Trade enquiries
Chapter 12 of the Atelier user guide.
Architects, interior designers and specifiers buy in quantity and ask for quotes. Atelier gives them a trade page with its own enquiry form, and every product, the cart and Shop the room can send a shopper there with the pieces already listed. Enquiries arrive as ordinary contact-form emails at your store's address; no app is needed.
Set up the trade page
- In Online Store › Pages, create a page called Trade (or Projects). Write a short introduction in its content: it shows under the heading.
- Set its Theme template to
page.trade. - In the theme editor, go to Theme settings › Trade and choose it as the Trade page. Set Trade link label to the word you use ("Trade", "Trade programme", "Projects").
The header's trade link, the buy box's "Request a trade quote", the cart's "Request a quote for this cart instead" and Shop the room's "Request a quote for the whole room" all appear once a trade page is chosen. Without one they stay hidden.
The page.trade template holds three sections: an Icon row in the Numbered list layout ("For architects, interior designers and specifiers") for your trade terms, the Contact form in Trade enquiry mode with two Detail blocks for your trade contact, and a FAQ ("Before you apply"). Rewrite the numbered items with your real trade discount, account terms and services.
The trade enquiry form
The Contact form section with Form set to Trade enquiry has these fields: Name and Email (required), Company, Role (Architect, Interior designer, Developer, Stylist or Other), Website, Phone (with Show a phone field) and Your project ("The rooms, the pieces, the timing"; required). The button reads "Send enquiry" unless you set Button label, and after sending the shopper sees "Thank you. We'll reply within one working day." Each email is marked "Enquiry: Trade" so you can filter them in your inbox.
Quote links
The trade page reads a quote value from its address and lists the pieces in a "Quote for" box above the form. It also copies the list into a hidden Quote for field and, when the project field is empty, into the project field so the shopper can add to it.
| Link | Sent from | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
/pages/trade?quote=<product-handle>&variant=<variant-id>&qty=<n> | Request a trade quote under the buy buttons (it carries the quantity in the buy box at the moment of the click) | "Arc lounge chair, Natural oak / Bouclé ivory, quantity 2" |
/pages/trade?quote=cart | Request a quote for this cart instead in the cart drawer and on the cart page | Every cart line with its options and quantity, leaving samples out |
/pages/trade?quote=room&items=<handle>,<handle>,… | Request a quote for the whole room in Shop the room (when its Quote link is blank) | Each piece in the room, quantity 1 (up to 12) |
You can build these links yourself, for example in an email to a designer or on a lookbook page: /pages/trade?quote=arc-lounge-chair&qty=6 lists six Arc lounge chairs. Use your page's own address if it isn't /pages/trade. A handle that doesn't exist is skipped.
Trade buyers who order online
For trade customers who buy through checkout, use Shopify B2B (on plans that include it) with company accounts, price lists and quantity rules; the buy box respects them (chapter 6). Add the Trade order section to a product template for a table of every variant with quantity fields.
Turning trade off
Clear Theme settings › Trade › Trade page. The trade links disappear everywhere; turn off Show request a trade quote on the Buy buttons block to remove only the buy box link.