# 2025-08-29: CE - Vendor Management

## Overview

This improvement introduces new self-service product management capabilities for registered vendors. Vendors can now independently manage media, availability, and simple pricing of their products, as well as control product visibility through publish/unpublish options.

## New features

| Feature                                   | Benefit                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Media management**                      | Vendors can upload, replace, or remove product media, ensuring product listings always look fresh and accurate without delays.                                                                        |
| **Availability management**               | Vendors can directly set stock quantities per tenant, giving customers real-time visibility into product availability.                                                                                |
| **Price management**                      | Vendors can set or update a simple base price within their tenant’s defined currency, keeping product pricing accurate and consistent.                                                                |
| **Publish & unpublish control**           | Vendors can unpublish or republish products, which gives them control over visibility while providers can configure permissions to match business rules.                                              |
| **Vendor specific dashboard permissions** | Vendor specific scopes with manage rights can edit media, availability, price, and visibility, while those with view rights can only see product details — ensuring controlled access and compliance. |

## Fixes and improvements

None as this is a new feature.

## Known problems

No known problems at time of release.

## Documentation and links

* [Vendor Management](/ce/management-dashboard/vendors.md)
* [Users and Groups - Vendor groups](/ce/management-dashboard/administration/usersandgroups.md#vendor-groups)
* [Products - Vendor related products](/ce/management-dashboard/products-module/products.md#vendor-related-products)


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