Are there other businesses that wholesale their products on Wix? If so, please comment here, I cannot be the only one. To me, its just unreal that Wix hasn’t developed it yet, and we are forced to create duplicate products, use the Member/Role system, then assign a role to let clients order at wholesale pricing on one page product page(category) only. There should be simple checkboxes in each product, to allow a logged in, wholesale customer to get their discount, tax break, and custom shipping options.
For those wondering here is the page to vote for this feature, and a link to the current workaround. Wix Stores Request: Selling Products in Bulk (Wholesale) | Help Center | Wix.com
Wix Studio is such a good platform for ecommerce. I love it, and rely on it so much. Its been amazing to utilize, and see constant updates but the Wholesale workaround is insanely cumbersome compared to WP/Shopify. Wordpress has a TON of apps for this, pricing and customer role option.
Not to mention, the extraneous duplicate products Ive made for wholesale price, are searchable in the website search, so Ive had to eliminate search entirely off my site, as well as uncheck all SEO options on each product page so Google Search customers dont find that pricing either. Its just like walking in mud when we release new products or make changes.
Ive tried to bring it up to Wix, and go through the voting process, but figured Id try to see if others also would benefit from this ecommerce option and maybe put pressure to get this upgraded in the back end.
It’s been requested for years. Doubt it will change anytime soon.
In the meantime, all of my clients move to the Ecwid store app for their wholesale needs. They have had more robust features for almost a decade now.
When I create a category of wholesale products, I assign the category as password permission. Problem all my category pages now require password. I followed wix workaround but this is my result. Anyone else find a workaround for wholesale.
The Wix Store app category pages have changed so it now uses 1 single page and the product displays based on the URL ending.
So there are many ways to approach this, but they all involve code:
(A) Setup a lightbox to pop up to ask for a passeord if URL is a wholesale category, and a password for that category has not been previously entered. (Code on category page, product page and lightbox are required)
(B) Create your own category pages by adding store widgets and/or galleries/repeaters on regular pages. Set password protect via page settings. (Code on product page)
(C) Don’t change the category page(s) at all so anyone can view and add code to the product page instead. (Code on product page)
The reason for the code on the product page is because there is also 1 page for all individual products. So no matter what passwords you put in place on any other pages ——- the individual product page URL can still be shared. The code on the product page will search a custom database of list of products that are for wholesale eyes only.
(C1) If it’s a wholesale product and user is not logged in (and tagged as a wholesale custom role) then hide product widget (or do something else)
(C2) If it’s a wholesale product and they have not entered the password in the coded lightbox then hide product widget (or do something else).
You can get as creative as you want, it’s just a matter of making sure you cover every loophole.
Or you can use a store app like Ecwid, that has those features already integrated and don’t require any code.
Good luck on your project!