How can I add new vendors in the Minimal theme?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

How to add vendors in Shopify (Minimal theme):

  • In Admin > Products > Product page > Organization section, type a new vendor name in the Vendor field and Save. You can show the vendor on product and collection pages via Online Store > Themes > Customize > Product pages > “Show product vendor.”

Vendor access/consignment needs apps (not native):

  • Vendor Consignment: store-owner–controlled setup, vendor login to track orders, commission calculations, PayPal payouts (except Canada).
  • Multi Vendor Marketplace: vendors upload products, customer-to-vendor questions, automatic order reminders; payout method unclear—contact developer.
  • Multi Vendor Reporting: vendor notifications, logins, commission calculations; payouts unclear—contact developer. All offer trials; install and test, then uninstall before billing.

Troubleshooting and reporting behavior:

  • If “Add” isn’t visible, type the new name and use the dropdown arrows to create it; for existing products, this should propagate. If it doesn’t appear elsewhere, log out, clear browser cache, and try again.
  • Analytics/Reports reflect product details at time of sale. Changing a product’s vendor later won’t retroactively change past reports; mixed date ranges may show both vendors.

Open items:

  • Recent users report only being able to filter existing vendors (no add option). It’s unclear if the UI changed; no confirmed resolution yet.
Summarized with AI on January 17. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi Helen,

After I add a new vendor and click save, I notice it doesn’t update when I try filtering by “product vendor.”

For example, under Analytics > Reports > Percent of Inventory Sold, I proceed to Edit Columns > Product Vendor.

When I filter by Product Vendor, the newly added vendor isn’t an option. And when I search the product by name, the old vendor is still associated with it.

I would like to add many products under one vendor name making it easier to filter by vendor.

Does that make sense?

Thanks for any help.