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title: "Contractor Pricing & Account Tiers on Shopify"
url: https://www.uncap.com/post/contractor-pricing-account-tiers-shopify
author: "Denis Dyli"
published: 2026-08-05
updated: 2026-08-11
summary: "Contractor pricing on Shopify B2B holds when tiers are built as catalogs plus price lists, spec accounts carry real roles and locations, and exceptions route through approval flows instead of ad-hoc discounts. This guide covers the tier architecture and the guardrails that keep field-negotiated pricing from leaking."
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# Contractor Pricing & Account Tiers on Shopify

> Contractor pricing on Shopify B2B holds when tiers are built as catalogs plus price lists, spec accounts carry real roles and locations, and exceptions route through approval flows instead of ad-hoc discounts. This guide covers the tier architecture and the guardrails that keep field-negotiated pricing from leaking.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do contractor pricing tiers work on Shopify?

Each tier is a combination of a catalog (which products the tier sees) and a price list (what it pays), assigned at the company account level. Negotiated accounts get account-specific price lists on top of tier defaults, and every buyer and location under the company inherits the assignment automatically.

### Can a contractor's employees have their own logins with different permissions?

Yes. Shopify B2B company accounts support multiple buyer contacts, so a foreman can order against job-site ship-tos while the project manager reviews orders across jobs and accounting sees invoices. Roles match how the contracting business actually runs instead of forcing one shared login.

### What happens when an order needs approval or special pricing?

It routes instead of failing. Order-approval flows hold a purchase until the right person signs off, and project-scale purchases go through a quote workflow where a rep applies project pricing and the approved quote converts directly to an order. Both keep the exception inside the platform rather than pushing it back to the phone.

### How does contractor pricing stay current when costs change weekly?

By syncing price lists from the ERP rather than maintaining them by hand: scheduled updates for the catalog at large, event-triggered pushes for volatile commodity SKUs. The ERP stays the source of truth, and the portal reflects it instead of drifting from it.