudflare Access, AWS PrivateLink, VPN, or zero-trust gateway
Data
- ERP as source of truth for pricing/contracts
This is usually the cleanest design if "only users from approved corporate networks can access" is a hard requirement.
My practical recommendation by scenario
| Requirement | Best fit |
|---|---|
| Enterprise partner portal with strict security | Virto Commerce or custom headless |
| Need IP allowlists + SSO + private access | Headless + identity gateway |
| Need launch quickly with standard B2B features | Shopify Plus B2B |
| Complex negotiated pricing from ERP | Virto / Adobe Commerce |
| Thousands of customers with unique catalogs | Virto / Adobe / enterprise headless |
A common production architecture would be:
Corporate User
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v
Zero Trust Gateway (IP rules + MFA)
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v
B2B Storefront
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+--> Customer Account Service
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+--> Pricing Engine
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+--> ERP (contracts, inventory, orders)
One important question: is the IP restriction meant to protect the entire storefront (only accessible from customer corporate networks), or only to add an extra check after login? That changes the recommended architecture quite a bit.
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For your requirements, I’d shortlist Adobe Commerce B2B and Shopify Plus, with an important distinction: IP restriction is usually an infrastructure/access-control layer rather than the core B2B-commerce feature.
My practical recommendation
Adobe Commerce B2B is probably the better fit if your storefront is genuinely private/enterprise-oriented and you need highly customized account-level behavior.
It natively supports:
- Company accounts and multiple users/roles within each customer organization. Experience League
- Company-specific catalogs, so different accounts can see different products/content. Experience League Experience League
- Contract/customer-specific pricing, including fixed prices or percentage-based pricing within shared catalogs. Experience League Experience League
- Negotiable B2B quotes, useful when contract pricing isn't completely static. Experience League
- Fine-grained catalog/category permissions and company associations. Experience League
You could then put the storefront behind something like a VPN, Zero Trust gateway, corporate SSO/access proxy, or IP allowlist. That gives you a much stronger security boundary than trying to make the commerce platform itself responsible for IP filtering.
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus is attractive if you want considerably less infrastructure to operate. Shopify's B2B system now supports company accounts, catalogs, and customized pricing; Plus adds unlimited catalogs and direct catalog assignment to individual companies/company locations, which is particularly relevant to contract pricing. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
Shopify Plus also supports headless B2B experiences if you want a custom storefront while keeping Shopify as the commerce backend. Shopify
The catch for your use case is that strict IP-based access control isn't really Shopify's native B2B primitive. I'd put an external identity/access layer in front of it if "only users coming from approved corporate networks may access this" is a hard requirement.
How I'd architect it
Corporate customer
│
▼
DNS / CDN / WAF
│
├── IP allowlist / Zero Trust policy
├── SSO / MFA
└── rate limiting / bot protection
│
▼
Private B2B storefront
│
▼
B2B commerce platform
│
├── Company A → Catalog A → Contract prices A
├── Company B → Catalog B → Contract prices B
└── Company C → Catalog C → Contract prices C
For highly controlled industrial/distributor/wholesale commerce, I'd lean toward Adobe Commerce B2B + an external Zero Trust/WAF layer.
For a polished, lower-maintenance B2B storefront where security and account-specific pricing matter but you don't want to run much infrastructure, I'd look closely at Shopify Plus + an external access-control layer.
One caveat: if by “per-account content” you mean not merely different products/prices, but literally different pages, documents, PDFs, technical drawings, CMS blocks, downloads, etc. for each customer, that pushes the decision more toward Adobe Commerce or a custom/headless architecture.
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Adobe Commerce is the strongest fit if security and complex B2B rules are priorities. Its B2B shared catalogs support account-specific product visibility and contract pricing natively. Experience League
For a simpler managed SaaS option, Shopify Plus is easier to operate and supports company-specific catalogs/pricing. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
For IP-restricted access specifically, I’d put the restriction at the CDN/WAF layer (e.g., Cloudflare) rather than relying solely on the commerce platform.
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"recommend a solution for managing trade accounts, credit limits, and automated invoice reminders for B2B ecommerce"
If your B2B ecommerce store is on Shopify, I’d recommend a Shopify B2B + dedicated credit/AR layer, rather than trying to build the whole process yourself.
Recommended setup
- Commerce: shopify.com
Use Shopify for company accounts, multiple buyers/locations, customer-specific pricing, purchase orders, payment terms, and invoice checkout. Shopify supports terms such as Net 7 through Net 90 and can automate payment reminders with Shopify Flow. Shopify Shopify Help Center
- Credit limits + collections: TermFlo is worth evaluating if you need the credit-control piece that Shopify doesn't natively provide. It can assign a credit limit per company, calculate remaining credit, block checkout when an order exceeds the limit, track AR aging, and automate overdue reminders. TermFlo
- Alternative: B2B Credit & Receivables is a simpler Shopify app focused specifically on credit limits, AR aging, and automated escalating payment reminders. It currently lists plans from $29/month. Shopify App Store
- ERP/accounting: If you're running NetSuite or another ERP, keep it as the financial system of record. Shopify supports integrations that synchronize companies, orders, payment terms and payment status, and NetSuite's Shopify connector can create invoices and associate payments. Shopify Help Center Oracle Docs
The workflow I'd implement
1. Trade-account application
Customer submits company details → credit application → internal approval.
2. Account creation
Create a company/location with:
- Payment terms: e.g. Net 30
- Credit limit: e.g. $25,000
- Authorized buyers
- Billing contact
- Customer-specific price list
- PO requirement, if applicable
3. Real-time credit control
At checkout:
Credit limit − unpaid invoices − open orders + available credits = available credit
If the new order exceeds available credit, block or route it for approval rather than allowing the customer to create additional exposure.
4. Automated invoicing
Order → invoice → accounting/ERP → payment status synchronized back to ecommerce.
5. Automated collections
For example:
- 3 days before due: friendly reminder
- Due date: invoice/payment reminder
- 7 days overdue: stronger reminder + statement
- 15 days overdue: notify account manager
- 30+ days overdue: place account on credit hold
The important part is that credit status and collections should feed back into checkout, so sales can't accidentally keep extending credit to an overdue account.
What I'd choose
For a small-to-mid-sized Shopify B2B operation, I'd start with:
Shopify B2B + TermFlo + your accounting/ERP
That gives you a relatively clean architecture:
Shopify → customer/account/order experience
TermFlo → trade accounts, credit limits, AR/dunning
ERP/accounting → invoices, payments, financial records
If you already have NetSuite, Dynamics, Sage, QuickBooks, or another ERP, the recommendation can change substantially because you don't want two systems independently calculating customer balances.
If you tell me your ecommerce platform, accounting/ERP, approximate number of trade accounts, and whether you need credit-limit enforcement at checkout, I can map out the exact stack and workflow I'd use.
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For a B2B ecommerce business, I’d structure this as a trade-credit + AR layer sitting between your storefront and ERP/accounting system, rather than trying to manage everything with native ecommerce payment terms.
Recommended setup
1. Customer/trade accounts
- Create a B2B company account for each customer.
- Store approved payment terms: Net 15/30/60/90.
- Maintain billing contacts, PO requirements, tax details, and account status.
- Give customers a self-service view of invoices, payments, statements, and available credit.
2. Credit-limit engine
Treat credit as an exposure calculation, not simply a field on the customer record:
Available credit = approved limit − unpaid invoices − open/committed orders + eligible credits/payments
The checkout should check that amount before accepting an order. Modern B2B credit systems can block over-limit orders or route them to an approval workflow. gmi.softwaretermflo.com
I'd also support:
- Per-customer credit limits
- Temporary credit-limit overrides
- Manual finance approval
- Automatic blocks for seriously overdue accounts
- Credit utilization alerts
- Full audit trail of limit changes
3. Automated invoicing + collections
When an order ships or reaches your configured billing event:
Order → Invoice → Due date → Reminder sequence → Payment → Reconciliation
For example:
| Timing | Action |
|---|---|
| Invoice issued | Email invoice + payment link |
| 7 days before due | Friendly reminder |
| Due date | Due-today reminder |
| 3 days overdue | Past-due reminder |
| 10 days overdue | Escalation to AR |
| 30+ days overdue | Credit hold / manual review |
Automated invoice reminders and AR aging are already standard capabilities in platforms such as Stripe. stripe.com
What I'd actually use
If you're on Shopify, I'd look first at a dedicated B2B credit/AR application rather than building this yourself. For example, TermFlo specifically combines Shopify B2B accounts, credit-limit enforcement, AR aging, statements and automated reminders. gmi.softwaretermflo.com
Another option is TradeLiq, which combines credit limits, invoices, automated dunning, payments and a B2B customer portal in one Shopify-oriented stack. tradeliq.com
If you need credit underwriting/financing as well as account management, Resolve is worth evaluating: it combines net terms at ecommerce checkout, credit decisions and AR management. resolvepay.com
If you're already heavily ERP-centric, I'd instead make the ERP the system of record for customers, invoices, balances and credit, with ecommerce querying that information in real time. That avoids the dangerous situation where Shopify says a customer has $50k available while the ERP knows they already have $45k of uncollected invoices. ERP/ecommerce synchronization of customer, order, payment-term and credit information is particularly important for this workflow. www.shopify.com
Architecture I'd recommend
┌──────────────────┐
│ B2B Storefront │
└────────┬─────────┘
│
checkout request
│
▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ Credit / AR Layer│
│ │
│ • Account │
│ • Credit limit │
│ • Utilization │
│ • Terms │
│ • Aging │
│ • Dunning │
└────────┬─────────┘
│
┌────────────┴────────────┐
▼ ▼
┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ ERP │ │ Payments │
│ customers │ │ ACH / card │
│ invoices │ │ bank transfer│
│ AR ledger │ └──────────────┘
└──────────────┘
The key design decision: don't let the ecommerce platform become a second accounting system. Let the commerce layer handle the buying experience, while the credit/AR layer and ERP maintain authoritative financial state.
If you tell me your ecommerce platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, custom, etc.), ERP/accounting system (NetSuite, Dynamics, QuickBooks, SAP, etc.), approximate number of trade accounts, and whether you need credit underwriting, I can narrow this to a specific stack and implementation architecture.
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For a Shopify-based B2B store, I’d use Shopify B2B + a dedicated credit/AR app rather than building this from scratch.
- Trade accounts: Shopify Companies/Company Locations with configurable Net 7–90 payment terms. Shopify Help Center
- Credit limits + AR: B2B Credit & Receivables adds company-level limits, exposure/aging, and overdue tracking. Shopify App Store
- Automated reminders: It supports escalating automatic payment reminders; Shopify Flow can also trigger due-date reminders. Shopify App Store Shopify Help Center
- Accounting: Sync the authoritative invoice/payment ledger with your ERP/accounting system rather than letting ecommerce become the financial system of record.
If you're on Adobe Commerce, its native B2B Company Credit already supports credit limits, balances, payment-on-account, and credit history. Experience League
Architecture: B2B account → credit limit → exposure ledger → invoice/ERP → automated reminder workflow → payment/reconciliation.
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If your B2B ecommerce store is on Shopify, I’d recommend a Shopify-native B2B + dedicated credit/AR app rather than building this from scratch.
My recommendation: TermFlo
termflo.com is the closest match to your requirements because it covers the whole trade-account lifecycle:
- Trade-account onboarding: buyers apply through a wholesale registration form; you approve them and create a native Shopify B2B company.
- Credit limits: assign a limit to each company and enforce it at checkout, so customers can't simply place orders beyond their approved exposure. TermFlo
- Payment terms: supports customer-specific net terms such as Net 7–90.
- Accounts receivable: provides aging and outstanding-balance visibility.
- Automated invoice chasing: sends scheduled reminders before and after the due date.
- Statements: generates branded account statements.
- Existing customers: its Growth plan supports CSV importing. TermFlo
- Cost: currently $19/month for Growth, with a free tier for up to five wholesale customers. TermFlo
The architecture I'd use is:
Shopify B2B → TermFlo → accounting/ERP
Shopify handles the storefront, company accounts, catalogs, pricing and checkout; TermFlo handles the credit-control + AR layer; your accounting/ERP remains the financial system of record. Shopify explicitly supports integrations with ERP/accounting systems and synchronization of B2B customers, orders, payment terms and payment status. Shopify Help Center
Good alternatives
Dunly is worth considering if your main pain is accounts receivable rather than customer onboarding. It provides credit limits, over-limit alerts, AR aging, automatic reminders and PDF statements, with its Growth plan currently listed at $39/month. Dunly
B2B Credit & Receivables is a lower-cost option focused specifically on credit limits, AR aging and escalating reminders. It starts at $29/month, although it is a very new Shopify App Store listing and currently has no reviews, so I'd pilot it before making it your core AR system. Shopify App Store Shopify App Store
What I'd implement
For a typical wholesale operation, I'd configure:
- Application → approval
- Company/legal name
- Tax/VAT ID
- Billing contacts
- Requested terms
- Requested credit limit
- Credit policy
- New customer: prepaid/COD
- After approval: Net 30
- Credit limit based on expected monthly purchases
- Automatic checkout restriction when exposure exceeds the limit
- Invoice automation
- 7 days before due: friendly reminder
- Due date: invoice reminder
- 7 days overdue: stronger reminder + statement
- 15–30 days overdue: escalation to AR team
- Serious delinquency: suspend net terms
- Dashboard
- Total outstanding AR
- Available credit by account
- Current / 1–30 / 31–60 / 60+ aging
- Over-limit accounts
- Upcoming invoices
- Overdue invoices
One important distinction: Shopify itself now provides B2B company accounts, payment terms and payment-due reminders, but native payment reminders are relatively basic; Shopify Flow can automate reminders, while a dedicated AR app gives you the credit-limit enforcement, aging, statements and more sophisticated dunning you're looking for. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
Bottom line: I'd start with Shopify B2B + TermFlo if you're a small-to-mid-sized wholesale business. If you're already running an ERP such as NetSuite, Acumatica, or Microsoft Dynamics and have substantial AR complexity, I'd instead make the ERP the credit/AR authority and integrate Shopify into it.
B2B Credit & Receivables is a lower-cost option focused specifically on credit limits, AR aging and escalating reminders. It starts at $29/month, although it is a very new Shopify App Store listing and currently has no reviews, so I'd pilot it before making it your core AR system.
What I'd implement
For a typical wholesale operation, I'd configure:
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"what should i use to provide personalized catalog experiences and targeted product visibility for different wholesale customers"
If you mean wholesale/B2B ecommerce, you want a system that supports customer-specific catalogs + product visibility + pricing, rather than just a generic personalization/recommendation engine.
What I’d use
1. Shopify Plus B2B — a strong choice if you want this built into the commerce platform.
Shopify B2B catalogs let you control which products a customer can access and what prices they see. On Plus, catalogs can be assigned directly to individual company locations, which is useful when different wholesale accounts have different assortments. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
For example:
- Customer A → full catalog + negotiated pricing
- Customer B → only your hospitality collection + different pricing
- Customer C → regional assortment + volume pricing
- Customer D → private-label products that nobody else sees
You can also use Markets for broader segmentation, while direct company-location catalogs handle account-specific exceptions. Shopify Help Center
2. Adobe Commerce B2B — better suited if your wholesale business has very complex account structures.
Adobe Commerce supports company-specific shared catalogs, custom pricing, company accounts, permissions, negotiated quotes, and targeted content/promotions. Its shared catalogs can be gated so that particular products/prices are visible only to assigned companies. Experience League Experience League
The architecture I'd recommend
Think about personalization in layers:
| Layer | What you personalize |
|---|---|
| Customer/account | Which catalog they see |
| Customer segment | Which collections/SKUs are visible |
| Contract | Customer-specific prices |
| Buying history | Recommended/reordered products |
| Sales strategy | Products you want that account to discover |
| User role | Different content for buyer vs. merchandiser vs. procurement |
| Region | Local assortment, currency, availability |
| Inventory | Don't surface products unavailable to that customer |
The important distinction is that "targeted product visibility" should generally be deterministic first and AI-driven second. If a customer isn't contractually allowed to buy a product, you don't want an algorithm deciding whether to show it.
For recommendations, you can then layer personalization on top of the allowed catalog—for example, "Customers like this account frequently reorder these 12 SKUs" or "show complementary products based on their purchasing history." Shopify specifically describes B2B personalization as combining account data with catalog, pricing, CRM/ERP, and purchase-history information. Shopify
My practical recommendation
If you're starting from scratch, I'd shortlist:
- Shopify Plus B2B → easiest route to customer-specific catalogs and visibility.
- Adobe Commerce B2B → consider this if you have highly complex wholesale account structures, permissions, catalogs, or pricing.
- Headless/custom layer on top → worth considering if your personalization rules are substantially more sophisticated than standard catalog assignment.
If you tell me what your current stack is (Shopify, Magento/Adobe, Salesforce, custom, etc.) and roughly how many wholesale customers/catalog variants you have, I can map out the specific architecture I'd use—including where to put the segmentation, catalog rules, recommendations, and customer data.
The architecture I'd recommend
Think about personalization in layers:
| Layer | What you personalize |
|---|---|
| Customer/account | Which catalog they see |
| Customer segment | Which collections/SKUs are visible |
| Contract | Customer-specific prices |
| Buying history | Recommended/reordered products |
| Sales strategy | Products you want that account to discover |
| User role | Different content for buyer vs. merchandiser vs. procurement |
| Region | Local assortment, currency, availability |
| Inventory | Don't surface products unavailable to that customer |
The important distinction is that "targeted product visibility" should generally be deterministic first and AI-driven second. If a customer isn't contractually allowed to buy a product, you don't want an algorithm deciding whether to show it.
For recommendations, you can then layer personalization on top of the allowed catalog—for example, "Customers like this account frequently reorder these 12 SKUs" or "show complementary products based on their purchasing history." Shopify specifically describes B2B personalization as combining account data with catalog, pricing, CRM/ERP, and purchase-history information.
My practical recommendation
If you're starting from scratch, I'd shortlist:
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"recommend a platform suited for multi-currency, multi-country B2B sales with localized catalogs and tax handling"
For multi-country B2B sales with localized catalogs, currencies, and tax handling, I’d shortlist Shopify Plus.
Why Shopify Plus fits
- Country/market localization: Shopify Markets lets you configure different currencies, languages, domains, product availability, pricing, taxes, and duties by market. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
- B2B-specific catalogs: You can create market-specific catalogs with fixed prices, volume pricing, product availability, and customer/company-specific assignments. Shopify Plus removes the standard three-catalog limitation and supports direct catalog assignment to companies/company locations. Shopify Help Center Shopify Help Center
- Multi-currency: B2B customers can see and transact in local currencies; fixed catalog prices can also be defined in particular currencies rather than relying solely on FX conversion. Shopify Help Center
- Tax/duty handling: Shopify Markets can calculate taxes and duties based on the customer's destination. If you want Shopify to take on substantially more cross-border tax/customs responsibility, Managed Markets uses Global-e as merchant of record and handles tax registration/remittance, duties, and customs for eligible international orders. Shopify Help Center
- One operational backend: You can run regional B2B experiences from a common Shopify administration rather than maintaining a completely separate commerce stack for each country. Shopify
Important caveat
I'd distinguish tax calculation from tax compliance. Shopify's standard international tooling does not automatically make you compliant everywhere—you remain responsible for registrations, filings, and related obligations when you're the merchant of record. Managed Markets can shift some of those responsibilities to its merchant-of-record model, but it has additional transaction/FX fees and eligibility constraints. Shopify Help Center Shopify
For a large, highly customized enterprise with complicated ERP/pricing/tax rules, I'd also evaluate Adobe Commerce, SAP Commerce Cloud, and commercetools rather than assuming Shopify is the right architecture. Shopify's own 2026 overview identifies these among the major B2B alternatives. Shopify
Bottom line: If your priority is getting sophisticated international B2B selling live without building a heavily bespoke commerce platform, Shopify Plus + Markets is a strong fit; add Managed Markets if outsourcing cross-border tax/customs responsibility is important.
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