Suppliers, decoupled from Shopify vendors
Contacts, currency, lead times, addresses and supplier part codes. Assign by condition, or import straight from your Shopify vendors.
A vendor is a brand. A supplier is who you pay.
Shopify only has a vendor field, and most merchants use it for the brand on the label. If you buy six brands from one distributor, vendor cannot tell you who to send the order to.
- Many vendors, one supplier. Link every brand you buy from a distributor to a single supplier record, and purchase orders group correctly without you sorting them by hand.
- One vendor, many suppliers. Products can carry several suppliers with one marked primary, which is what the replenishment table and the buy plan use by default.
- Start from what Shopify already knows. Import your existing vendors as suppliers in one action, then edit from there. New vendors can be picked up automatically as products sync.
| Your SKU | Theirs |
|---|---|
| Waffle Throw · Oat WAF-OAT-01 | SUP-WT-114 |
| Linen Tee · M LIN-TEE-M | SUP-LT-M |
Everything an order needs to go out
A supplier holds the details a purchase order depends on, so a PO can be generated without anyone looking up an email address.
- Contact and address. Company, contact name, email, phone and a full international address, used on the PO document and when the order is emailed.
- Currency. Each supplier carries its own currency, and purchase orders are raised in it rather than being converted into yours.
- Lead time. A per-supplier lead time in days feeds every reorder date for products linked to them, overriding your store-wide default.
- Supplier part codes. Track the SKU the supplier uses alongside your own, so the order they receive matches their catalogue. Import and export them as CSV.
Rules, not data entry
Assigning suppliers by hand across a large catalogue is the kind of job nobody finishes. Conditions do it once and keep doing it.
- Assign by condition. Match on vendor, product type, tag or status, and products that meet the rule pick up the supplier automatically.
- Bulk import. Load suppliers from CSV when you are migrating from another system rather than creating them one at a time.
- Order constraints per supplier. Minimum order quantities and pack sizes are held against the supplier and applied to every suggestion for their products.
Common questions
Do I have to stop using Shopify vendors?
No. Vendors keep working as they always have. Suppliers sit alongside them, and you can import your vendor list as a starting set of suppliers if that mapping happens to be correct for your store.
Can one product have more than one supplier?
Yes. Products can carry several suppliers with one marked primary. The primary is used for replenishment and the buy plan, and the others are available when you want to raise an order against a different one.
Which lead time wins?
The most specific one. A variant-level lead time overrides the supplier's, and the supplier's overrides your store-wide default.
Related features
Forecasting
Sales velocity per item per location, from up to a year of your own Shopify history. Reorder dates and quantities, with the maths shown.
Purchase orders
Unlimited POs in your supplier's currency, with per-line tax, custom lines and a full draft to closed lifecycle.
Documents & payments
Payment tracking, supplier invoices, attachments, comments and a timeline that names who did what.
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