# Suppliers

> Add, edit, archive and delete suppliers, set payment terms and bank details, and read the supplier page with its bills and payments.

Canonical: https://docs.getonebooks.com/purchases/suppliers/
Language: en
Documentation index: https://docs.getonebooks.com/llms.txt

A supplier is anyone you buy from on credit. Every purchase, purchase return and supplier payment is linked to one supplier, and the supplier page shows the running balance you owe.

![The Suppliers list with search and balances](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-suppliers-list.webp)

## Add a supplier

1. Open **Purchasing → Suppliers** and select **Add Supplier**.
2. Enter the **name** (required), and optionally **email**, **phone** and **address**.
3. Add the supplier's **tax registration number** so it prints on debit notes and is available for tax reports (India: the supplier's GSTIN).
4. Add **bank name** and **bank account** to keep payment details at hand, and **payment terms (days)** so new purchases get the right due date.
5. Select **Save**.

![The Add Supplier form with contact, tax, bank and payment-terms fields](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-supplier-new.webp)

## The supplier page

![A supplier page with balance, purchases, payments and activity](https://docs.getonebooks.com/screenshots/en/purchases-supplier-detail.webp)

- **Balance** — what you currently owe this supplier.
- **Purchases** — every bill and debit note with status and balance due.
- **Payments** — every supplier payment and what it was applied to.
- **Activity** — the timeline.
- **Opening Balance** — record what you owed before using OneBooks; see [Opening balances](https://docs.getonebooks.com/accounting/opening-balances/).
- **Unapplied credit** — shown when a standalone payment or a debit note has value not yet applied to a bill.

## Edit, archive, restore, delete

**Edit** updates details; **Archive** hides a supplier from pickers while keeping history (**Restore** brings it back); **Delete permanently** is limited to owners and admins and to suppliers without documents.

## Related

  - [Purchases and bills](https://docs.getonebooks.com/purchases/bills/)
  - [Import and export](https://docs.getonebooks.com/data/import-export/) — Bulk-import suppliers.