Setting up payment methods for your B2B business

Plan requirement

Shopify B2B is available only to stores on the Shopify Plus plan. For information about Shopify Plus plan pricing, contact us.

Your B2B customers might require different payment methods and terms, because B2B orders are often larger and not paid for at checkout. In this article you can find an overview of the different payment options in Shopify B2B and how to set them up in your store.

Considerations for setting up B2B payment methods

Before you set up payment methods for your B2B business, review the following considerations:

• The following payment methods are incompatible with Shopify B2B:
  • Shop Pay
  • Shop Cash
  • Shop Pay Installments
• Some payment methods have eligibility requirements based on region, business type, or product offering.
• If you operate a blended store, then the payment methods that you set up are available to all customers by default, depending on eligibility. However, you can customize the availability of these payment methods to specific customers or types of customers.

Available payment methods for B2B

You can use a variety of payment methods for your B2B business on Shopify. Review the following payment methods that are available to use with Shopify B2B.

Shopify Payments

Shopify Payments lets you accept all major payment methods as soon as you set up your Shopify store. You also don't need to set up a third-party payment provider or business account.

When you use Shopify Payments, you can do the following:

• Accept credit cards, debit cards, and local payment methods.
• Allow B2B customers to save their credit cards securely.
• Use vaulted cards to process future B2B payments from your Shopify admin.
• Start accepting payments as soon as you open your store.

Note

Review the eligibility requirements to make sure your business is eligible before you start using Shopify Payments.

Third-party payment providers

If you're not using Shopify Payments and you want to accept credit cards and debit cards in your store, then you can choose from over 100 third-party payment providers. You can choose this option based on eligibility, preference, or availability in your geographical location.

PayPal

You can activate PayPal as a payment option so your B2B customers can pay for their orders and invoices without using a credit card. You can also automatically reconcile payments within your Shopify admin.

If you’re setting up a blended store with PayPal already activated, then it’s automatically activated as a payment option for B2B orders without payment terms.

Note

PayPal accelerated checkout isn't available for B2B.

Manual payment methods

Early access

This feature is in early access and is available only to certain merchants. To get access to this feature in B2B, contact Shopify Plus Support.

For orders that can’t be paid using a credit card, you can set up a manual payment method, such as money order or bank transfer. When your customers use a manual payment method, you can arrange to receive their payment in a way that works best for them. After you receive the payment, you can manually record the payment on the order in your Shopify admin.

Additional payment methods

You can set up alternative payment methods, such as cryptocurrency, to allow your B2B customers to pay for their orders online using something other than a credit card. Some alternative payment methods can be activated directly from your Shopify admin, and others might require you to install an app.

Customizing payment methods for your B2B business

You can control which payment methods your B2B and D2C customers have access to. After setting up your payment methods, you can customize payment method availability using Checkout Blocks. This app lets you hide, rename, and reorder payment methods based on conditions that you set.

You can also use the following options to customize which payment methods customers can use:

• A third-party app.
• A custom app using the Payment Customization Function API.