Maintaining a reliable list of vendors in Thrive is the first step towards organizing your contacts and ultimately creating a purchase order.
Here are the options for creating vendors:
From the Vendors page
This is the most conventional and popular route.
Go to Vendors (nested under Purchase Orders on the sidebar)
Click the "Create Vendor" button and fill in the fields to add a vendor to your list, as shown here:
All available locations will be enabled by default, but you can disable certain locations if you prefer. If a product from the same vendor goes to multiple locations, make sure both locations are toggled ON.
The contact information fields are optional. Tags allow you to categorize your vendors for easy look-up
In Bulk
The fastest way to create multiple vendors at one time is by using the "Create Vendors" bulk upload.
If you're not familiar with bulk uploads, learn more about them here.
Pro Tip
You can also create vendors via bulk uploads by adding a new vendor name to any spreadsheet with an editable vendor column. If you're adding in bulk, just make sure the vendor name is copied exactly and separated from the other vendors with a comma.
From the Create/Edit Products page
This option is less conventional but works on the fly while creating or editing a product.
While editing or creating a product, navigate to the Vendors section. Click the "Edit" button and type in the vendor's name for a variant. Click "Return" or "Enter" on your keyboard, and the new vendor will turn GREEN. From there, click "Update" and then "Save."
The newly created vendor will now show up on the Vendors page, where you can add more vendor details, or apply it to more products.
Editing Vendors
Edit vendors by going directly to the Vendors page and clicking on the desired vendor.
To edit multiple vendors at one time, use the "Edit Vendors" bulk upload, or learn more about bulk uploads here.
Deleting Vendors
Delete Vendors by going to the Vendors page and clicking on the desired vendor. Then click the trashcan icon in the side panel. It is not currently possible to delete vendors in bulk.
Deleted Vendors are saved on past Sales reports, but not past Inventory reports.
Things to Note:
We do not export, sync, or receive Vendor info to/from any integration, with the exception of Shopify’s Brand/Vendor Field, which you can read more about here.