This episode provides a comprehensive guide for Shopify store owners looking to implement or enhance their wholesale operations without upgrading to Shopify Plus. It emphasizes defining clear business rules first and then leveraging custom code, specific apps, or even a separate Shopify store to achieve desired wholesale functionalities, covering everything from tiered pricing and quantity breaks to payment terms and inventory management.
Key takeaways
Before building, clearly define your wholesale business rules, including account requirements, approval processes, tiered pricing, quantity breaks, payment terms (e.g., net 30), and shipping rules.
For complex wholesale requirements, especially differing shipping/payment rules or package sizes, consider setting up a separate Shopify store rather than integrating wholesale into your existing retail store.
Utilize customer tags within Shopify to manage tiered access and discounts for wholesale customers. Implement Liquid code to display specific pricing or content based on these tags.
For inventory management across separate retail and wholesale Shopify stores, invest in a third-party inventory management system to aggregate and manage shared stock effectively.
When building a wholesale application form, consider using apps like Hulk Form Builder, and automate the approval process by connecting submissions to a database if manual processing becomes a bottleneck.
3/1/23 - Episode 101. In this episode, I explain the best practices for building a wholesale store in Shopify. SHOW TRANSCRIPT - https://jadepuma.com/blogs/the-shopify-solutions-podcast/episode-101-wholesale-in-your-shopify-store SHOW LINKS Bold Custom Pricing app (affiliate link)Hulk Form Builder (affiliate link)Flex Theme (affiliate link) - use coupon code 'AUSTIN10'Restricting Access in your Shopify Store - https://jadepuma.com/blogs/shopify-tutorials/restricting-access-in-your-sho...
What does this episode say about shopify & ecommerce platforms?
Before building, clearly define your wholesale business rules, including account requirements, approval processes, tiered pricing, quantity breaks, payment terms (e.g., net 30), and shipping rules.
What does this episode say about product & merchandising?
For complex wholesale requirements, especially differing shipping/payment rules or package sizes, consider setting up a separate Shopify store rather than integrating wholesale into your existing retail store.
What does this episode say about supply chain & operations?
Utilize customer tags within Shopify to manage tiered access and discounts for wholesale customers. Implement Liquid code to display specific pricing or content based on these tags.
What does this episode say about shopify & ecommerce platforms?
For inventory management across separate retail and wholesale Shopify stores, invest in a third-party inventory management system to aggregate and manage shared stock effectively.
What does this episode say about shopify & ecommerce platforms?
When building a wholesale application form, consider using apps like Hulk Form Builder, and automate the approval process by connecting submissions to a database if manual processing becomes a bottleneck.
