Do I need an app for Shopify B2B?

No. Native Shopify B2B works on its own for companies, price lists, volume pricing, payment terms, PO numbers and B2B checkout. Add an app when your buyers hit a gap, such as negotiated quotes, approvals inside the buying company or credit limits.

Does Shopify B2B require Shopify Plus?

No. Shopify says B2B is available on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. Plus adds unlimited catalogs, catalogs assigned directly to company locations, deposits and partial payments.

Does native Shopify B2B have request for quote?

Not as an RFQ object. Staff can negotiate a price on a draft order with a custom line price and a price lock, but Shopify has no versioned quote record that keeps the request and each round together.

Does Shopify B2B have credit limits?

Shopify's payment terms article describes terms from Net 7 to Net 90, early payment and an Overdue label after terms expire. It does not describe a credit limit.

Does Copiara replace native Shopify B2B?

No. Copiara is built on native Shopify B2B and reads its companies, price lists and payment terms. It adds quote negotiation, buyer approvals and credit limits on top.

Can I install Copiara today?

No. Copiara is in early access and is not on the Shopify App Store, so nobody can install or buy it yet.

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Native Shopify B2B vs adding Copiara

Native Shopify B2B covers companies and locations, catalogs and price lists, volume pricing, quantity rules, payment terms from Net 7 to Net 90, PO numbers, draft orders and B2B checkout on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. Copiara does not replace any of it: it is built on native Shopify B2B and adds a quote record that keeps every negotiation round, approvals inside the buying company and credit limits. Copiara is in early access and cannot be installed yet.

Copiara is in early access. It is not on the Shopify App Store yet, so nobody can install it today. Facts on this page checked October 22, 2026.

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What does native Shopify B2B cover on its own?

Every Shopify cell below comes from Shopify's Help Center pages on B2B, read on October 22, 2026. The right column says what changes when Copiara sits on top, and for most rows nothing changes, because the row is Shopify's.

Native Shopify B2B compared with native Shopify B2B plus Copiara, October 22, 2026
Capability	Native Shopify B2B	With Copiara on top
Companies, locations and contacts	Companies with locations and contacts; settings per company or location for payment terms, shipping address, catalogs and tax exemptions	Unchanged: these are Shopify's. Copiara works through them.
Catalogs and price lists	Catalogs with custom prices and product availability; up to 3 active catalogs across B2B markets on Basic, Grow and Advanced; unlimited, and assignable to company locations, on Plus	Unchanged: price lists and catalogs are Shopify's.
Volume pricing and quantity rules	Price breaks by quantity; minimum, maximum and increment rules per variant	Unchanged: Shopify's own.
Payment terms	Net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90, or due on fulfillment, set per company or location; early payment with Pay now; an order shows as Overdue once its terms expire; deposits on Plus	Copiara reads each location's terms and never sets, pushes or syncs them.
PO numbers and checkout	Buyers add a PO number to an order; B2B checkout with payment terms and vaulted cards	Unchanged: Shopify's.
Negotiated prices	A draft order can carry a custom line price and a price lock. There is no RFQ object and no versioned quote record.	A quote record that keeps the buyer's request and every round, a margin floor checked on the server, and the accepted quote placed in Shopify as an order with the agreed prices locked.
Approvals	A company location can be set to submit checkout orders as drafts for the store to review, and buyers get location-level roles. Approval rules and spending limits for the buying company are not described.	Approval rules and spending limits for the buying company, set by the merchant in the Copiara admin and cleared before the order is placed.
Credit limits	Payment terms and an Overdue label. No credit limit is described.	A credit limit per buying company; live exposure counting orders in approval, approved, or placed and not yet paid; the store warns or refuses at submission.
Sidekick and an AI concierge	Not part of the B2B feature pages	Ask with @copiara in Sidekick to read quotes and stage a counter offer; an AI concierge on the merchant's theme that checks the buyer's price and stock and stages an order in chat.

Sources: Shopify Help Center pages on B2B features, features by plan, payment terms and draft orders, all read on October 22, 2026.

Which Shopify plans include native B2B?

Shopify says you can use B2B on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans, and that it is not available on its other plans. Below Plus you can assign up to 3 active catalogs across your B2B markets. Plus lifts that limit and adds deposits, partial payments and catalogs assigned directly to company locations.

Shopify B2B features by plan, from Shopify's features-by-plan article, October 22, 2026
Feature	Basic	Grow	Advanced	Plus
Companies and company locations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
B2B catalogs assigned to markets	3	3	3	Unlimited
Catalogs assigned directly to a company	No	No	No	Yes
Quantity rules and quantity price breaks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Net terms, payment reminders and vaulted cards	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deposits and partial payments	No	No	No	Yes
Draft order to invoice, and checkout to draft	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PO numbers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contextual storefront and checkout with Markets	No	No	Yes	Yes

What does Copiara add on top of native Shopify B2B?

Shopify's B2B pages describe a custom line price and a price lock on draft orders, not a request-for-quote record or a versioned quote that keeps each round. Copiara adds these parts, each built on the Shopify features above:

Quote negotiation: a buyer's request (RFQ) goes through negotiation to an accepted quote on one record that keeps every round, with a margin floor the server checks. Rules you write can accept, counter or decline routine requests. See Shopify B2B quote negotiation.
Buyer approvals: approval rules and spending limits for the buying company, set in the Copiara admin and cleared before the order is placed in Shopify. See Shopify B2B approval workflow.
Credit: a credit limit per buying company, live exposure counting orders in approval, approved, or placed and not yet paid as Shopify reports them, and a store-wide choice to warn or refuse at submission. See Shopify B2B credit limits.
AI concierge: an app embed on the merchant's own theme that checks the buyer's price and stock and stages an order in chat, inside that buyer's company context. It never bypasses approvals and never invents price or stock.
Shopify Sidekick: ask with @copiara and Sidekick reads Copiara quotes and can stage a counter offer on a quote page. Your staff review and send it. See Shopify Sidekick for B2B.

Is native Shopify B2B enough for your store?

Often it is. The honest test is whether your buyers hit a gap the Shopify pages above do not cover. Pick the line that matches you.

Stay on native Shopify B2B alone if buyers see their price lists and volume breaks at checkout, you agree an occasional price by editing a draft order, and nobody needs sign-off inside the buying company.
Stay on native alone, too, if you extend net terms to a few buyers you know and track their balances yourself.
Add Copiara if quotes run several rounds and nobody can reconstruct what was offered, if buyers' purchasing departments need approval before an order, or if you sell on credit and want a limit checked at submission.
Add a pricing suite instead if your gap is tag-based wholesale pricing, registration forms or hidden prices. See Shopify wholesale pricing apps compared.
Add a quote app instead if a request form is all you need. See Shopify quote apps compared.
Add a credit app instead if you need statements, aging reports or overdue blocking. See Shopify B2B credit limit apps compared.

What does each cost?

Native Shopify B2B is a feature of your Shopify plan: Basic, Grow, Advanced or Plus. Check Shopify's pricing page for what those plans cost.

Copiara's published plans are Free, Growth at $59 a month, Scale at $129 a month, billed monthly through Shopify App Pricing, with the same toolkit on every plan. Nobody can subscribe today because Copiara is not on the Shopify App Store.

Where does Copiara fit?

Copiara is our app, so weigh this page accordingly. It is in early access: it is not on the Shopify App Store, cannot be installed or bought today, and has no customers yet.

Copiara is a B2B Shopify app for wholesale that puts quote negotiation, buyer approvals and credit limits in one app, built on native Shopify B2B, so it works without Shopify Plus. Native Shopify B2B is the base it builds on, not a rival. If native B2B already does what your buyers need, you do not need Copiara or any other app.

FAQ

Do I need an app for Shopify B2B?: No. Native Shopify B2B works on its own for companies, price lists, volume pricing, payment terms, PO numbers and B2B checkout. Add an app when your buyers hit a gap, such as negotiated quotes, approvals inside the buying company or credit limits.
Does Shopify B2B require Shopify Plus?: No. Shopify says B2B is available on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. Plus adds unlimited catalogs, catalogs assigned directly to company locations, deposits and partial payments.
Does native Shopify B2B have request for quote?: Not as an RFQ object. Staff can negotiate a price on a draft order with a custom line price and a price lock, but Shopify has no versioned quote record that keeps the request and each round together.
Does Shopify B2B have credit limits?: Shopify's payment terms article describes terms from Net 7 to Net 90, early payment and an Overdue label after terms expire. It does not describe a credit limit.
Does Copiara replace native Shopify B2B?: No. Copiara is built on native Shopify B2B and reads its companies, price lists and payment terms. It adds quote negotiation, buyer approvals and credit limits on top.
Can I install Copiara today?: No. Copiara is in early access and is not on the Shopify App Store, so nobody can install or buy it yet.

Sources

Shopify Help Center: overview of B2B features, checked October 22, 2026
Shopify Help Center: Shopify B2B features by plan, checked October 22, 2026
Shopify Help Center: payment terms for B2B, checked October 22, 2026
Shopify Help Center: draft orders for B2B, checked October 22, 2026

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