Add and manage suppliers for your products. You can select the supplier type, transaction status and settlemet cycle.
It is used as one of the search conditions when searching for products on the storefront.
Suppliers
Add supplier
You will be redirected to the page to add a supplier.
Complete all the required fields and click [Add] to add the supplier to the list.
Suppliers that are set as [Enable] will appear in the supplier list in the product add/edit page.
Supplier code
Columns for additional information will be automatically created once relevant information has been added.
Brand code created when the product was added via CSV will be displayed.
Supplier
When you click the supplier code, you will be redirected to the page where you can see/edit the supplier information.
Number of products
When you click the number of products, you can see the list of products for which this supplier was selected when adding/editing the product.
Add a supplier > Basic information
Status
Select whether to display this supplier in the product add/edit page.
It will not be displayed when you select [Disable].
Supplier type
When you select [Direct shipping], you must enter correct information on business name, CEO, phone, company address, and return address.
When you select [Direct shipping], you must add the vendor information to the theme.
Supplier structure
Select the appropriate supplier structure.
Wholesale company
A supplier that provides goods at wholesale prices
Purchasing agent
Purchasing agent
Vendor
A supplier that uploads and sells products directly from your online store
Others
Other types of suppliers
Transaction status
You can select from Continuing, Suspended, and Discontinued.
Product types
Enter the type of products offered by the supplier.
When the supplier provides a variety of products, select the main product type.
Add a supplier > Details
Settlement cycle
1) Sales-based commission
Enter the commission rate if you pay the supplier by sales-based commission.
2) Lump-sum
Select [Lump-sum] if you purchase from the supplier in bulk.
Settlement cycleDaily payout
Select this option to settle payments daily.
Weekly payout
Select this option to settle payments weekly.
Monthly payout
Select [Monthly] if you pay the supplier every month.
Market address
If the supplier has an additional address, you can enter the additional address information in [Additional address].
Return address
You can enter an address to receive products for refunds from your customers.
The return address of either the supplier or the store will be displayed following the settings of [Separate return address for suppliers] in [My Store>Shipping>Shipping/Returns].
You can display the return address by adding the variable in [My Store>General>Store policies>Exchanges (tab)].
When entering return address for multi-language stores, if the return address is located outside of the country of the multi-language store, entering the return address in English is recommended.
Manager
Emails regarding shipping, cancellation/exchange/return requests, products low in stock will be sent to the email address indicated for Manager 1.
Initial transaction
Enter the date for the initial transaction made with this supplier.
Last transaction
Enter the date for the last transaction made with this supplier.
Information to display
Select the information you wish to display in [Manufacturing information] section in [Products>Products>Product list].
Information displayed under [Production information] in [Edit product] pop-up will be displayed.
To send emails to suppliers, you need to check the [Send] checkboxes for fields in [Supplier] column in [Customers>Automated emails>Settings].
Import CSV
Import CSV
You can add suppliers and edit supplier information easily by importing data via CSV.
You need to download the template first to add suppliers via CSV.
You can export data on suppliers you added in [Export suppliers as CSV] pop-up that opens after clicking [Export as CSV] button.
1) To add new suppliers
When you edit the file you downloaded, you need to save the file in CSV format after making the necessary edits.
Before adding a CSV file, save the CSV file with UTF-8 encoding to prevent character decoding errors by clicking Tools, then selecting Web options.
2) To edit supplier information
You can export data on suppliers as CSV in [Products>Filtered search>By suppliers], edit supplier information on the downloaded file and import the edited file.
File must be saved in CSV format (*.csv).
Before adding a CSV file, save the CSV file with UTF-8 encoding to prevent character decoding errors by clicking Tools, then selecting Web options.
Add supplier admin account
You can add supplier admin accounts in [My Store>Store setup>Admin accounts>Settings>Supplier admin (Tab)].
Column header descriptions
1) Supplier name (column A)
You can edit [Supplier name] field.
2) Manufacturer code (column B)
When you add a supplier, [Supplier code] field should be left blank. Supplier code will be generated automatically once the supplier is added.
If a supplier code is entered, information of the supplier that corresponds to the supplier code will be edited.
3) Enable/Disable (column C)
Type in T to enable supplier, or F to disable the supplier.
4) Supplier type (column D)
Type in D for shipping by store owner, or B for direct shipping.
5) Supplier structure (column E)
Type in WS for wholesaler, SF for purchasing agent, BS for vendor, or ET for other types of supplier.
6) Transaction status (column F)
Type in A for Continuing, P for Suspended, or N for Terminated.
7) Payout type (column H)
Type in P for sales-based commission, or D for lump-sum.
Commission rate should be entered for sales-based commission. Enter "P,10" if commission rate is 10%.
Type in C for daily, B for weekly, or A or monthly.
If C (Daily) is entered for column I, type in A for Paid, B for Shipped, or C for Delivered.
If B (Weekly) is entered and when [Settle payments for products paid during a week starting from Monday by Wednesday of the following week] is selected, type in "Mon, B, Wed."
If C (Monthly) is entered and when [Settle payments for products shipped during a month till the 1st of this month by 1st of next month] is selected, "1, B, 1."
9) Initial transaction (column AJ) / Last transaction (column AK)
