OrgMesh IAM for Commerce (Granular Roles, Approvals, and Audit)
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Demand Score
Enterprise buyers demand SSO, delegated roles, spend limits, and audit; lacking these kills deals or forces costly replatforming.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$249-799
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
60 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A proxy IAM layer that adds company accounts, hierarchical roles, spend limits, and approvals to platforms that lack them. It mediates storefront and admin actions through an edge gateway and lightwei
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Competitor Landscape
- Okta/WorkOS (auth infra)
- Locksmith (storefront access)
- Mechanic (automation)
- Shopify Staff roles/Plus Organizations
- BigCommerce B2B Edition (limited granularity)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Org/company data model with hierarchies and cost centers
Role templates and custom policies (view/create/approve by object)
Spend limits, approval chains, and delegation
SSO (SAML/OIDC) and SCIM provisioning for buyer orgs
Admin overlay/extension to enforce field-level controls
Comprehensive audit trails with export to Splunk/Datadog
Emergency break-glass and immutable logs
API/SDK to gate custom apps and workflows
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Maintaining airtight security at the proxy and extension layers
- Mapping proxy-enforced permissions onto platform APIs reliably
- Edge cases in checkout/quote where native hooks are limited
- SSO/SCIM variance across enterprise IdPs
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Security certifications (SOC2 Type II) and pen-tested proxy
- Sub-100ms policy eval latency
- Drop-in widgets for approval and role assignment
- Demonstrable win-rate increase for enterprise B2B opportunities
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