Overview
Suppliers in Lister represent your stores, donation centers, or other sources of inbound products for your items. Attributing products to the correct supplier is an essential part of the various reports in Lister and the start of the manifest process.
This article explains how to add, edit, or remove suppliers to your Lister account.
Table of Contents
How to Access Supplier Settings
Supplier settings are in the admin section of Lister. Only admins and custom roles with access to supplier settings can view and edit these settings.
Click the gear icon in the top right navigation menu of Lister to go to the admin page
Click “Suppliers” under the “General” section in the left navigation menu
How to Add a New Supplier
Important Note: Shopgoodwill sellers must create suppliers directly in Shopgoodwill and import them to Lister using the import tool. If you add a supplier in Lister, it will not connect to your Shopgoodwill reports.
If you sell on Shopgoodwill, click here for instructions on importing your suppliers.
Add new suppliers individually by following the steps below. Alternatively, you can bulk-import suppliers from a CSV file by following the steps linked here.
Navigate to the Supplier settings page
Click the blue “Add Supplier” button at the top of the page
Enter a name for the supplier
Enter a three-digit abbreviation
Click the blue “Create supplier” button
How to Import Suppliers From a CSV
If you’re adding a large list of suppliers, you can speed up the process by importing a list from a CSV file by following the steps below.
Download a copy of this template and fill in the names and 3-character abbreviations of each supplier, then save it to your computer.
Note: Abbreviations must be three or fewer charactersNote: If using alphanumeric SKUs, the abbreviation will precede every SKU tied to that supplier. Make sure each abbreviation is unique!
Click “Import” in the top right of the Admin>Supplier List
Shopgoodwill sellers: Select “From CSV” in the dropdown menu
Click and drag the CSV to the upload box, or click the upload box to search for the file
Click the blue “Import” button
How to Import Suppliers From Shopgoodwill
Shopgoodwill sellers must import their supplier list directly from Shopgoodwill to ensure product locations in Lister and Shopgoodwill match. The option to edit or remove imported suppliers is controlled in Shopgoodwill. Suppliers manually added in Lister will not export into Shopgoodwill.
Click “Import” in the top right of the Admin>Supplier List
Select “From Shopgoodwill” in the dropdown menu
Click the blue “Import” button in the pop-up box
How to Edit Suppliers
Shopgoodwill Note: Edit suppliers from within the Shopgoodwill seller portal, then re-import the supplier list using the steps above in How to Import Suppliers from Shopgoodwill.
Click the pencil icon on the right of the supplier you'd like to edit
Edit the information you'd like to change
Click the blue "Update supplier" button
How to Delete a Supplier
Caution: Deleting a supplier in Lister or deactivating them in Shopgoodwill removes the supplier from all reports, manifests, and any associated products or listings. Proceed with caution, as this action cannot be undone!
Shopgoodwill Note: Deactivate the supplier from within Shopgoodwill's seller portal, then re-import using the steps under How to Import Suppliers from Shopgoodwill.
Click the pencil icon on the right of the supplier you want to delete
Click the red "Delete" button
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