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A flat monthly fee in your country's currency, with no percentage on what you sell, no lock-in contract and initial setup included.
PLATFORM COMPARISON
An online store is not a wholesale channel.
The best-known platforms are very well built — for selling to end consumers. A public price, buy one unit, pay now by card. If you're a manufacturer, importer or distributor, your business doesn't work that way. Here's the difference, point by point and with no spin.
If you're looking at these platforms, this page is for you 
BigCommerce 
BigCommerce Built for retail
They were built for retail, not for wholesale
Almost all of them were born for the same thing: a person walks in, picks a product and pays with their card. And they do it very well. But your customer isn't one person buying one unit: it's a shop ordering three hundred, on the price list you negotiated with them, on 60-day terms. Two different businesses — and the difference shows in every detail.
A B2C platform Assumes every buyer is the same
- One public price, the same for everyone
- You buy one unit at a time
- You pay now, by card
- Anyone sees the catalog and the prices, your competition included
- Anyone signs up and buys on the spot
- The buyer serves themselves, start to finish
A wholesale channel Knows every customer has their own deal
- A price per customer, by their list and their volume
- Order minimums, closed packs, boxes and size curves
- Account balance, checks and 30, 60 or 90-day terms
- Only the approved customer sees the price, once logged in
- You decide who buys, on which list and on what terms
- Your rep builds the order with the customer, or the customer loads it alone
Point by point
What a wholesaler needs, and where they find it
We grouped the platforms by how they're built, because that's what determines the answer: consumer-focused SaaS, open-source ones you assemble yourself, and one built from day one to sell wholesale.
What your operation needs
BigCommerce
Pricing and customers
A different price per customerLists assigned per buyer, not a public price
By plan, with a list cap
Up to 3 catalogs
Via paid extensions
No cap
Wholesale discount engineVolume tiers, bundles, BOGO and coupons, with per-customer rules
Basic, no per-customer rules
Volume tiers; the rest via apps
Via paid extensions
Built in
Order minimums and pack sellingPacks, boxes, size curves and forced multiples
Partial
Yes
Via paid extensions
Built in
A genuinely gated catalogNobody sees a price without logging in
Shows the public price
Yes
Via paid extensions
Built in
Customer signup with approvalYou review who gets in and on what terms
Varies by platform
Yes
Via paid extensions
Built in
Wholesale customer recordTheir list, balance, terms and everything they bought, in one place
Basic buyer record
Company profiles
Via paid extensions
Built in
How the order comes in
Rapid order deskLoading 200 lines without browsing product by product
Not contemplated
Not contemplated
With custom work
Pro Mode
Reps who build the orderYour team enters the customer's account and loads for them
Not contemplated
Yes
Via paid extensions
Built in
Editing an order already placedAdd lines, change quantities and have the total recompute itself
Limited
Partial
With custom work
Built in
Pre-orderReserving what hasn't arrived, in the same order as what's in stock
Varies by platform
Via apps
Via paid extensions
Built in
Automatic reorderingThe system reminds the customer to restock what's running out
Not contemplated
Not contemplated
Via paid extensions
Autoseller
How it closes and ships
Payments the way a wholesaler collectsEach method with its surcharge or discount, installments and 30, 60 or 90-day terms
Built for upfront payment
Terms yes; per-method surcharge no
With custom work
Built in
Shipping the way a wholesaler handles itWarehouse pickup, your own delivery or the carrier the customer hires
Parcel-carrier rates
Parcel-carrier rates
Via paid extensions
Built in
Picking and order controlPreparing the order in the warehouse checking what leaves, not just marking it shipped
Not contemplated
Marks shipments, no picking
With custom work
Built in
Catalogs for your customersGenerating the PDF and online catalog with your prices, ready to send on WhatsApp
Not contemplated
Via apps
Via paid extensions
Built in
Local invoicing and ERPThe tax document comes out of the same order, with no second system
By tax status or via ERP
Doesn't issue the local document
Via third-party plugins
Integrated
What it costs you
Server, plugins and a developerWho keeps all this running when something breaks
Not needed
Not needed
On you
All included
Which currency they bill you inIf the fee is in dollars, your cost moves with the exchange rate
Fee + charge on outside gateways
Plans in US dollars
Yearly licenses in US dollars
Flat price in your currency
Solved out of the box Possible, by adding apps, a plan or custom work Not what it was built for
The platforms are grouped by how they're built, and the comparison looks at their standard product, not at what can be achieved by stacking extensions: all of them can be extended with apps, plugins or custom development. The question isn't whether it's possible, it's how much work, how much extra cost and how much maintenance it leaves on you. None of these companies took part in this comparison and their features and prices change often: before deciding, look at what each one publishes and ask them to show you your case. The only side we state as our own is ours.
The math nobody does for you
The cheap plan stops being cheap once you really start selling
Most of them charge a monthly fee plus a percentage of every sale — usually 1% or 2% if you don't use their payment provider. At low volume you barely notice: the fee is small and so is the percentage. But in wholesale a single order can be worth what a hundred retail ones are, and that's where the percentage stops being a detail: it ends up being your most expensive cost, right when the business starts working.
Low fee + % of every sale
Just starting outlooks cheap
The business picks upthe commission bites
You bill like a wholesalerthe commission passes the fee
Your monthly costclimbs with every order
The better you do, the more you pay. And the fee is usually in dollars, so it moves with the exchange rate too.
With VentasxMayor
Just starting outthe fee
The business picks upthe same fee
You bill like a wholesalerthe same fee
Your monthly costdoesn't move
A flat monthly price, in your country's currency and with no per-sale commission. You bill four times as much and pay the same.
The 1% and 2% figures are the ones several platforms publish in their own documentation for sales that don't go through their payment provider. Each has its own and they're worth checking against your numbers before deciding. The only side we state as ours is ours: a monthly price, with no per-sale commission.
The difference a table can't hold
Built in Latin America, for Latin American wholesalers
No server, no plugins, no developer
Hosting, SSL, backups and updates already come inside. There's nothing to install, nothing to version and nothing that breaks when one piece updates on its own.
Support in your language and your hours
A team that understands how a wholesaler in the region works, answers in your time zone and talks to you like a supplier does — not a ticket answered by someone twelve hours away.
The ERPs actually used on this side
Contabilium, Dragonfish, Dux, Bling, Ninox and several more already have their connector. Your management system stays the same; the store plugs into it, not the other way around.
Your country's invoicing
Your invoicing comes out of the same order, with the document type that matches each customer's tax status.
Migrating isn't starting over
We bring over your catalog, your customers and your price lists from wherever you are today, and we build the store with you before the fee starts running. If you already sell online, you don't lose what you built.
FAQ
Why doesn't a regular online store work for wholesale?+
Because it's born for retail: one public price for everyone and an anonymous buyer paying by card. Wholesale needs per-customer prices, minimums, cases and control over who gets into the catalog.
What's the main difference with those platforms?+
Here every customer sees their own price, based on their list and volume, and the catalog can be private: your competitors never see your prices or terms.
Can I sell with minimums, closed cases and size curves?+
Yes. Minimum order, closed case, box and size curve are part of the wholesale order itself, not an external add-on.
Can I migrate from Shopify, WooCommerce or another platform?+
Yes. Catalog migration is free and done by our team: we import from Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Mercado Libre, VTEX or Excel.
Does VentasxMayor issue electronic invoices?+
No. The platform doesn’t issue tax documents from orders: invoicing happens outside, usually in your ERP or management system, which receives the orders through the integration. What the platform does send are the order emails and receipts for the buyer.
The fastest way to decide
Don't take our word: try the demos and bring your case
Tell us how you sell today — how many price lists you manage, how you get paid, which system you use — and we'll show you exactly how your operation would look. Half an hour, no strings and no pushy salesperson.