Shopify B2B Without Plus: What You Get on Basic, Grow and Advanced in 2026

Yes. Since April 2, 2026, Shopify’s native B2B features are included on Basic, Grow and Advanced, not only Plus: companies, company locations, quantity rules, net terms and up to 3 active B2B market catalogs. Plus adds unlimited catalogs, direct company catalogs, deposits and partial payments. Apps such as BSS B2B Solution cover what is left.

Last updated October 4, 2026. Older guides, including earlier versions of this one, say B2B on Shopify needs Plus. That changed in April. Shopify says the rollout is still under way (“Shopify B2B is now rolling out across all plans”, Shopify news, April 2, 2026), so confirm in your own admin. BSS B2B Solutions makes BSS B2B Solution, the app used below. This guide is part of our complete guide to Shopify B2B.

Can you use Shopify B2B without Plus?

Yes. On April 2, 2026, Shopify announced that Basic, Grow and Advanced get native B2B at no extra cost: company profiles for wholesale buyers, up to three custom catalogs with tailored pricing, volume discounts and quantity rules, vaulted credit cards and payment terms. Shopify Plus keeps unlimited catalogs, direct catalog assignment to companies and locations, partial payments and deposits (Shopify news).

So the old advice, “upgrade to Plus for B2B”, is out of date. The real questions are how many catalogs you need and whether your wholesale workflow needs more than the native list. The next sections answer both with the Shopify Help Center as the source.

Shopify B2B features by plan: Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus

This table condenses Shopify’s page on B2B features by plan, read on October 4, 2026. Related features are grouped into one row.

Feature	Basic	Grow	Advanced	Plus
Companies and company locations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quantity rules and quantity price breaks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B2B market catalogs	Up to 3 active	Up to 3 active	Up to 3 active	Unlimited
Direct company catalogs (customer-level pricing)	No	No	No	Yes
Net terms, payment reminders, ACH and vaulted cards	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deposits, partial payments and payment requests per fulfillment	No	No	No	Yes
Draft orders, PO numbers and easy reorders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contextual checkout and storefront (using Markets)	No	No	Yes	Yes
Trade theme and quick order list	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shopify Flow with B2B objects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Shopify notes that the “up to 3 active catalogs” limit applies across all your B2B markets. Catalogs decide which products and prices a B2B customer sees, and when several catalogs apply, the lowest price is shown (Catalogs and pricing in B2B). Learn the terms in our glossary: catalog and company location.

What you do not get without Plus, and what Shopify requires

Limits that come with Basic, Grow and Advanced

• 3 active catalogs. If you sell to more than three buyer groups with different price levels, the cap arrives quickly.
• No direct company catalogs. Pricing a single company or location through its own catalog is a Plus feature.
• No deposits or partial payments. Net terms work on every plan, but Shopify does not capture payments automatically when terms expire (B2B payment terms).
• Contextual checkout and storefront through Markets needs Advanced or Plus.

Requirements on every plan

• You must set up B2B customers as companies in your Shopify admin, and activate customer accounts. Legacy customer accounts cannot be used for B2B orders and customers (Requirements and considerations).
• To use B2B with Markets, you must activate it in feature test drive (same page).
• Some features do not work with B2B: accelerated checkouts (Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay), local delivery and pickup points, tipping, subscriptions, agentic storefronts, some third-party apps and checkout.liquid customizations (same page).
• Orders have a maximum of 500 line items (same page).
• B2B customers sign in with the email address linked to a company location and a one-time PIN sent to their email (Sign-in and customer accounts in B2B).

How much does Shopify B2B cost without Plus?

Native B2B adds no fee, so you pay your Shopify plan. Shopify also notes that B2B and D2C orders can have different variable platform fee rates (Requirements and considerations).

Plan	Billed yearly	Billed monthly	B2B catalogs
Basic	$19	$25	Up to 3
Grow	$49	$65	Up to 3
Advanced	$299	$399	Up to 3
Plus	Contact Shopify	From $2,300	Unlimited

Source: Shopify pricing. A worked example: Shopify Basic billed yearly ($19) plus the lowest paid plan of BSS B2B Solution ($29, Essential) is $48 per month before tax and other apps. Which BSS plan includes which module differs, so check the BSS B2B Solution page before you choose. The App Store listing (read October 2, 2026) shows BSS B2B Solution rated 4.9 from 1,187 reviews, with all features free on development stores.

How to set up Shopify B2B without Plus in 8 steps

This works for a new wholesale store or for adding B2B to an existing retail store. Steps 1 to 5 use native features, steps 6 to 8 add what native B2B leaves out.

Step 1: Choose a blended or a dedicated store

A blended store serves D2C and B2B customers from one store and admin. A dedicated store is B2B only, with separate branding and its own admin. Shopify says a blended store cannot be gated to B2B customers only, because D2C customers could not place orders, while a dedicated store can be gated (Blended and dedicated B2B stores). If you also sell to consumers, you will want a blended store.

Step 2: Activate customer accounts

Buyers need accounts to see B2B pricing. Shopify says only logged-in B2B customers can access B2B-specific pricing, products and content (Sign-in and customer accounts in B2B). Activate customer accounts, and keep legacy accounts out of B2B.

Step 3: Create companies and locations

Set up each business as a company with one or more locations. Each location can have its own tax ID, addresses, pricing and payment terms. You can create them manually in the admin, import in bulk with a third-party tool, or ask a Shopify Partner for a custom API solution (Setup checklist). A company location is the unit most B2B rules use: see company location.

Step 4: Create catalogs and quantity rules

Catalogs set which products and prices a buyer group sees. You can have up to 3 active catalogs on Basic, Grow and Advanced. Add quantity rules (minimum, maximum and increment) and price breaks on top. For the pricing options in depth, see the wholesale pricing hub.

Step 5: Set payment terms

Shopify offers no terms (payment due immediately, the default), net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90, due on fulfillment, and a fixed date. Payments are not captured automatically when terms expire (B2B payment terms). More on terms: net terms and the order rules and terms hub.

Step 6: Collect and approve wholesale applications

Shopify’s checklist points to the free Shopify Forms app for prospects who want to request access. If you want a full application with business fields, tax ID checks and approval, BSS B2B Solution registration forms support text, file and dropdown fields and tax ID fields such as EU VAT, UK VAT, US EIN, ABN and India GST. You approve or reject each application, and the form can add a customer tag on approval.

Follow the registration form guide and the use case Wholesale registration form with approval. The onboarding side has its own customer onboarding hub and a Shopify B2B registration form article.

Step 7: Price more buyer groups than three catalogs allow

When three catalogs are not enough, set price rules by customer tag. In BSS B2B Solution Custom Pricing, choose who gets the price (everyone, logged-in customers, specific customers, customer tags or company locations), then pick a price adjustment type and an amount. BSS B2B Solution manages these rules in the app, separately from Shopify catalogs, and lets you stack volume pricing on top. The rule with the lowest priority number wins within a module.

Read the custom pricing guide and the use case Give tagged wholesale customers special prices. Learn the term customer tag. Targeting by company location needs the Advanced plan or higher.

Step 8: Add order rules and test

Add a minimum order amount or quantity with Order Limits, and net terms for approved buyers. Then follow Shopify’s own last step: create a test customer and log in to check the buyer experience before you invite real buyers (Setup checklist).

See Enforce a minimum order quantity and value and Offer Net 30 and other payment terms, or the order limits guide.

Native B2B or an app: what covers what without Plus

Use this table to see which requirements Shopify covers on Basic, Grow and Advanced, and where an app removes manual work.

Requirement	Shopify native B2B (Basic, Grow, Advanced)	With BSS B2B Solution
Company accounts and locations	Yes: companies, locations and location permissions	Price rules can target a customer tag, a specific customer or a company location (company-location targeting: Advanced plan or higher)
Prices by buyer group	Up to 3 active catalogs across B2B markets	Custom Pricing and Volume Pricing by tag, customer or company location; Price List on the Platinum plan
Quantity discounts	Quantity price breaks and quantity rules	Volume (quantity break) pricing stacked on the custom price; quantity increments on Advanced and above
Payment terms	Net 7 to Net 90, due on fulfillment, fixed date	Net Terms for buyers identified by tag (paid plans)
Registration and approval	Free Shopify Forms app for access requests	Registration forms with file upload, tax ID checks, approval and tag on approval
Minimum and maximum order	Quantity rules per product	Order Limits: minimum or maximum amount or quantity per order
Hide prices from guests	Third-party apps lock parts or all of a store	Use BSS B2B Lock: see how to hide prices on Shopify
Quotes and CSV ordering	Third-party apps for quoting and CSV order upload	Use BSS B2B Quote: see the quote and quick order hub

Native is enough when

Your wholesale buyers fit into companies, you need three catalogs or fewer, and you do not need an application flow with tax checks, price rules beyond the catalog cap, guest price hiding or quotes.

Add an app when

You sell retail and wholesale on one store, need prices for more than three buyer groups, collect applications and approve buyers, or want order limits, tag-based terms, hidden prices or quotes. For a roundup of options, see our Shopify B2B apps comparison.

When Shopify Plus is worth it

Choose Plus when you need unlimited catalogs, catalogs assigned directly to companies and locations, or deposits and partial payments handled natively. Plus starts at $2,300 per month on monthly billing (Shopify pricing). If your needs are three catalogs, net terms, quantity rules and an approval flow, the plans from Basic to Advanced plus an app usually fit. We compare the two paths in Shopify native B2B and describe the plan questions in Shopify wholesale customer accounts.

Limits of running B2B without Plus

• Apps add cost and set-up time. Each app has its own plan. Test every rule in a cart as a buyer, and check that price rules from an app do not conflict with catalogs.
• App price rules are separate from catalogs. BSS B2B Solution manages its own rules and does not create Shopify catalogs, so decide where each buyer group’s price lives.
• Some Shopify features do not work with B2B orders, such as accelerated checkouts and subscriptions (see the list above).
• Plan details change. Shopify is still rolling out B2B across plans. Re-read the Help Center page before you decide.
• Checkout locks need Plus. BSS B2B Lock’s checkout lock is available only on Shopify Plus; its storefront rules for prices, products and pages are separate.

The 3-catalog limit: what it means and how to handle more than three price tiers

On Basic, Grow and Advanced you can assign up to 3 active catalogs across all your B2B markets, in total and not per market. Plus has unlimited catalogs and can assign them directly to companies and company locations (Catalogs and B2B features by plan, read October 8, 2026). The cap does not stop you at three buyers. It stops you at three price levels, so a store with five tiers such as distributor, reseller, VIP, trade and partner needs another plan for the extra two.

You have three ways to handle it:

1. Merge tiers. Group buyers into at most three price levels and give each level one catalog. This costs nothing but works only if the groups can share a discount.
2. Price the extra groups with an app. Keep your catalogs for the main levels and set the other groups up as price rules by customer tag, specific customer or company location. In BSS B2B Solution these rules live in the app, separate from Shopify catalogs (see Step 7 above), so decide which system owns each group’s price.
3. Upgrade to Plus. Unlimited catalogs and direct catalogs for a company or location are handled natively, at Plus pricing (see the cost section above). Upgrade when several tiers need their own catalog per company and you want to stay fully native.

Whichever route you take, log in as a test buyer from each group and check the price in the cart before you invite customers.

FAQ: Shopify B2B without Plus

Next steps

Check your plan’s catalog limit, activate customer accounts and create your first company. Then decide whether native B2B covers your buyers. Read the complete guide to Shopify B2B for the six parts of a wholesale store, how to price B2B on Shopify for pricing, and how to hide prices on Shopify if guests should not see prices.

Sources

Shopify pages read on October 4, 2026. BSS facts: BSS user guides at docs.bss-b2b.solutions and the Shopify App Store listing (as of October 2, 2026).

• Shopify Help Center: Shopify B2B
• Shopify Help Center: Shopify B2B features by plan
• Shopify Help Center: Requirements and considerations for using B2B
• Shopify Help Center: Setup checklist for blended B2B stores
• Shopify Help Center: Blended and dedicated B2B stores
• Shopify Help Center: Catalogs and pricing in B2B
• Shopify Help Center: B2B payment terms
• Shopify Help Center: Sign-in and customer accounts in B2B
• Shopify news: Shopify brings native B2B features to more merchants (April 2, 2026)
• Shopify: Pricing
• BSS B2B Solution user guide

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