B2BGraph: Contract Pricing & Wholesale Engine for Shopify
8/10
Demand Score
Manual B2B price workarounds cause errors, stalled enterprise deals, and margin leakage; a contract-grade engine unlocks immediate order flow.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$399-2k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A Shopify-native B2B pricing and catalog engine that overlays company-specific contracts, volume matrices, and gated assortments without moving off Shopify. Uses Shopify Functions to enforce price log
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:
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Competitor Landscape
- Shopify Plus B2B (native)
- Bold Custom Pricing
- Wholesale Club by Orbit
- B2B Ninja (quotes)
- Wholesale Gorilla
- SparkLayer B2B
Must-Have Features for MVP
Company/branch hierarchies with role-based access
Matrix/volume pricing with brackets, pack sizes, and MOQs
Contract lifecycle (effective dates, renewals, blackout products)
Quote builder with approvals and margin guardrails
Functions-based discount/pricing enforcement at checkout
Segmented/gated catalogs and account-specific visibility
ERP connectors (NetSuite, SAP B1, Acumatica, Odoo)
CSV bulk import/export + pricing simulator sandbox
Sales rep portal and commission attribution
Comprehensive audit logs and rollback
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Shopify Functions’ constraints for complex stacking logic
- Multi-currency rounding and tax handling across regions
- ERP price list synchronization and conflict resolution
- Data migration of legacy contracts and matrices
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Under 1 day to import first contract and go live
- Increase B2B AOV and conversion within first month
- >90% reduction in manual price overrides/support tickets
- Accurate multi-currency pricing with <0.5% discrepancy vs ERP
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