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Pick Wholesale Lock Manager if your store is on Basic, Grow or Advanced and you want the lower Grow and Advanced prices, 29 languages, or hiding from search and Google. Pick BSS B2B Lock if you are on Shopify Plus and want a checkout lock, or you need request-access approval, an age popup and payment or shipping method rules.
We make BSS B2B Lock, so weigh our view accordingly. Every statement about Wholesale Lock Manager comes from its public Shopify App Store listing and the developer's public home page, both read on October 4, 2026 and cited with a number that links to the source list. We also tried to read the developer's help center that day, but it returned an access error, so nothing here comes from it. Every BSS statement follows our review of the app against its code and its App Store listing; where the code and our user guides disagree, we follow the code.
Where the Wholesale Lock Manager listing does not mention a feature we write "not listed", which does not mean the feature is absent: ask the vendor. We make no claim about its quality, support or reliability. The only evaluative data is the public rating and review count on its listing. Prices are USD list prices as shown on the listings and can change. We use the name Wholesale Lock Manager only to identify the app and have no affiliation with it. This page is due for a re-check by January 2, 2027. Found an error? Use the contact page.
Start from what you need to hide and from your Shopify plan.
Each Wholesale Lock Manager cell carries a source number and says "not listed" where its listing is silent. Each BSS cell names the plan that unlocks the feature.
| Feature | Wholesale Lock Manager | BSS B2B Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Plans and list prices | Free for development and trial stores. Basic $9.99, Grow $16.99 and Advanced $24.99 per month, or $99.48, $169.20 and $248.88 per year (the listing says save 17%).[1] | Free, then $9.99 (Basic Shopify), $24.99 (Grow Shopify), $49.99 (Advanced Shopify) and $79.99 (Shopify Plus) per month. Yearly billing saves 20%. The Shopify Plus price is not shown on the App Store listing. Free, then paid |
| Shopify plan requirements as stated | Plans are named for Shopify Basic, Grow and Advanced. The listing shows no Shopify Plus plan and states no other requirement.[1] | Plans follow your Shopify plan, from Basic to Plus. The checkout lock is for Shopify Plus stores only and needs a paid BSS plan.[3] Checkout lock: Plus + paid |
| Free plan | Free for development and trial stores, with all features unlocked for testing.[1] | A Free plan that locks the entire website by condition. Other lock targets need a paid plan or the trial. Free |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on each paid plan.[1] | 7-day free trial on paid plans. Paid plans |
| Hide prices and Add to cart | B2B login to view price, and hiding the Add to cart button until approved B2B customers log in.[1] | Hide prices and Add to cart until a visitor logs in or matches a rule, such as a customer tag. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Lock products and collections | Hide products and collections by tag, email or login status.[1] | Lock products and collections by customer tag, login and other conditions. When locked, the main page content is not in the HTML. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Lock pages and URLs | Lock access to blog URLs and specific pages.[1] | Lock pages and URLs by the same conditions, with the main content kept out of the HTML when locked. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Lock the entire storefront | Hide the full storefront based on customer groups.[1] | Lock the entire store by condition. Free Hub: Access control |
| Passcodes | Password protect pages with a passcode.[1] | Passcode locks, set per rule. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Secret links | Share secret links with customers.[1] | Secret link: anyone who has the link gets in. It is not hidden from search automatically; noindex is a separate option on locked pages. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Request access and approval | Prices and Add to cart show once approved B2B customers log in. The listing does not describe a request-access form.[1] | Request access: a customer asks, and you approve per rule. Approval syncs through a queue, so it is not instant. Paid plans Hub: Access control |
| Hide from search and Google | Hide products from site search and Google.[1] | No site-search hiding is listed. Locked pages have a noindex option. Paid plans |
| Hide content for a customer group | Hide any content for a customer group.[1] | Locks target signed-in status, customer tag, specific customers, email conditions and passcodes, among other conditions. Paid plans |
| Checkout lock | Not listed. The listing does list protecting free products from bot checkouts.[1] | A Shopify Function blocks checkout by condition (logged in, tag, email, phone, product, quantity, subtotal, line count), matching All or Any. It fails open if the Function errors, so it is not a guaranteed block. Shopify Plus + paid plan |
| Bot-checkout protection for free products | Listed: protect free products from bot checkouts.[1] | Not listed as a separate feature. Not offered |
| Age verification | Not listed.[1] | A popup with Confirm and Exit buttons. It is a self-declaration, not legal age verification. Paid plans |
| Hide payment and shipping methods | Not listed.[1] | Shopify Functions hide payment or delivery methods by condition. Shopify limits active customizations to 25. Paid plans |
| Testing locks before launch | Test locks across published and unpublished themes.[1] | We have not verified an equivalent in BSS B2B Lock. Not verified |
| Themes and storefront | Not described beyond its works-with list.[1] | Online Store 2.0 and legacy themes, with automatic or manual install. Headless storefronts are not supported. All plans |
| Integrations as listed | Checkout, Shopify Admin, B2B wholesale, Filter & Search Apps, Page Builders, Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B and WSH Order Form & ReOrder.[1] | Checkout, Shopify Admin, BSS B2B Quote, BSS B2B Solution and the themes named on its listing.[3] All plans |
| Companion apps from the same developer | The developer's site lists Wholesale Pricing Discount B2B, WSH Order Form & ReOrder, Pre-Order Helper and AReceivables alongside this app.[2] | BSS B2B Solution for pricing, registration and net terms, and BSS B2B Quote for quotes and quick order. Separate apps |
| Languages | 29 languages are listed.[1] | 20 languages.[3] All plans |
| Rating and launch | 4.9 out of 5 from 220 reviews. Launched January 14, 2018.[1] | 4.9 out of 5 from 651 reviews. Launched December 3, 2019.[3] As of October 4, 2026 |
| Built for Shopify badge | The badge is shown on the listing.[1] | The badge is shown on the listing.[3] As of October 4, 2026 |
Test the locks that matter to you on your own store: BSS B2B Lock has a free plan and a 7-day free trial on paid plans.
Get BSS B2B LockWholesale Lock Manager cells follow its App Store listing as read on October 4, 2026. "Not listed" means the listing does not say, not that the feature is missing. Row links go to the matching hub in the Shopify B2B guide.
A fair comparison says where the other app is the better choice. These are the cases we can support from the two listings.
Wholesale Lock Manager lists $16.99 on Grow and $24.99 on Advanced; BSS B2B Lock lists $24.99 and $49.99. Basic is $9.99 on both. This compares list prices only, not what each plan includes.
Its listing shows 29 languages. BSS B2B Lock lists 20.
Hiding products from site search and Google, protecting free products from bot checkouts, and testing locks across published and unpublished themes. We have not verified an equivalent of these in BSS B2B Lock.
These are the gaps we know of, so you do not find them after installing.
Locks are rules, so plan to rebuild them rather than move them.
We could not read the developer's documentation, so we cannot say how Wholesale Lock Manager stores its rules, whether it exports them, or how to remove its theme changes. Ask its support or check its help center before you change anything, and keep it installed until the BSS locks are tested.
Each hidden price, product, collection, page or store lock becomes a BSS lock rule with a condition such as login, customer tag or passcode. The listing mentions locking by tag, email or login status, and BSS conditions cover those.
Customer records, orders and customer tags live in Shopify. If your approved buyers carry a tag, point the BSS rules at that tag rather than retagging them.
BSS B2B Lock installs lock code into your theme, with automatic or manual install. We have not tested it alongside another lock app, so build and test on a development store or a duplicate theme first.
Features specific to Wholesale Lock Manager, such as hiding from site search or bot-checkout protection for free products. Prices and quotes are handled by BSS B2B Solution and BSS B2B Quote, separate apps.
Both price by Shopify plan, so compare the row that matches your store.
| Setup | Monthly cost | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Lock Manager, development or trial store | Free | All features unlocked for testing |
| Wholesale Lock Manager, Shopify Basic | $9.99 per month | The listing shows the same features on every plan |
| Wholesale Lock Manager, Shopify Grow | $16.99 per month | Same features as Basic |
| Wholesale Lock Manager, Shopify Advanced | $24.99 per month | Same features as Basic |
| BSS B2B Lock, Free | $0 | Lock the entire website by condition |
| BSS B2B Lock, Basic Shopify | $9.99 per month | Locks beyond the entire store, such as prices, products, pages and passcodes |
| BSS B2B Lock, Grow Shopify | $24.99 per month | Same locks, for the Grow tier |
| BSS B2B Lock, Advanced Shopify | $49.99 per month | Same locks, for the Advanced tier |
| BSS B2B Lock, Shopify Plus | $79.99 per month | For Shopify Plus stores, where the checkout lock is available with a paid plan |
Wholesale Lock Manager prices are from its App Store listing, read on October 4, 2026. BSS prices are from the BSS listing as of October 4, 2026, except the Shopify Plus tier, which comes from the BSS pricing page and is not shown on the listing. BSS B2B Lock has a free plan and a 7-day free trial on paid plans. The BSS listing shows 4.9 out of 5 from 651 reviews, and the Wholesale Lock Manager listing shows 4.9 out of 5 from 220 reviews.[1][3]
The figures are list prices before tax and other apps, and they compare cost, not capability. BSS yearly billing saves 20%, and Wholesale Lock Manager's listing says its yearly price saves 17%. BSS plan details are on the pricing page.
The times are our estimates for a store with a handful of locks.
List what is hidden, from whom, and by which condition: guests, a customer tag, a passcode or a secret link.
About 30 minutes
Use the free plan or the trial: locks beyond the entire store need a paid plan or the trial.
About 30 minutes
Create rules that hide prices and Add to cart until a login or tag matches.
About 30 minutes
Recreate each lock with its condition, then add a custom login or sign-up message if you used one.
60 to 90 minutes
Check as a guest, as a logged-in buyer without the tag, and as a tagged buyer, on product, collection and page URLs and in search. Test on a duplicate theme if the old app's code is still active.
About 60 minutes
Remove the old app only when the BSS locks behave as expected, following the old app's own instructions for removing its theme changes.
About 30 minutes
Going the other way follows the same order: rebuild the locks, test, then switch. Lock rules live in the app, so uninstalling it ends the locks, while customer tags and orders stay in Shopify.
Start with one lock on a development store: BSS B2B Lock has a free plan and a 7-day free trial on paid plans.
Get BSS B2B LockNeither app covers everything. These are the limits that most often decide the choice.
Install it on a development store, rebuild one price lock and one page lock, and check them as a guest and as a tagged buyer. Add BSS B2B Solution or BSS B2B Quote only if you also need price rules or quotes.
Also: BSS B2B Solution and BSS B2B Quote.
For hiding prices and Add to cart, locking products, collections, pages or the whole store, and passcodes or secret links, both list the feature. BSS B2B Lock adds a checkout lock for Shopify Plus, an age popup, request-access approval and payment or shipping method rules. Wholesale Lock Manager's listing adds hiding from search and Google and bot-checkout protection.
Wholesale Lock Manager's listing shows Basic at $9.99, Grow at $16.99 and Advanced at $24.99 per month, with a 7-day trial. BSS B2B Lock has a free plan and paid plans of $9.99 (Basic Shopify), $24.99 (Grow Shopify), $49.99 (Advanced Shopify) and $79.99 (Shopify Plus) per month, with a 7-day free trial on paid plans. Prices are list prices as of October 4, 2026, and BSS's Shopify Plus price is not shown on its listing.
For BSS B2B Lock, only the checkout lock is limited to Shopify Plus, and it also needs a paid BSS plan. Wholesale Lock Manager's listing shows no Plus plan and states no other requirement, so ask the vendor if your store is on Plus.
Neither is on its App Store listing, which does list protecting free products from bot checkouts. Not listed does not prove it is absent, so confirm with the vendor if you need them.
BSS B2B Lock has a noindex option on locked pages. A site-search hiding feature is not listed for BSS, while Wholesale Lock Manager's listing names hiding products from site search and Google. Test the pages you need hidden.
Page, product and collection locks keep the main content out of the HTML, except age locks. A secret link lets in anyone who holds it, the age popup is a self-declaration, and the checkout lock fails open if its Function errors, so it is not a guaranteed block.
Plan to rebuild them. We could not read the developer's documentation, so we cannot say whether it exports rules. Recreate each lock as a BSS rule with a login, tag or passcode condition, and test on a development store before removing the old app.
We have not tested two lock apps together, and BSS B2B Lock installs code into your theme. Build and test on a development store or duplicate theme, and keep one app active for each lock on the live store.
Facts about Wholesale Lock Manager come from its public Shopify App Store listing and the developer's public home page, read on the date shown; the developer's help center returned an access error and was not used. Facts about BSS come from the App Store listing, the BSS user guides and our review of how the app behaves. If a price or feature changes, this page changes with it.
