Shopify Spring '26 Edition: What Changed for B2B and Wholesale

What Changed for B2B in Shopify's Spring '26 Edition

Shopify's Spring '26 Edition, released June 17, 2026 under the "Everywhere" theme, shipped 150+ updates. Some third-party coverage calls it the Summer '26 Edition, but Spring '26 is Shopify's own name for it. For B2B and wholesale merchants, the Edition adds automatic charging of vaulted payment methods through a Shopify Flow action, VAT ID validation at checkout in the EU and UK, discounts by market that can target B2B setups, and native B2B support in QuickBooks and Mailchimp. These Spring '26 features arrive after six months of B2B investment that included 12 dedicated B2B updates in Winter '26 (December 2025) and the April 2026 expansion of foundational B2B to merchants on the Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans.

One deadline ran parallel to all of this. Shopify Scripts stopped executing entirely on June 30, 2026, after editing and publishing new Scripts ended on April 15, 2026. Any B2B-specific payment logic, volume discount rule, or wholesale shipping customization that was still running on Scripts stopped working on June 30 unless it had been rebuilt with Shopify Functions.

For manufacturers and distributors managing ERP-connected Shopify stores, 2026 represents the most operationally dense year in Shopify's B2B history. This guide covers every change, what each one means for your operation, and what to act on first.

Why 2026 Is the Year B2B Merchants Cannot Look Away

Shopify has been building its B2B layer since it launched natively on Plus in the Summer '22 Edition. For the first three years, those features were Plus-only and each Editions cycle added incrementally. 2026 changed the cadence. Three separate waves of B2B investment landed in a six-month window.

Shopify puts the global B2B ecommerce market at $36 trillion and has been explicit about its intent to own more of that number. The pace of the 2026 releases reflects that priority. If you have been watching Shopify's B2B roadmap at arm's length and waiting for the platform to mature before committing your wholesale operations to it, the 2026 release sequence answers that question clearly. In medical and dental distribution, that commitment only pays off once contract pricing and account structure are set up correctly first.

The Full 2026 B2B Release Timeline

Understanding the Spring '26 Edition in isolation misses the architecture. Each release builds on the last.

What follows covers each wave in sequence, with detail on what each feature does and what it replaces.

Wave One: Winter '26 Edition B2B Features (December 2025)

The Winter '26 Edition, released December 10, 2025, is where Shopify's 2026 B2B push began. Twelve features shipped specifically for wholesale and B2B operations.

ACH payments at B2B checkout. US-based B2B buyers can now pay directly from a bank account at checkout, without a credit card or invoice workflow. ACH launched on Plus and, since April 2026, runs on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans with Shopify Payments in the United States. For manufacturers processing large wholesale orders, this eliminates the friction of chasing card authorizations on high-value purchases.

Payment requests per fulfillment. Merchants on Shopify Plus can now send separate payment requests tied to individual shipments within a single order. For distributors shipping partial orders across multiple warehouse locations, this resolves the long-standing problem of invoicing against a complete order when only part of it has left the warehouse.

Three new ERP integrations in the Shopify ecosystem. Shopify added pre-built integrations by three partners in Winter '26 that sync companies, orders and payment terms to NetSuite, Brightpearl, Fulfil, Sage or Acumatica. These additions expand the ERP connectivity options available natively within Shopify's partner program, complementing middleware platforms and embedded apps like Uncap Connect that handle deeper, bidirectional ERP data flows.

EDI purchase order syncing. Two EDI partners, SPS Commerce and Crstl, now convert inbound EDI purchase orders directly into draft orders inside Shopify. For manufacturers and distributors serving major retail buyers who still send POs over EDI, this eliminates the manual re-keying step that historically required a separate integration layer.

Dynamic payment terms and deposits via Shopify Functions. On Shopify Plus, third-party or custom apps powered by Shopify Functions now let merchants set conditional payment terms and required deposits programmatically. A B2B store can require a 30% deposit on orders above a threshold, offer net-30 only to verified company accounts, or show invoice payment only to specific customer segments.

Order review rules. On Shopify Plus, apps powered by Shopify Functions also power a new order review mechanism that flags orders for manual approval before they process. Distributors selling regulated products or manufacturers managing large-volume dealer accounts can set rules that route certain orders for review automatically.

Sidekick creates B2B companies via natural language. Instead of manually building out company records in Shopify admin, merchants can prompt Sidekick to create a new company, set its payment terms, and assign a catalog, all in a conversational interface. The B2B company importer app, also released in Winter '26, handles bulk imports from spreadsheets for merchants migrating wholesale account lists from another platform or ERP.

Store credit for B2B company locations. Store credit can now be assigned at the company location level, not just the company level. For distributors with buyers across multiple branches or shipping addresses, this enables location-specific credit management without custom development.

Pickup in store for B2B. B2B buyers can now select in-store pickup at checkout, bringing the same omnichannel fulfillment options that DTC buyers have had to wholesale accounts.

Eleven new B2B-compatible apps. Shopify's app ecosystem added eleven apps in Winter '26 specifically built for B2B compatibility, covering quoting workflows, buyer role management, approval flows, and shopping lists. Features that previously required custom development or workarounds with DTC apps designed for a different use case now have native app-store equivalents.

Horizon themes for B2B. Horizon, the theme foundation Shopify introduced in the Summer '25 Edition, gained B2B support in Winter '26: all Horizon themes support built-in volume pricing, quantity rules, and quick order lists that let wholesale buyers add multiple SKUs in a single action.

The brands that made this jump early offer a useful reference point, and we profile ten B2B businesses that migrated to Shopify Plus and what changed for each.

Wave Two: B2B for All (April 2, 2026)

On April 2, 2026, Shopify announced a structural change to how B2B is distributed across its plan tiers. For the first time, merchants on Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans received access to foundational B2B features at no additional cost.

The features now available on the Basic, Grow, Advanced, and Plus plans include: company profiles for wholesale buyers, up to three custom catalogs with tailored pricing per customer segment, volume discounts and quantity rules, vaulted credit cards, and payment terms.

For merchants who had been running wholesale through a combination of lock-screen workarounds, separate storefronts, or third-party apps on non-Plus plans, this removes the primary reason to maintain that infrastructure. For merchants considering whether to move their wholesale operations to Shopify at all, the minimum viable plan cost dropped significantly.

The data behind this decision is compelling. According to Shopify's April 2, 2026 announcement, merchants using Shopify B2B see up to a 4.1x increase in reorder frequency compared to DTC orders, and merchants who adopt Shopify B2B see up to a 33% increase in self-serve orders within six months and up to a 20% increase in reorder frequency. Snyder Performance Engineering, one of the merchants featured, has seen a 25% reduction in time spent on back-office tasks and a 40% increase in average customer spend since moving its wholesale business to Shopify.

The distinction between plans remains meaningful. Plus merchants keep unlimited catalogs, direct catalog assignment to companies and locations, deposits, partial payments, and payment requests per fulfillment. Non-Plus merchants are limited to three catalogs. For merchants with complex multi-tier pricing across many customer segments, that catalog limit is a real constraint, and Plus remains the appropriate tier. For merchants just starting their wholesale channel or running a single-tier wholesale operation, the non-Plus plan is now a viable starting point.

Wave Three: Spring '26 Edition B2B Features (June 17, 2026)

The Spring '26 Edition, released June 17, 2026 under the "Everywhere" theme, added targeted B2B items rather than a new B2B foundation. They extend what Winter '26 and the April expansion built and close specific workflow gaps that have required apps or manual work.

Automated Vaulted Payments

Net payment terms are not new in this Edition. B2B on Shopify launched with net terms as a Shopify Plus exclusive in the Summer '22 Edition, and since April 2, 2026 payment terms are also available on the Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans. You set payment terms for each company location: net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60, or 90, due on fulfillment, or a fixed date.

What Spring '26 adds is automatic charging of vaulted payment methods for B2B customers, using a Shopify Flow action triggered by fulfillment, due dates, or invoicing. A card or bank account that a buyer vaults for an order with payment terms isn't charged automatically when the terms expire; without a workflow, your team charges it from the admin. Card vaulting needs Shopify Payments, and bank account vaulting needs Shopify Payments in the United States and a US bank account.

VAT ID Validation at Checkout

B2B buyers in the EU and UK can now enter their VAT ID at checkout, where Shopify Tax validates it. The Summer '25 Edition had already added VAT number validation in the admin, with tax exemptions applied automatically through Shopify Tax. For merchants selling to business buyers in those regions, validation now happens in both places.

Discounts by Market

Spring '26 adds discounts by market, which Shopify describes as targeted promotions for customers across specific regions, different retail locations, and B2B setups.

QuickBooks and Mailchimp Support for B2B

QuickBooks now syncs B2B orders, PO numbers, and company details, and Mailchimp can build B2B segments for targeted emails. For wholesale teams that run accounting in QuickBooks, the PO number travels with the synced order.

PO Numbers in Checkout Validation

Developers can now query the billing address and PO number in cart and checkout validation functions to enforce compliance rules and B2B requirements, for example a required PO number format. Stores on any plan can use public App Store apps that contain functions; running your own custom app with Shopify Function APIs needs Shopify Plus.

What Shipped Earlier

Several B2B capabilities sometimes credited to this release shipped in earlier Editions: markets for B2B, each with its own catalogs, currency, and storefront theme customizations (Summer '25, on Plus at the time), gift cards in B2B catalogs (Summer '25), and Horizon themes with built-in volume pricing, quantity rules, and quick order lists (Winter '26).

The Scripts Sunset: What B2B Merchants Need to Rebuild

Shopify Scripts stopped executing entirely on June 30, 2026, and editing and publishing new Scripts ended on April 15, 2026. The shutdown matters most for B2B merchants, because the most common Scripts in wholesale operations are exactly the ones Shopify retired.

The three B2B Script types most affected:

Payment Scripts that hide non-B2B payment methods. Many Plus stores used a Script to hide credit card payments or show "pay by invoice" only to verified B2B buyers. Since June 30, that logic no longer runs, and every payment method is visible to all buyers unless it has been rebuilt as a Payment Customization Function.

Volume discount Scripts. Tiered discount logic built on Scripts, such as "buy 10 units get 10% off, buy 25 get 15% off," stopped applying on June 30. The correct migration target is a Discount Function, which compiles to WebAssembly and runs inside Shopify's infrastructure rather than as a Ruby script at checkout.

B2B-specific shipping Scripts. Free shipping thresholds, shipping method restrictions by customer tag, or B2B-only carrier options built on Scripts need to be ported to Delivery Customization Functions.

The migration is not a direct translation. Functions are compiled WebAssembly modules, not Ruby scripts, and they behave differently around discount stacking and ordering. Test each rebuilt Function on a development store before it goes live, and allow for multiple test passes if your store has complex stacking logic.

For B2B merchants who have been using Shopify Flow to automate wholesale operations, the news is straightforward: Shopify Flow automations are unaffected by the Scripts sunset. Flow is a separate system that is not being deprecated.

For merchants whose B2B logic stopped with Scripts and has not been rebuilt yet, moving it to Shopify Functions is the most urgent item on this list.

What Changes for Manufacturers and Distributors Specifically

The 2026 B2B wave has different implications depending on the complexity of the wholesale operation.

For manufacturers running dealer or distributor portals, the most useful Spring '26 item is automatic charging of vaulted payment methods: a Shopify Flow workflow can charge a dealer's vaulted card or bank account when an order is fulfilled, a payment is due, or an invoice is sent, instead of your team charging each one from the admin.

The EDI integration from Winter '26 is equally significant for manufacturers whose retail customers send purchase orders via EDI. SPS Commerce and Crstl both convert inbound EDI POs into Shopify draft orders without a custom integration, which removes a step that has historically required either middleware or manual re-entry. Retail customers that trade over EDI can send more than orders: the X12 EDI 852 Product Activity Data transaction set can be used "to advise a trading partner of inventory, sales, and other product activity information."

For distributors managing large SKU catalogs, the April expansion matters more than this Edition. Below Plus you can assign up to 3 active catalogs across all your B2B markets, so a distributor with many price tiers still needs Plus for unlimited catalogs or catalogs assigned directly to companies. Spring '26 adds variant-level publishing by channel and per market, which helps when only some variants of a product should appear in a given market.

For wholesale operations expanding internationally, VAT ID validation at checkout in the EU and UK now joins markets for B2B, which the Summer '25 Edition introduced: each B2B market can carry its own catalogs and currency, and below Plus all B2B markets share a limit of 3 active catalogs.

For merchants on non-Plus plans exploring wholesale, the B2B for All expansion means the starting point has changed materially. A merchant on an Advanced plan can now run a three-catalog B2B operation with payment terms natively, where previously this required Plus or a collection of third-party apps. The practical question is whether three catalogs are sufficient for the pricing complexity of the business. For most small-to-mid-sized wholesale operations, they are.

New ERP Integrations in the Shopify Ecosystem

The Shopify partner ecosystem added three ERP integration partners in Winter '26, with pre-built integrations that sync companies, orders and payment terms to NetSuite, Brightpearl, Fulfil, Sage or Acumatica.

These additions expand the native ERP connection options available within Shopify's partner program. They complement, rather than replace, the dedicated ERP integration work that Shopify Platinum Partners like Uncap handle for manufacturers and distributors with complex bidirectional data requirements.

The distinction matters in practice. Marketplace-listed integrations cover the data flows their listings describe. Operations with custom pricing logic, BOM data flowing from ERP to Shopify, or production order triggers tied to Shopify sales events require the kind of integration architecture that Uncap builds for manufacturers and distributors, built specifically for Shopify B2B with the ERP's data model in mind.

For manufacturers and distributors evaluating their ERP connection options in light of the 2026 B2B feature releases, the question is not whether to integrate but how deeply. A catalog-price-inventory sync covers many operations. A manufacturer syncing BOM data, production order status, and multi-warehouse inventory across an Acumatica or Infor instance to a Shopify Plus B2B portal needs a different level of integration than a standard connector provides.

How the Spring '26 Edition Fits Into Your B2B Roadmap

The 2026 Shopify B2B releases, taken together, move the platform's native capability forward on four dimensions that matter for manufacturers and distributors.

Catalog management now reaches the Basic, Grow, and Advanced plans, with up to 3 active catalogs across all B2B markets, while Plus keeps unlimited catalogs and catalogs assigned directly to companies.

Payment and terms now support ACH in the United States, automatic charging of vaulted payment methods through Shopify Flow, and, on Plus, per-fulfillment payment requests and dynamic payment terms through apps powered by Shopify Functions. For a mid-market wholesale operation, this is close to a complete native payment workflow without a third-party app layer.

Checkout logic now runs on Shopify Functions, because Shopify Scripts stopped executing on June 30, 2026. Cart and checkout validation functions can read the PO number and billing address, and custom apps that contain Shopify Function APIs need Shopify Plus.

AI and agentic commerce adds a discovery channel, with a limit for B2B. Shopify's agentic storefronts let customers discover and purchase products in AI channels such as ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta, but they support only direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales: products sold only to business or wholesale customers are excluded, and B2B pricing doesn't display. In a blended store, your products appear in AI channels at their D2C prices, while wholesale pricing stays behind the B2B sign-in.

For manufacturers and distributors who have been building on Shopify Plus and who want to make sure the 2026 feature releases are properly configured for their operation, a structured review of both the new native features and the Scripts migration requirement is the right place to start. Our team at Uncap has launched over 380 storefronts on Shopify since 2013, and we work with manufacturers and distributors specifically to close the gap between what Shopify ships and what a complex wholesale operation actually needs. If you are mapping Shopify's Spring '26 Edition for B2B and wholesale onto your own operation, our wholesale solution page shows how these capabilities come together in a production build.

If you want to understand which Spring '26 features apply directly to your B2B setup and what the Scripts migration means for your current checkout logic, Talk to Our Experts.