- Short answer
- One Vendor field, but purchase orders remember each supplier's SKU; case packs and lead times go in metafields that POs don't calculate.
- Vendor field
- One per product; the supplier is picked on each purchase order instead.
- Supplier SKU
- Optional on each PO line; refilled from earlier POs with that supplier, else the variant's SKU.
- Case pack, MOQ, lead time
- Variant metafields or metaobjects; Shopify's example metafields are for reference and POs don't calculate them.
- Supplier list on the product
- No built-in list on Shopify pages we checked in October 2026; Shopify suggests metafields or metaobjects. Stocky had one.
Can one product be bought from more than one supplier?
Each product has a single Vendor field, but a supplier is a separate record: you add or pick one when you create a purchase order, and products already in your store can go on it once inventory tracking is turned on for them. Recently purchased only narrows that list to items you've ordered from the supplier before.
No Shopify purchase-order or custom-data help page we checked in October 2026 describes a built-in supplier list on the product itself; for several suppliers on one product, Shopify points to metafields (below). Stocky let products have multiple suppliers, but Stocky is no longer available as of August 31, 2026 (see inventory after Stocky).
Where do supplier SKUs go?
On a purchase order, each product line takes a quantity, an optional Supplier SKU, and an optional cost and tax percentage.
- Products
- Purchase orders
- Create purchase order
If you've ordered the product from that supplier before, Shopify fills in the Supplier SKU, cost and tax from those purchase orders. With no supplier SKU on file, the variant's SKU is used; with no earlier purchase order, cost defaults to the variant's cost per item.
Where do case packs, MOQs and lead times go?
Shopify's Stocky transition guide suggests variant metafields or metaobjects, one metafield definition per detail. Its five examples:
supplier.primary_name(single line text)supplier.supplier_sku(single line text)supplier.case_quantity(integer)supplier.minimum_order_quantity(integer)supplier.lead_time_days(integer)
These metafields store information for your reference (see how to create metafield definitions):
They're independent of purchase order ordering and receiving calculations, so your staff convert case packs into individual units manually when they create or receive an order.
None of the purchase-order pages we checked in October 2026 describes a case pack or MOQ field on the purchase order line, so order in individual units.
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