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Shopify wholesale invoices for B2B: net terms, POs and PDFs

Checked against the live sources below on 27 October 2026.

Wholesale buyers usually want a PDF invoice with your business details, an invoice number, a due date from agreed payment terms, and often their PO number. Shopify B2B, on Basic and above, can set net 7 to net 90 terms per company; the PDF invoice itself needs a template or an app such as FlatInvoice.

What B2B buyers usually need on paper

An invoice number and date.
The payment terms and the due date they produce.
Their purchase order (PO) number, so their accounts team can match it.
Your business name, address and tax registration, if you have one.
Itemised lines and totals, in a file they can forward.

Ask your first wholesale customer what their accounts team requires before you send anything. It is faster than reissuing an invoice that was rejected.

What Shopify B2B covers

Shopify’s help center says B2B is available on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus, not on Starter or Retail, and that B2B customers are set up as companies. Its payment terms page lists: no terms (payment due immediately, the default), net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 counted from the order date, due on fulfillment, and a fixed date on draft orders. Terms are set per company location, and the customer can see them on orders and pay from their account.

Two details matter. Payments are not captured automatically when terms expire, so you must collect them. And deposit requirements are available only on Plus. Draft orders can also carry negotiated wholesale prices and send an invoice with a secure checkout link.

The gap: a PDF invoice with a number

The invoice that a draft order sends is a payment request with a checkout link. A buyer’s accounts team often wants a PDF document instead. For that you need an order document template or an app.

FlatInvoice’s listing describes PDF invoices emailed when an order is placed, sequential numbering, and a VAT/GST tax ID line. The listing does not mention a PO-number field, so confirm that before you rely on it. The Starter plan is free for 25 invoices a month with every feature; the Flat Plan has a 7-day free trial.

Who actually needs this

If nearly all your orders are to individual shoppers, the standard order email is enough. If a handful of business customers order regularly, set up payment terms and a repeatable invoice. If you are mostly wholesale, look closely at the plan, since Shopify’s pricing page shows up to 3 B2B catalogs on Basic, Grow and Advanced.

A simple setup for a first wholesale customer: add the buyer as a company, choose their payment terms, receive or create the order, send the invoice, and record the payment when it arrives. Shopify’s help center notes that customers on terms can pay from their account any time before the due date, and that after the terms expire the order shows as overdue in their account.

See how FlatInvoice produces PDF invoices, or install it free.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Shopify support net terms?

Yes. Shopify’s help center lists net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90, counted from the day the order is placed, among its B2B payment terms.

Is B2B available on every plan?

Not on Starter or Retail. It is available on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus, with different B2B features by plan.

Can the invoice show the buyer’s PO number?

We could not confirm that for any tool on this page, including ours. Check the app or template before you promise it to a customer.

How this page was researched

Read on 27 October 2026. Shopify facts come from its help center and pricing page; FlatInvoice facts come from its listing; what B2B buyers need is general practice.

Shopify Help Center: Shopify B2B — B2B is available on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans, not Starter or Retail; B2B customers are set up as companies; draft orders can be used for B2B
Shopify Help Center: Setting up payment terms in B2B — terms are set per company location and include no terms (due immediately, the default), net 7, 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 counted from the order date, due on fulfillment, and fixed date (draft orders only); payment is not captured automatically when terms expire; deposit requirements are Shopify Plus only
Shopify Help Center: Draft orders and invoices — draft orders let you add products and discounts and send invoices with secure checkout links for customers to pay online; a paid draft order becomes a regular order
FlatInvoice on the Shopify App Store — free Starter plan (25 invoices a month, every feature); Flat Plan with a 7-day free trial; invoices email themselves when an order is placed; Download-invoice button setup; VAT/GST tax ID line and sequential numbering
Shopify pricing — its comparison table marks automated sales tax calculations, tax liability tracking, and VAT validation, exemptions and invoicing as included on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus (advanced tax platform is an add-on); up to 3 B2B catalogs on Basic, Grow and Advanced

Disclosure. FlatInvoice is our app (Stelar Digital LLC). This page was written with AI tooling and checked against the sources listed above; we would rather you pick the right tool than ours.