Vendors

A vendor is a supplier — an organization you buy from. Vendors are the counterparty on a purchase order, whether you're buying raw materials or finished products for resale.

Key fields

Field	Meaning
name	Vendor name; unique within the organization (case-insensitive)
term	Payment terms, e.g. "Net 30" or "COD"
address, city, state, country, zipCode	Mailing address
qboId	Optional QuickBooks Online identifier
notes	Free-form notes
isActive	Whether the vendor is available for new orders

Relationships

• Referenced by purchase orders.
• Can have contacts attached (sales rep, accounts receivable, and so on).

A vendor with purchase orders against it can't be deleted; deactivate it instead.

See also

Manage vendors through the REST API or the MCP server.