Lock your entire website & only allow B2B/wholesale customers

Goal Make your store fully private so only approved B2B/wholesale customers can see any content.

When to use this recipe

• You run a wholesale-only business.

• You don’t want the public to browse your catalog or prices.

• You only sell to approved customers (e.g., tagged with wholesale).

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Step 0 – Before you start

• Decide which customers are “approved” (usually via tags like wholesale, b2b-approved, partner).

• Make sure your B2B approval flow (e.g., registration form from B2B & Wholesale Solution) is set up to assign those tags.

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Step 1 – Lock content

1. Go to Apps → B2B Lock → Locks → Add lock.

2. In Step 1 – Lock content:

   • Name: Lock entire site for wholesale only.

   • Target: Entire website (or equivalent “all storefront” option).

This tells B2B Lock to treat the whole store as gated content.

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Step 2 – Control access

Let’s allow only tagged wholesale customers:

1. In Step 2 – Control access:

   • Add condition: If the customer is tagged with wholesale (or your chosen tag).

2. Optional:

   • Add OR conditions for internal tags (e.g., staff, test) if needed.

Everyone else (guests + non-wholesale customers) will see the lock message.

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Step 3 – Advanced settings

Make the message clear and helpful:

• Headline: “Wholesale access only”.

• Body: “This store is available only for approved B2B customers. Please log in with your wholesale account or request access.”

• Add buttons/links:

  • Login

  • Request wholesale account (link to your B2B registration page)

Optionally, exclude public pages like Contact or About from this lock if you still want those visible.

Click Save.

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Check your storefront

• As a guest or non-tagged customer → you should see the lock screen when visiting the homepage.

• As an approved, tagged wholesale customer → you should see and use the site normally after logging in.