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title: Suppliers
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k81/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/products.md
---

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> - [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.
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The Kentico E-commerce Solution allows you to specify for each [product](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/products.md) its supplier. You can use this information typically for your internal purposes to optimize your e-business.

When creating a new product or editing an existing one (on the **General** tab), you can specify its supplier. You can do this by using the **Supplier** drop-down list, or you can add a new supplier.

![Editing a product - selecting a supplier](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k81/suppliers/editing_product_selecting_supplier.png "Editing a product - selecting a supplier")

## Managing suppliers

You can manage suppliers in the **Suppliers** application. Here, the system displays a list of all defined suppliers. You can add new suppliers by clicking **New supplier**, and you can modify properties of existing suppliers after clicking **Edit** () in the **Actions** column. You can also remove suppliers from your on-line store by clicking **Delete** () next to respective supplier items.

![Managing suppliers](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k81/suppliers/managing_suppliers.png "Managing suppliers")

When editing a supplier, you can specify the following properties:

- **Display name** - specifies the name of the supplier displayed to the users of your website.
- **Code name** - specifies the name of the supplier used by developers in the code.
- **Supplier e-mail** - allows you to specify the supplier's e-mail 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 if you can use the supplier object in your on-line store. For example, if enabled, you can select the respective supplier from the _Supplier_ drop-down list when editing a product on the _General_ tab.