A Supplier is a vendor that you do business with to source the products that you sell. ChannelAdvisor offers an optional settings tool that can be used to associate inventory to a supplier and track your return on investment per vendor.

Once you have created a Supplier record, you can identify the inventory supplier source for each product that is added into ChannelAdvisor.

Create a Supplier

1. Select Inventory > Settings > Suppliers
2. Click the 'Create a New Supplier' action link
3. Enter the supplier information such as name, address and email address
4. Click 'Save and Exit'

Adding a Supplier to an Inventory Item

Once you have created a Supplier record in the system, the Supplier code can be assigned to your inventory. You can use the bulk inventory upload process to identify the Supplier, or edit an inventory item through the ChannelAdvisor Inventory view.

1. Select Inventory > Product > All Products
2. Choose an inventory item and click the SKU link to edit
3. In the section labeled 'Inventory Information' locate the Supplier field
4. Choose a Supplier from the dropdown list
5. Click 'Save and Exit'

Tracking Suppliers

Supplier codes are included in the Checkout and Shipping reports available for download from ChannelAdvisor.