Create and Manage Suppliers

Suppliers represent the companies or vendors you buy products from.

Create a supplier before mapping supplier SKUs, importing supplier data, or creating supplier-specific purchase order exports.

Steps To Create A Supplier

1. Open BackstockOps from Shopify Admin.
2. Go to Suppliers.
3. Choose the option to add a supplier.
4. Enter the supplier name.
5. Add company name, account number, address, phone, toll-free phone, fax, or notes if available.
6. Save the supplier.
7. Open the saved supplier record.
8. Add supplier SKU mappings or prepare a supplier mapping CSV import.

Supplier Fields

Supplier profiles may include:

• Supplier name
• Company name
• Account number
• Address
• Phone
• Toll-free phone
• Fax
• Supplier notes
• Archived or hidden status

What Supplier Records Affect

Supplier records are used in:

• supplier SKU mapping,
• replenishment review,
• draft purchase orders,
• supplier-specific PO CSV export layouts.

Best Practices

• Use the supplier's official company name when possible.
• Add account numbers if your supplier uses them on purchase orders.
• Archive suppliers you no longer buy from instead of deleting historical context.