- Short answer
- The Vendor field names a product's origin or source: one per product, your store name by default, and not a Bill Pay vendor.
- Where it's used
- Collections, storefront filters, themes, the Total sales by vendor report and the Products list
- Bulk edits
- In a CSV import that overwrites products, a blank Vendor column erases the vendor
- Storefront filter
- Vendor filter values always use your default language; translations aren't supported
What the Vendor field holds and how to change it
Shopify says vendors represent “the origin or source of the products that you sell”: the manufacturer, wholesaler or other vendor. Each product holds one vendor; a new product without one gets your store name, which fits only the products you make yourself. On a consignment store, the field can hold the consignor.
- Products
- Your product
- Product organization
- Vendor
Where Shopify uses the vendor
- Collections: a vendor condition can include products in a collection or exclude them from it.
- Storefront filters: in Search & Discovery, vendor filter values always use your default language, and translations aren't supported.
- Themes: Shopify-made themes show it through Show vendor or a dynamic source; in Liquid, url_for_vendor links to a page of that vendor's products.
- Reports: Total sales by vendor lists your vendors and their products, though not every report can filter by vendor.
- Products list: sort or filter by Product vendor; sorting doesn't change your online store's display order.
What the Vendor field is not
Shopify's help page warns:
The term vendor is used in other Shopify features and might not necessarily relate to the Vendor field in your product details.
In Bill Pay, available only to merchants in the United States, vendors aren't associated with your products list. Products imported through Shopify Collective can arrive with the supplier's name as vendor. Stocky, which pulled vendors from this field, is no longer available.
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