# The Vendors page

Vendors > Your vendors · Guide · https://vendordue.com/docs/vendors-page

**In short:** Vendors lists everyone whose name is on a product in Shopify, with their consignor rate and what's waiting for them. Needs setup shows who can't earn yet. Search, sort, or tick several to set a rate, add a charge or archive them together.

Who: Admin, Viewer. Where: Vendors.

**Vendors** is your roster. Every vendor here came from Shopify: a name in the **Vendor** field of a product. You don't add vendors in VendorDue; you name them on products, and they appear. See [Set up your vendors](https://vendordue.com/docs/set-up-vendors).

## The three lists

| List | Shows |
| --- | --- |
| **All** | Everyone who isn't archived |
| **Needs setup** | Vendors who need you before they can be paid: no consignor rate, no products connected, or a sale to review |
| **Archived** | Vendors you've set aside. See [Archiving vendors](https://vendordue.com/docs/archiving-vendors) |

When some vendors need setup, a line beside the lists says how many, like "8 need setup". Press it to open **Needs setup**.

## Reading a row

Each row shows the vendor, their consignor rate, like "60% of revenue" or **No consignor rate**, and one figure that follows your sort: what's waiting for them, their sales in the last 30 days, when they were last paid, or when they were added.

Sorted by name or by what's waiting, the figure is the money you owe them first: **To pay** is a payout that landed and isn't paid yet. A vendor with nothing landed shows what they've earned that's **Not on a payout yet**, and one with neither reads **Nothing owed**. A vendor whose agreement is ending reads **Ends 31 Oct**, and one whose agreement is over reads **Agreement ended**.

Press a row to open [their page](https://vendordue.com/docs/a-vendors-page).

## Find a vendor

Search reads "names, products and emails": the vendor's name, the products they sell, and the email you have for them. If nothing matches, VendorDue offers the **Closest names**, so a typo still finds them.

**Sort** by name, **Most waiting** or **Least waiting**, **Most sales, last 30 days** or **Fewest sales, last 30 days**, **Paid longest ago**, or **Newest**.

> **Recommended:** Sort by **Paid longest ago** once a month. A vendor near the top who still has stock with you is worth a call.

## Several vendors at once

Tick vendors, or tick the box at the top to select every vendor shown. A bar offers:

- ****Set consignor rate****: give them all one percent of revenue, or **Use the shop-wide terms**. "Counted sales keep their consignor rate, and sales already given a date keep it." Press **Confirm**.
- **Set up**, for up to 50 at once: opens Vendor setup on just those vendors, for a deal with more to it. See [Set up your vendors](https://vendordue.com/docs/set-up-vendors#set-up-a-vendor-on-a-different-deal).
- ****Add a charge****: the same charge for each, like a booth fee. See [Charges and bills](https://vendordue.com/docs/charges-and-bills).
- ****Archive****: sets them aside together. **Undo** brings them straight back.

In **Archived**, tick vendors and press **Bring them back**.

## When it looks wrong

### A vendor I know isn't here

Their name isn't on any product in Shopify yet, or VendorDue hasn't read the product. Set the vendor on the product in Shopify, then press **Check Shopify now**. See [Set up your vendors](https://vendordue.com/docs/set-up-vendors#when-a-vendor-is-missing).

### The same vendor appears twice

Two spellings in Shopify, like "Alder Ceramics" and "Alder Ceramics.", are two vendors. Fix the spelling on the products in Shopify, then archive the one you don't want.

## Common questions

**Can I add a vendor by hand?** No. Vendors come from the Vendor field on your Shopify products, so the two can never disagree. Name the vendor on a product and they appear.

**Can a Viewer change vendors?** No. A Viewer sees the list and every vendor's page, but can't set rates, charge or archive.

**Why does a vendor say Nothing owed?** Nothing is waiting for them: every payout is paid and nothing has sold since, or they have no consignor rate yet. A vendor's first consignor rate works out the sales that were waiting for it.

Checked against VendorDue on 2026-10-06.