B2B is a relationship business. Trade buyers ask questions, negotiate, and come back. B2B Suite 1.3.0 gives that conversation a proper home — and the basics are free, where most competitors paywall buyer messaging.
What’s new
- Buyer messaging (free). Customers message you from their account, and you answer from a new Inbox in the admin. Basic buyer↔merchant messaging costs nothing.
- One Inbox for everything. General questions and quote negotiations now live in the same place, each thread flagged when it needs your reply — so nothing falls between a “support” tool and a “quotes” tool.
- Convert a conversation into a quote (Pro). One click turns a buyer’s question into a draft quote, carrying the whole chat across with it.
- Pages settings tab. Copy every storefront shortcode —
[smb2b_registration],[smb2b_bulk_order],[smb2b_messages],[smb2b_quotes]— from one place. - Theme-matched storefront colour. The storefront accent now matches your theme automatically (Settings → Bulk order form), or set your own.
Improved & fixed
- The bulk order form uses numbered pagination.
- The messages Inbox loads more conversations as you scroll, and you can delete a thread.
- Quote requests waiting on you show a “New” badge; draft, declined and expired quotes can be deleted.
- Storefront and admin polish: message-centre button visibility, the quote centre for shop managers, the import results table, and dark-mode readability.
Shortly after: 1.3.1
The follow-up 1.3.1 maintenance release added an Applications search box, made auto-approve registrations actually work, and fixed edit flows that were dropping company member spending limits and saved billing details. See the full changelog.
Update now
1.3.0 includes a small database update, applied automatically. Update from your Plugins screen, or get B2B Suite free on WordPress.org. Convert-to-quote is part of Pro.
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