Creating a wholesale store

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:

  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:

For more information about setting up your wholesale store, refer to the wholesale store tutorial.

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