Credit limit management

Credit limit management

Company list: The page displays a list of B2B companies with their associated locations and assigned total credit limits, including these following columns:

  • Company - company name

  • Locations - show the number of locations in this company

  • Total credit limit - indicate the total amount of credit limit amount of all locations in this company

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Bulk add credit limit for all locations within a company

When there is a agreement, merchants can update credit information in the App Admin.

  • On the app sidebar, go to B2B extension.

  • Find Finance & Credit extension, then choose `Manage` on the Credit limit section.

  • Within the Credit management page, click on the Add credit limit button

  • Then enter the credit limit amount

  • This amount will be assigned as the individual credit limit for each of the company's locations.

For example, if you enter a $10,000 credit limit to a company that has 2 locations (location A, location B), this means that:

  • The total value of the credit limits assigned to this company is $20,000.

  • Location A has $10,000 and location B has $10,000.

Company credit detail

Location list: The page displays a list of locations within a specific B2B company with their assigned credit limits, including these following columns:

  • Location - location name

  • Credit limit - indicate the amount of credit limit amount of the location

  • Outstanding balance - the amount credit used (it represents the total value of unpaid invoices from all orders placed on net terms)

  • Available credit

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Add credit limit for each location of a company

  • Within the Company credit detail, you will find all locations listed

  • On each location of the company, you can enter the credit limit amount

For example, if you enter a $10,000 for location A, and $20,000 for location B, this means that:

  • The total value of the credit limits assigned to this company is $30,000.

  • Location A has $10,000 and location B has $20,000.

Location credit detail

The page displays a complete history of all credit transactions, balance changes, and payment activities in a grid format.

B2B credit activities

Column

Description

Date

The date of the transaction. To display the date and time, hover over the date.

Operations

The type of activity associated with the transaction. Values: Purchased - An order was placed on net term Reimbursed - The outstanding balance was reimbursed due to order/invoice paid Reverted - The order was canceled and the amount returned to the credit balance.

Credit change

The amount of the transaction associated with the following transaction types: Purchased / Reimbursed / Reverted

Outstanding balance

It represents the value of unpaid invoices from orders placed on net terms.

Available Credit

Available credit = Credit limit - Outstanding balance.

Credit Limit

The amount of credit extended to the company location

Reference

The event that is associated with the transaction (order placed, invoice paid,...)

Automated credit validation at checkout

Implementing an automated checkout validation process that checks available credit before complete an order on Net terms. This ensures that purchases stay within a company's approved credit limit, mitigating risk for the merchant.

  1. Navigate to Shopify admin > Settings > Checkout, then choose Customize to open Checkout and Customer account editor.

  2. Go to the app section and select to add Block checkout by customer permission or credit limit extension.

  3. Finally, save settings to make the extension work on live store.

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