# Vendors

> The suppliers and showrooms your firm buys from, with category, price range, contact details and how many of your products come from each.

Source: https://docs.moodiri.com/directory/vendors

![Vendors list in the Directory, with price range and category filters and rows such as Ann Sacks, Article and Design Within Reach showing category, website, email and product count.](https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/directory--vendors-1600.webp)
Same screen with numbered callouts: https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/directory--vendors-annotated.webp
Callout 1: Add vendor


The Vendors list keeps every supplier in one place: who they are, how to reach them, and how much of
your work they supply. It is the starting point for trade account details and sales reps when you
place an order.

Open **Directory** from the sidebar and choose **Vendors**.

## What you see here

- A table with **Vendor**, **Category**, **Price**, **Website**, **Email**, **Phone**, **Products** and
  **Added**. Choose a column heading to sort by it.
- **Search vendors...** matches a vendor's name, email, phone or website.
- **Price range** (**$** to **$$$$**) and **Category** (such as **Lighting**, **Flooring** or
  **Cabinetry**) filter the list.
- Choose a row to open the [vendor page](https://docs.moodiri.com/directory/vendor-page).

## Trade discounts and re-applying them

Many vendors give you a trade price, a percentage off list. Record it on the vendor as **% off list**
when you [edit the vendor](https://docs.moodiri.com/directory/edit-or-delete-a-vendor), and turn on **Auto-apply to imports
from this vendor** to apply it to products you capture from them.

When you change a vendor's discount, products that already took the old rate keep it. The vendor page
then offers **Re-apply to** a number of products. Choose it, then **Confirm**, to update them to the
current rate. Only products that took the discount from the vendor and have not been ordered yet are
updated; project totals are recalculated.

**Trade terms / notes** is a free-text field for the rest, such as *Net 30*.

Only the owner and admins can set or re-apply trade discounts.

## Limits

- Only the owner and admins can add, edit or delete vendors.
- A vendor with linked products cannot be deleted.
- **% off list** is from 0 to 100.

## Questions

### How does a vendor get linked to a product?

Choose the vendor on a product, or capture a product from the vendor's website with the Chrome extension. The vendor's page then lists it under **Linked products**.

### Do clients see my vendors?

No. Vendors, trade terms and trade discounts are never shown in the client portal.