The listing of current vendors in the database is displayed in the Vendor Listing section.

If the desired vendor is not listed, see If the Desired Vendor is not Listed topic below.

If the desired vendor is not listed amongst the vendors, see if the Show Subscribed Only checkbox is checked. 

Uncheck the Show Subscribed Only checkbox in order to see the other vendors that the user is not currently subscribed to.

Subscribe to the desired Vendor to add them to the subscribed list.

Select the Show Subscribed Only checkbox to display only the vendors that you are subscribed to.  

Unselect the Show Subscribed Only checkbox to display all of the vendors in the database, and not just the ones you are subscribed to.

The Selected Vendor Information section displays the name and prefix information for the currently selected vendor. The Subscribed checkbox is checked if you are Subscribed to that vendor; it is unchecked if you are not.

Vendor Name

Vendor Name is displayed in the Name field.

Short Name

The short name for the vendor is displayed on the Short Name field.  

Vendor Prefix

The vendor prefix is displayed on the Vendor Prefix field. This is an alpha-numeric prefix code for this vendor, and will precede the SKU numbers in the framing ticket.

Subscribed

If the Vendor is subscribed, the Subscribed checkbox is checked; if this vendor is not subscribed, the Subscribed checkbox is not checked.

Subscription Definition

Subscribed means that the store gets electronic updates to that vendor's content. The software will only display content from vendors with whom you have subscribed; if the store is not subscribed to a particular vendor, that vendor's content will not be displayed in the software.

Subscribe to a Vendor by going to the Subscription screen and moving the desired Vendor to the Subscribed Vendors section.

Notes

Enter any desired notes about this Vendor in the Notes field.