Wholesale & Distribution: The B2B Side of the Ban
Distributors assumed B2B was different — password-protected storefronts, licensed buyers, no consumer sales. The ToS doesn't care: a listing is a listing, and wholesale vape storefronts get matched hardest because brand names appear hundreds of times per page.
until the Shopify deadline · July 7, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
Why B2B storefronts are extra-exposed
- Catalog density: thousands of brand-name SKUs = maximal matching surface
- The AG coalition explicitly targets the infrastructure of vape distribution — wholesalers are the definition
- Suspended B2B stores lose more than sales: buyers' reorder workflows, price lists and net-terms history live in the platform
What the wholesale migration moves
| B2B asset | On WooCommerce |
|---|---|
| Customer-specific & tier pricing | B2B pricing engine — per-account, per-tier, per-quantity |
| Case-packs & MOQ | Case multiples, minimums, quantity breaks |
| Net terms & credit limits | Terms checkout with credit tracking |
| Tax-exempt certificates | Cert upload + per-state exemption logic |
| License verification | Gated registration — buyers upload licenses before seeing prices |
| Quick-order / reorder forms | SKU-grid bulk ordering your buyers already know |
PACT and logistics don't change — the storefront does
Your carrier contracts, taxed-and-labeled workflows and adult-signature processes are platform-independent. We reconnect the same fulfillment stack to Woo; buyers notice a faster site, not a different process.
Honest timing note
Hundreds of customer-specific price lists are the one thing that can stretch past 48 hours — typical wholesale builds land in 48–60. We quote the real number on the call, before the clock starts, which is also what the two 4-star reviews are about.
Distributor bonus: your retailers need an exit too
Every retail customer of yours on Shopify has the same July 7 problem. Distributors on our stack refer retailers into the same pipeline — ask about the partner setup on the call.
⏳ The July 7 deadline is counting down
Talk to a migration engineer today
15 minutes, any slot, any timezone. You leave the call with a fixed quote and a cutover date.
Quick answers
Our buyers log in to see prices. Doesn't that hide us from sweeps?
No — gated pricing doesn't gate the listings from the platform itself. The ToS applies to what the store contains, not what visitors see.
Can Woo handle EDI or punchout for chain buyers?
Yes — EDI bridges and punchout catalogs are add-on scope; flag chain accounts on the call so they're in the fixed quote.
How do net-terms balances transfer?
Open balances export from your ledger and import as account credit terms on Woo; statements reconcile before cutover.
Do you sign NDAs for pricing data?
Standard practice — NDA before we touch price lists, and hosting is in your name so the data never lives on our accounts.