Creating a wholesale store
This page was printed on Mar 26, 2023. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-sales-channels/wholesale/channel/getting-started/add-wholesale-channel.
Your password-protected wholesale store is created automatically when you add the wholesale channel to your Shopify admin.
The default site address for your wholesale store uses the following format: https://your-shopify-store-name.wholesale.shopifyapps.com. You can change the domain of the address from the Preferences page in the wholesale channel.
Add the wholesale channel and create your wholesale store
A password-protected, separate wholesale store is created automatically when you add the wholesale channel to your Shopify admin.
Considerations for creating a wholesale store
Before you create a wholesale store, consider the following:
- Your store must be on the Shopify Plus plan.
- You must sign into your Shopify admin with either the Shopify store owner credentials or a staff login that has the Applications and Settings permissions.
Steps:
- From your Shopify admin, click Settings > Apps and sales channels.
- From the Apps and sales channels page, click Shopify App Store.
- If applicable, then log in to continue to the Shopify App Store.
- From the Shopify App Store, search for Wholesale to learn more about the sales channel.
- Click Add channel or Add app.
- From the Shopify app, tap Store.
- Tap Add channel beside Sales channels.
- From the Add sales channel screen, tap Wholesale.
- Tap Add Wholesale.
- From the Shopify app, tap Store.
- Tap the
+button beside Sales channels. - From the Add sales channel screen, tap Wholesale.
- Tap Add WHOLESALE.
Your wholesale store is created.
After you create your wholesale store, do the following:
- Make sure that there is at least one product in your store.
- Create customer accounts.
- Create wholesale price lists.
For more information about setting up your wholesale store, refer to the wholesale store tutorial.