{"slug":"how-to-create-custom-vendor-types","title":"How to Create Custom Vendor Types","description":"This article explains how to create and manage custom vendor types in Marketspread.","section":"market","sections":["market"],"tags":["vendor, types, application"],"aliases":[],"author":"Marketspread Support","updated":"2024-12-28","published_datetime":"2024-12-28T12:00:00.000Z","promoted":false,"related":[],"links":[],"images":{},"video":null,"source_commit":null,"body_format":"markdown","nav":{"section":"market","group":"Manage your vendors","previous":{"slug":"vendor-tag-management","title":"Restrict the tags vendors can use"},"next":{"slug":"creating-a-vendor-alias","title":"Set a vendor's alias"}},"related_articles":[],"body":"## Navigating to Vendor Types\n\nYour global list of vendor types is managed under: **Settings → Customizations**\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/01-image.jpg)\n\nMarketspread includes a default set of vendor types. These are the same types that were previously hardcoded into the platform.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/02-image.jpg)\n\nEach vendor type includes an associated color and description. To view a description, hover over the vendor type. See the example below.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/03-image.jpg)\n\n## Edit A Vendor Type\n\nTo edit an existing vendor type, click it in the list. This will open the edit window, where you can update the **color**, **name**, and **description**.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/04-image.jpg)\n\n## Add a New Vendor Type\n\nTo create a new vendor type, click the blue **+ Add Vendor Type** button.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/05-image.jpg)\n\nThis will open the **Add vendor type** window, as shown below. In this example, a blue color was selected, the vendor type was named **Antique Dealer**, and a description was added.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/06-image.jpg)\n\nClick the blue **Add** button to save the new vendor type to your global vendor type list.\n\nIn this example, the new **Antique Dealer** vendor type is now available in the global list.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/07-image.jpg)\n\n## Remove a Vendor Type\n\nTo remove a vendor type, click the red **trash** icon.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/08-image.jpg)\n\nIn the example below, **Service**, **Speciality Food Artisan**, and **Youth Vendor** were selected.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/09-image.jpg)\n\nClicking the red **Delete** button will open a confirmation window. Click the red **Delete** button again in the confirmation window to permanently remove the selected vendor types.\n\n![](https://articles.marketspread.com/images/how-to-create-custom-vendor-types/10-image.jpg)\n\n \n\n## Start from Scratch with Your Own Vendor Types\n\nIf you would like to build your own set of vendor types, you can remove the default vendor types and create your own.\n\n## Manage a Market or Event Without Vendor Types\n\nSome markets and events may not want to track vendor types at all. To do this, remove all vendor types from the global list.\n\nWhen no vendor types are defined, vendors will not be asked to select a type during the application process."}