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# What is the difference between Customers & Vendors?

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**Who is a Customer?**

You _sell_ your items/services to customers and receive payments from them. You can create and send sales transactions to them. They can be managed in Zoho Books under **Sales > Customers**.

**Who is a Vendor?**

You _purchase_ items/services from vendors and pay them. You can record and send purchase transactions to them. They can be managed in Zoho Books under **Purchases > Vendors**.

If your customer is also a vendor, then you can [link the customer and vendor](https://www.zoho.com/books/help/contacts/link-customer-and-vendor.html) to create the respective transactions.

Learn more about customers and vendors in Zoho Books from the [help document](https://www.zoho.com/books/help/contacts/)**.**