PrestaShop Quick Order Form for B2B and Wholesale Stores

A standard online store is designed for customers who want to browse categories, compare products and purchase a small number of items.

Wholesale buyers behave differently.

They often already know exactly what they need. They may have a spreadsheet containing 20, 50 or even several hundred product codes. Forcing these customers to open every product page, select a quantity and add products to the cart one at a time makes ordering unnecessarily slow.

A PrestaShop quick order form gives B2B customers a faster way to build large and repeat orders.

What is a PrestaShop quick order form?

A quick order form is a dedicated page where customers can enter multiple product codes and quantities without browsing the entire catalog.

Depending on the implementation, customers can:

– Search for products by SKU or product name.
– Paste product codes and quantities from Excel.
– Upload a CSV order file.
– Check prices and stock availability.
– Correct invalid product codes before ordering.
– Add all selected products to the cart at once.
– Save frequently ordered product lists.
– Reorder products from previous purchases.

The purpose of a quick order form is not to replace the normal PrestaShop catalog. Retail customers can continue using the regular category and product pages, while approved wholesale customers receive a faster ordering interface.

Why the standard ordering process is inefficient for B2B customers

Imagine a wholesale customer who needs to order 80 different products.

Using the standard PrestaShop workflow, the customer may have to:

1. Find the first product.
2. Open its product page.
3. Select the required quantity.
4. Add it to the cart.
5. Return to the catalog.
6. Repeat the same process for every additional product.

This workflow is acceptable for a consumer buying two or three items. It becomes frustrating when a professional buyer needs to order dozens or hundreds of SKUs.

In many cases, customers avoid the online store entirely and send their order by email instead. An employee then has to read the spreadsheet or message and manually create the order in PrestaShop.

This creates additional work and increases the risk of:

– Incorrect product codes.
– Wrong quantities.
– Out-of-stock products being ordered.
– Pricing misunderstandings.
– Duplicate data entry.
– Delays caused by emails and corrections.

A quick order page allows the customer to enter the order directly into the store and validate it before checkout.

Ordering by SKU or product reference

Professional buyers frequently identify products by reference numbers rather than product names or images.

A suitable B2B order form should therefore support the identifiers used in the store, such as:

– PrestaShop product reference.
– Supplier reference.
– EAN or GTIN.
– UPC.
– MPN.
– ISBN.
– Product name.

The buyer enters a product code, specifies the quantity and immediately sees whether the corresponding product is available.

This is particularly useful for stores selling spare parts, industrial supplies, electronics, books, food products, medical equipment or other large catalogs.

Pasting an order directly from Excel

Many purchasing departments already prepare their orders in Excel.

A typical spreadsheet contains two columns:

| Product code | Quantity |
|—|—:|
| SKU-1001 | 10 |
| SKU-2050 | 24 |
| SKU-3185 | 6 |

Instead of entering every item manually, the customer can copy the two columns and paste them into a PrestaShop quick order form.

The system can then:

– Separate the product codes and quantities.
– Match them with products in the PrestaShop catalog.
– Display current prices.
– Check available stock.
– Identify missing or invalid codes.
– Prepare the complete order for the shopping cart.

This keeps the buyer’s existing purchasing workflow while removing manual order entry for the merchant.

Uploading orders as CSV files

Some businesses generate purchase lists from accounting, inventory or ERP systems. In these cases, uploading a CSV file may be more convenient than copying information from Excel.

A simple CSV order file can contain only two required fields:

sku,quantity
SKU-1001,10
SKU-2050,24
SKU-3185,6

After the file is uploaded, the products should be validated before they are added to the cart. The customer can review prices, quantities and availability and correct any problems immediately.

Providing a downloadable CSV template also helps customers prepare files in the correct format.

Saved lists and repeat orders

Wholesale purchasing is often repetitive. The same customer may order a similar group of products every week or every month.

A quick order module becomes more valuable when it allows buyers to:

– Save a list of frequently purchased products.
– Give each list a recognizable name.
– Load the list during a future visit.
– Adjust quantities before checkout.
– Reorder products from a previous order.

For example, a restaurant supplier could save separate lists for beverages, cleaning products and packaging. Instead of rebuilding the order every week, the buyer loads the appropriate list and changes only the required quantities.

Restricting the quick order page to B2B customers

Not every visitor needs access to a bulk ordering interface.

PrestaShop customer groups can be used to limit access to:

– Logged-in customers.
– Approved wholesale buyers.
– Dealers or distributors.
– Specific professional customer groups.

Retail visitors can continue seeing the normal storefront, while B2B customers receive a workflow designed for their purchasing needs.

This is particularly useful for hybrid PrestaShop stores serving both consumers and business customers.

What to look for in a PrestaShop B2B quick order module

Before selecting a module, check whether it supports:

– Your current PrestaShop version.
– Products with combinations and variations.
– The product identifiers used in your catalog.
– Real-time prices and stock availability.
– Customer-specific prices and discounts.
– Invalid product-code detection.
– Excel copy-and-paste.
– CSV file uploads.
– Saved product lists.
– Previous-order reordering.
– Customer-group access restrictions.
– Responsive use on desktop and mobile devices.
– Technical support and future updates.

The best solution should work with the store’s existing catalog, customer groups, prices and checkout process.

Make wholesale ordering easier with OrderPad

OrderPad is a B2B quick order module for PrestaShop designed for stores with large or frequently repeated orders.

It allows wholesale customers to:

– Paste product codes and quantities directly from Excel.
– Upload orders using CSV files.
– Search by SKU and other product identifiers.
– Validate products before adding them to the cart.
– See current pricing and stock availability.
– Save frequently used product lists.
– Reorder previous purchases.
– Add a complete order to the cart with one action.

Access to the OrderPad page can be restricted to selected PrestaShop customer groups, so the regular retail shopping experience remains unchanged.

Learn more about the OrderPad B2B Quick Order module.