The Update Vendor request enables you to change any of the following properties for an existing vendor:

Vendor address
Vendor email
Vendor first and last name
Vendor business name
Vendor phone
Vendor URL
Vendor frequency and delay
Vendor principal
Vendor agreement
Vendor payout

Note: Modifying certain vendor properties may result in vendor payout suspension. Click here to learn more.

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Important

We recommend that you first retrieve the vendor and then modify the desired property.

To be eligible for payout, make sure all necessary vendor information has been submitted to BlueSnap. To see the payout requirements, click here.

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Request Content

vendor container    required, contains the following properties (see vendor):
      email string    required
      name string     optional
      first-name string     optional
      last-name string     optional
      phone string     optional
      address string     optional
      city string    optional
      country string   required
      state string   required if payout-info included and country = US or CA (See State and Province Codes).
      zip string    optional
      tax-id string    optional
      vat-id string    optional
      vendor-url string    optional
      default-payout-currency string    optional
      frequency string    optional
      delay integer    optional
      vendor-principal container     optional; (see vendor-principal)
      vendor-agreement container     optional; (see vendor-agreement)
      payout-info container    optional; (see payout-info)

Response Details

If successful, the response HTTP status code is 204 No Content

Request Example

curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/vendors/514147
-H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
<vendor xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
  <email>vendor&#x40;bluesnap.com</email>
  <name>Important Vendor</name>
  <first-name>Joe</first-name>
  <last-name>Smith</last-name>
  <address>123 Main Street</address>
  <city>testing city</city>
  <zip>4640802</zip>
  <country>us</country>
  <phone>0549766778</phone>
  <state>MA</state>
  <vendor-url>http://mycompany.com</vendor-url>
  <ipn-url>https://merchant-domain.com/ipn</ipn-url>
  <default-payout-currency>USD</default-payout-currency>
  <vendor-principal>
    <first-name>Joe</first-name>
    <last-name>Smith</last-name>
    <address>123 Main Street</address>
    <city>Juneau</city>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <country>US</country>
    <dob>28-09-9999</dob>
    <personal-identification-number>1234</personal-identification-number>
    <driver-license-number>561196411</driver-license-number>
    <email>principal.name@vendor.com</email>
  </vendor-principal>
  <payout-info>
    <payout-type>ACH</payout-type>
    <base-currency>USD</base-currency>
    <name-on-account>vendor</name-on-account>
    <bank-account-class>PERSONAL</bank-account-class>
    <bank-account-type>CHECKING</bank-account-type>
    <bank-name>Leumi</bank-name>
    <bank-id>123456789</bank-id>
    <country>US</country>
    <city>Portland</city>
    <address>1 bank address</address>
    <state>MA</state>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <bank-account-id>36628822</bank-account-id>
    <minimal-payout-amount>25</minimal-payout-amount>
    <payment-reference>Payment for vendor 1234</payment-reference>
    <refund-reserve>200</refund-reserve>
  </payout-info>
  <vendor-agreement>
    <commission-percent>20</commission-percent>
    <account-status>ACTIVE</account-status>
    <recurring-commission>Y</recurring-commission>
  </vendor-agreement>
</vendor>'

curl -v -X PUT https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/vendors/514147
-H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
<vendor xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
  <email>vendor&#x40;bluesnap.com</email>
  <name>Important Vendor</name>
  <first-name>Joe</first-name>
  <last-name>Smith</last-name>
  <address>123 Main Street</address>
  <city>testing city</city>
  <zip>4640802</zip>
  <country>us</country>
  <phone>0549766778</phone>
  <state>MA</state>
  <default-payout-currency>USD</default-payout-currency>
  <ipn-url>https://merchant-domain.com/ipn</ipn-url>
  <vendor-principal>
    <first-name>Joe</first-name>
    <last-name>Smith</last-name>
    <address>123 Main Street</address>
    <city>Juneau</city>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <country>US</country>
    <dob>28-09-9999</dob>
    <personal-identification-number>1234</personal-identification-number>
    <driver-license-number>561196411</driver-license-number>
    <email>principal.name@vendor.com</email>
  </vendor-principal>
  <payout-info>
    <payout-type>ACH</payout-type>
    <base-currency>USD</base-currency>
    <name-on-account>vendor</name-on-account>
    <bank-account-class>PERSONAL</bank-account-class>
    <bank-account-type>CHECKING</bank-account-type>
    <bank-name>Leumi</bank-name>
    <bank-id>123456789</bank-id>
    <country>US</country>
    <city>Portland</city>
    <address>1 bank address</address>
    <state>MA</state>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <bank-account-id>36628822</bank-account-id>
    <minimal-payout-amount>25</minimal-payout-amount>
    <payment-reference>Payment for vendor 1234</payment-reference>
    <refund-reserve>200</refund-reserve>
  </payout-info>
  <vendor-agreement>
    <commission-percent>20</commission-percent>
    <account-status>INACTIVE</account-status>
    <recurring-commission>Y</recurring-commission>
  </vendor-agreement>
</vendor>'

Response Example

HTTP/ 1.1 204 No Content

Example Descriptions

Update Vendor with commission percent

This example shows an Update Vendor request where commission percent has been modified by including commission-percent in vendor-agreement. For all future transactions, the transaction will be split according to the defined commission rate (unless overridden for a specific transaction).

Update Vendor with account status

This example show an Update Vendor request where account status has been switched to inactive by including account-status in vendor-agreement.

API Explorer

To test out a call, enter an existing vendor ID, such as 837429, into the vendor-id field below (the ID will automatically be inserted into the URL). Then, paste the XML portion of the code below into the request body. Click Try it! when you're ready to test the call.

<vendor xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
  <email>vendor&#x40;bluesnap.com</email>
  <name>Important Vendor</name>
  <first-name>Joe</first-name>
  <last-name>Smith</last-name>
  <address>123 Main Street</address>
  <city>testing city</city>
  <zip>4640802</zip>
  <country>us</country>
  <phone>0549766778</phone>
  <state>MA</state>
  <vendor-url>http://mycompany.com</vendor-url>
  <ipn-url>https://merchant-domain.com/ipn</ipn-url>
  <default-payout-currency>USD</default-payout-currency>
  <vendor-principal>
    <first-name>Joe</first-name>
    <last-name>Smith</last-name>
    <address>123 Main Street</address>
    <city>Juneau</city>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <country>US</country>
    <dob>28-09-9999</dob>
    <personal-identification-number>1234</personal-identification-number>
    <driver-license-number>561196411</driver-license-number>
    <email>principal.name@vendor.com</email>
  </vendor-principal>
  <payout-info>
    <payout-type>ACH</payout-type>
    <base-currency>USD</base-currency>
    <name-on-account>vendor</name-on-account>
    <bank-account-class>PERSONAL</bank-account-class>
    <bank-account-type>CHECKING</bank-account-type>
    <bank-name>Leumi</bank-name>
    <bank-id>123456789</bank-id>
    <country>US</country>
    <city>Portland</city>
    <address>1 bank address</address>
    <state>MA</state>
    <zip>12345</zip>
    <bank-account-id>36628822</bank-account-id>
    <minimal-payout-amount>25</minimal-payout-amount>
    <payment-reference>Payment for vendor 1234</payment-reference>
    <refund-reserve>200</refund-reserve>
  </payout-info>
  <vendor-agreement>
    <commission-percent>20</commission-percent>
    <account-status>ACTIVE</account-status>
    <recurring-commission>Y</recurring-commission>
  </vendor-agreement>
</vendor>

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