Creating a US vendor

In your POST /v3/vendors request, set the required fields to create a US vendor.

Field	Description
`name`	Vendor name
`accountType`	Vendor account type (`BUSINESS`, `PERSON`, or `NONE`)
`email`	Vendor email address
`phone`	Vendor phone number
`address`	Vendor address information. Vendor address details are required for paying the vendor by check or for inviting the vendor to join the BILL network. - `line1` - `city` - `zipOrPostalCode` - `country`
`paymentInformation`	Vendor bank account information. Vendor bank account details are required for enabling electronic payments to the vendor. - `payeeName` - `nameOnAccount` - `accountNumber` - `routingNumber`

See the /v3/vendors API for more information about the other vendor fields you can set.

Sample request

In this cURL example, a vendor is created with the specified details. The address and paymentInformation details are added to enable electronic payments to the vendor.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://gateway.stage.bill.com/connect/v3/vendors' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'devKey: {developer_key}' \
--header 'sessionId: {session_id}' \
--data '{
  "name": "Happy Music Supplies", 
  "accountType": "BUSINESS",
  "email": "[email protected]", 
  "phone": "9876543210",
  "address": {
    "line1": "123 Main Street",
    "city": "San Jose",
    "stateOrProvince": "CA",
    "zipOrPostalCode": "95002",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "paymentInformation": {
    "payeeName": "Happy Music Supplies",
    "bankAccount": {
      "nameOnAccount": "Bill Vendorson",
      "accountNumber": "111222333",
      "routingNumber": "074000010"  
    }
  },
  "billCurrency": "USD"
}'

Response

In the response, a BILL-generated vendor id is available. This value begins with 009. You can use this vendor id for other BILL operations.

{
  "id": "{vendor_id}",
  "archived": false,
  "name": "Happy Music Supplies",
  "accountType": "BUSINESS",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "phone": "9876543210",
  "address": {
    "line1": "123 Main St",
    "city": "San Jose",
    "stateOrProvince": "CA",
    "zipOrPostalCode": "95002",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "paymentInformation": {
    "payeeName": "Happy Music Supplies",
    "payByType": "ACH",
    "virtualCard": {
      "status": "UNENROLLED"
    },
    "bankAccount": {
      "nameOnAccount": "Bill Venderson",
      "accountNumber": "*****2333",
      "routingNumber": "074000010",
      "type": "CHECKING",
      "ownerType": "BUSINESS"
    }
  },
  "additionalInfo": {
    "track1099": false,
    "combinePayments": true
  },
  "bankAccountStatus": "NO_NET_LINKED_ACCOUNT",
  "recurringPayments": false,
  "billCurrency": "USD",
  "createdTime": "2024-12-29T23:25:27.127+00:00",
  "updatedTime": "2024-12-29T23:25:28.127+00:00",
  "balance": {
    "amount": 0
  },
  "autoPay": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "networkStatus": "NOT_CONNECTED"
}

See the /v3/vendors API for more information about the complete list of vendor operations.