# What is a Supplier?

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**What is a Supplier?**
It is the name given to the manufacturers who provide input, raw material, product to the company in order to offer a product or service. For example, companies that supply products to be sold on e-commerce sites are called suppliers.

In our country, e-commerce suppliers are generally called main distributors that provide products to sites with XML, XLS, API or web services. There are many suppliers such as Index, Koyuncu. IdeaSoft Smart E-commerce packages are integrated with more than 200 suppliers. You can take a look at our supplier XML integrations.