BuyerGraph IAM: Hierarchical Roles & Approvals for Store Accounts
9/10
Demand Score
Enterprise buyers require role-based purchasing and SSO to onboard; workarounds lose deals.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$199-1k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
An ecommerce-native IAM that overlays granular roles, permissions, and approval workflows on top of platform customer accounts. Supports SAML/OIDC SSO, company org charts, site/location permissions, b
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Competitor Landscape
- Okta CIAM (B2B)
- Auth0 Organizations
- Shopify Plus B2B company accounts
- Locksmith/Wholesale lock apps
- Azure AD B2C
Must-Have Features for MVP
SAML/OIDC SSO with just-in-time account provisioning
Company hierarchy (divisions, cost centers, locations)
Role-based access to catalogs, prices, and actions
Spend limits, budgets, and multi-level approvals
Delegated admin with self-service user management
Entitlement tokens that gate UI and APIs
Granular audit trails and exportable logs
Sales rep and buyer team impersonation with safeguards
API/SDK for custom gating in themes and headless
Support for multi-entity/multi-store routing
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- SSO variations across enterprise IdPs
- Session integrity across storefront, checkout, and portals
- Mapping complex org hierarchies to store constructs
- Data privacy/SOC 2 compliance
- Edge cases for delegated admin and audit logs
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- <1-day SSO go-live for typical IdPs
- 90% reduction in manual account admin tasks
- Zero unauthorized order attempts post-deploy
- Approval cycle times cut by 50%
- Enterprise win-rate increase due to SSO/roles readiness
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