Reseller vs. Vendor

Main Difference

The main difference between Reseller and Vendor is that the Reseller is a company or individual that purchases goods or services with the intention of selling them and Vendor is a enterprise that contributes goods or services

• Reseller

  A reseller is a company or individual (merchant) that purchases goods or services with the intention of selling them rather than consuming or using them. This is usually done for profit (but could be resold at a loss). One example can be found in the industry of telecommunications, where companies buy excess amounts of transmission capacity or call time from other carriers and resell it to smaller carriers.

  According to the Institute for Partner Education & Development, a resellers’ product fulfillment-based business model includes a corporate reseller, retail, direct market reseller (DMR), and an internet retailer (eTailer); less than 10 percent of its revenue comes from services.

• Vendor

  In a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain. Today, these terms refer to a supplier of any good or service.

• Vendor (noun)

  a person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street

  “an Italian ice-cream vendor”

• Vendor (noun)

  the seller in a sale, especially of property.