---
title: Managing suppliers
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

The Xperience E-commerce Solution allows you to specify a supplier for each [product](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md). You can use this information typically for your internal purposes to optimize your e-business.

## Assigning suppliers to products

To assign a supplier to a product:

1. Open the **Products** application.
2. [Add a new product](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/adding-new-products.md) or **Edit** () an existing product.
3. In the **Supplier** field on the **General** tab, select a supplier or add a new one.

   ![Editing a product - selecting a supplier](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/managing-suppliers/editing_product_selecting_supplier.png "Editing a product - selecting a supplier")
4. Click **Save**.

The system assigns the supplier to the product.

## Creating and editing suppliers

To create or edit a supplier:

1. Open the **Suppliers** application.
2. Click **New supplier** or **Edit** () an existing supplier.

   ![Managing suppliers](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/managing-suppliers/managing_suppliers.png "Managing suppliers")
3. Enter [supplier properties](#reference-supplier-properties).
4. Click **Save**.

The system creates a new supplier or edits an existing supplier.

> **Tip:** You can create new suppliers also when [assigning a supplier](#assigning-suppliers-to-products) to a product in the **Products** application.
>
> However, you cannot set all available supplier properties from there.

## Reference – Supplier properties

| Property       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Display name   | Specifies the name of the supplier displayed to the users on the live site and in the administration interface.                                                                                                                                                               |
| Code name      | Serves as a unique identifier of the supplier object (for example used by developers in custom code).<br>Unless there is a reason to set a particular value, you can leave the default _(automatic)_ option, and the system generates an appropriate code name automatically. |
| Supplier email | Allows you to enter the supplier's email address.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Supplier phone | Allows you to enter the supplier's phone number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Supplier fax   | Allows you to enter the supplier's fax number.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Enabled        | Indicates whether the supplier is active in your on-line store.<br>Disabled options appear grayed out in selectors within the administration interface, but can still be assigned to products.                                                                                |