So, you decided to become a Certified B2C Commerce Developer. That is great! Getting certified is a great way to confirm the knowledge you have gained from projects or training is sufficient and up to par with the “Salesforce Standards.”

But there is no harm in preparing specifically for the exam, is there? Let’s go over the exam guide and point you towards the content you might want to review to improve your chances of passing the first try!

Note

On July 24, 2026, Salesforce renames this credential from “Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Cloud Developer” to “Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Developer.” Per Salesforce’s own Certification Name Changes FAQ, that’s a name change only — the exam content, domains, and maintenance requirements below stay the same.

B2C Commerce Setup (11%)

The Official List

  • Given a sandbox environment, configure an IDE to use WebDAV to deploy cartridges to the correct version directories.
  • Given a sandbox instance and data import files, import files using the Business Manager Import/Export modules.
  • Given the code for a storefront site, add the correct sequence of cartridge names to the provided cartridge path.
  • Given a sandbox environment, use the Business Manager to add a new site to the instance, configuring the default currency and taxation type according to business requirements.
  • Given a recently created B2C site, assign the storefront data configurations according to business requirements.

Setting up your environment to be ready to get started should come as no surprise with any project.

Expect questions about getting your sandbox up and running, uploading code to it, and setting up your site to get cracking!

It also covers site configuration, which overlaps with the next domain — I’ll fold those configuration questions into that section instead of repeating them here.

So, where can we find some review materials? Here is a list that will get you started!

Work With a B2C Site (12%)

The Official List

  • Given a Business Manager task, work with the product data model to manage products and product search model, their categorisation, and associated inventory and pricebooks.
  • Given a configuration for tasks, such as payment and shipping information, use Business Manager to complete storefront orders.
  • Given a configuration task, use Business Manager to work with Content Assets, Page Designer, Content Slots, and Content Folders.

Why is this one in the second position? Good question; it is my opinion you need to understand the features that come out of the box.

Knowing what built-in features exist is essential for answering the questions on the exam correctly (built-in always wins within certification exams) and for yourself and your implementations. There is no point in re-inventing the wheel, right?

I’m going to put this site separately since it covers so many topics, and I have already mentioned this one in a previous blog post:

That page collects Salesforce’s own training and certification paths for B2C Commerce, so it’s a decent starting point for getting to know the platform.

But, what else is available?

Data Management Using Business Manager Usage (24%)

The Official List

  • Given a business requirement, modify site search preferences and settings to enable searching for a specified term or product attribute.
  • Given a business requirement, create and configure a new search refinement and sorting definition that can be used on the storefront.
  • Given a debugging requirement or code, configure the logging categories and access the logs in Business Manager.
  • Given business requirements, extend the storefront to expose a new attribute on an existing system object type.
  • Given a business need to store custom data, determine if a custom object is needed and create and configure as required.
  • Given a problem or performance issue and data, use relevant tools to inspect code performance and determine and implement solutions (cache configuration, profilers, etc) to resolve this issue.
  • Given a specification and a sandbox instance, configure OCAPI permissions for Data and Shop APIs.
  • Given a service configuration, recognise how they are applicable to the development process.

Note

This bullet still says OCAPI, not SCAPI. I checked the official exam guide directly on 2026-07-09, and it’s still there verbatim — the guide itself is version-locked to the Spring ‘23 release. On the platform side, OCAPI was deprecated in April 2026 and stays in maintenance mode into 2028, so it’s still fair game for this exam even though you’d reach for SCAPI on a real project today. Learn OCAPI permissions for the exam; use SCAPI for anything you actually build.

Prepare to get quite a few questions about the business manager, even though this is a “developer” certification. As I mentioned in the previous part, knowing what is out-of-the-box in a platform is as important (or even more critical) as writing good custom code.

You will notice that the main focus of this section is actually on logging, debugging, and performance.

Let’s make a list of available content!

Application Development (53%)

The Official List

  • Given a development task, code ISML templates that use functionality such as: local include, remote include, components, and other ISML tags.
  • Use debugging best practices and techniques to troubleshoot scripts and controllers and verify outcomes.
  • Given a requirement, create and extend the functionality of a JavaScript controller that leverages models, decorators, factories, or helpers following API best practices and renders a template or returns a JSON response.
  • Given a business requirement and design for a new marketing page, develop page types and components to allow a marketer to build a page with the Page Designer tool.
  • Given a requirement to accept, validate, and persist information from a storefront customer, modify the appearance of a form, add validation and CSRF protection, and use bindings to process fields.
  • Given localisation requirements, implement and enhance templates, form definitions, static files, properties files, and persistent object attributes to ensure that pages are displayed in the expected language.
  • Given a logging task and existing configuration, write code that logs non-sensitive data to custom log files with different log levels.
  • Integrate, deploy, and use a service instance based on a given requirement.
  • Given a use case, extend functionality or capture an event using hook extension points.
  • Given code that violates documented best practices, identify the issues and modify the code to conform with best practices including performance and scalability.
  • Given a business requirement, use OCAPI Shop and Data APIs to enable interoperability with an external system. (Same OCAPI-not-SCAPI note as the Data Management section above applies here.)
  • Given a business requirement to perform a scheduled task, develop jobs and code job scripts.

Phew! Finally, some development in this certification exam! Since it is for developers, more than 50% of your score depends on your development skills.

But knowing how to write custom code will not be enough to pass this exam! So be sure to focus well on the above sections.

What if I fail the exam

Failing a certification exam is not the end of the world. You can do successful implementations within Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud but still fail this certification.

You might not have touched all of the different areas of Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud and SFRA within that project.

Be sure to remember the questions you had trouble with; those are “gaps” in your knowledge that you want to fill.

Go back and revise those topics, do some experiments on a Sandbox and get back on that horse!

What if self-study isn’t my thing

Not to worry, there are instructor-led courses available at Trailhead Academy!

I’m not a partner. Can I access PLC

Unfortunately, the PLC (Partner Learning Camp) is only available to registered partners of Salesforce. It’s where Salesforce trains partners on its products so they can deliver customer implementations correctly.

Can I wing it

Of course! This certificate should be a cinch if you have been doing Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud (and SFRA) development for multiple years/projects.

Bit of warning, this is only true if you also did configuration work in the Business Manager (search setup, category management, jobs, OCAPI, and so forth)

After 2-3 projects (2 years), I did the certificate myself without much preparation and passed on the first try. I even had the handicap that it was still a SiteGenesis exam, and I only had experience with SFRA.

That’s a piece of exam history, not a preview of what you’ll sit today — the exam moved on from SiteGenesis a long time ago, and the domains above are what’s current.

Just don’t assume that it is going to be easy! This is a certification exam, not a Trailhead module.