B2B Shared Cart & Approval Workflow for Shopify Plus
The Opportunity
An app that lets B2B buyers create a cart, share it with teammates, and pass it through review/approval before checkout. It would support permissioned access, draft-order handoff, and secure cart links that work with Shopify Plus new customer accounts.
"Shopify Plus B2B merchants need a native way for multiple users to review, share, and approve the same cart across accounts and devices, but Shopify does not provide full cart sharing between users."
Market Validation
Detailed Analysis
Proposed Solution
Provide persistent shared carts stored in app backend, generate secure share links, sync cart state across authorized users, and optionally convert approved carts into draft orders or checkout-ready carts.
Target Audience
Shopify Plus B2B merchants, wholesale stores, account managers, and purchasing teams
Competitive Landscape
Casper - Cart Sync for cross-device persistence; draft order workflows; custom app builds
Implementation Notes
Need backend cart persistence keyed to customer/company, secure share tokens, role-based permissions, support for new customer accounts and 2FA, sync across devices and browsers, draft-order creation on approval, audit logs, and careful handling of product/price changes between share and checkout.
Evidence from Merchants
Real quotes from Shopify community forums
"No native Shopify feature was identified for fully sharing a cart between different users."
"The main complication is that new customer accounts and 2FA (two-factor authentication) make these flows harder to implement."
"Multi-user cart sharing/approval remains unresolved in the discussion."
"These approaches appear to require custom development and careful authentication handling."
"An app recommendation was provided: Casper – Cart Sync."
Key Pain Points
Difficulty in sharing carts between multiple users due to lack of native support.
criticalMentioned by 1 merchants
Impact: Potential loss of sales due to inefficient cart sharing processes.
Challenges with cart persistence across multiple devices.
highMentioned by 1 merchants
Impact: Loss of customer engagement and potential sales.
Market Metrics
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