Creating a wholesale store

Your password-protected wholesale store is created automatically when you add the wholesale channel to your Shopify admin.

Shopify Plus

The wholesale channel is available to Shopify Plus plans only.

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.

Note

Unlike your online store, you cannot log into your wholesale store as soon as it's created. Your wholesale store is password-protected, and no one, including the Shopify store owner, can access it without a wholesale store account. A wholesale store account isn't the same as an online store account. You can't log into the wholesale store using your online store user name and password.

You need to create wholesale store accounts for the customers that you want to sign into the wholesale store. Learn more about creating wholesale customers.

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:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, click Settings > Apps and sales channels.
2. From the Apps and sales channels page, click Shopify App Store.
3. If applicable, then log in to continue to the Shopify App Store.
4. From the Shopify App Store, search for Wholesale to learn more about the sales channel.
5. Click Add channel or Add app.

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.

Related links

• Wholesale store settings
• Create wholesale price lists
• Create wholesale customer accounts
• Wholesale price lists