OrgCanvas — Hierarchical Account OS for B2B Commerce

E-commerce Platforms
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Enterprise buyers need multi-user orgs with approvals and budgets; lacking this blocks revenue and causes manual order workarounds.
🌊
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$2k-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard

The Problem

Insufficient account/user management

Competitor Landscape

  • Shopify B2B (Company Accounts)
  • Adobe Commerce B2B
  • BigCommerce B2B Edition
  • Auth0 Organizations
  • WorkOS Directory Sync
  • Okta Workflows
  • Ory Keto/OPA

Must-Have Features for MVP

Multi-level org hierarchy with cost centers
Budget caps by role/cost center with period resets
Approval workflows with SLA and escalation
Delegated admin and buyer impersonation
SCIM/SAML/JIT provisioning
Entitlements (catalog/price access by role)
Comprehensive audit logs and export
ERP/CRM sync of org, users, and cost centers
Policy builder with versioning and dry-run
SDKs/apps for Shopify/BigCommerce/Adobe Commerce
Edge enforcement for cart/checkout/account endpoints
Self-service buyer admin portal

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Complex SSO/SCIM setups with customer IdPs
  • Mapping platform-specific permissions and APIs
  • Change management for buyer admins
  • Data migration for existing accounts
  • Edge/CDN policy deployment differences

Risk Level: Moderate

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Time-to-implement under 30 days for first storefront
  • Increase in enterprise conversion rate
  • Reduction in support tickets about account/permissions
  • Adoption rate of delegated admin features
  • SLA adherence for approval notifications
  • Zero critical auth incidents post-deployment

Ready to Build This?

This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.