---
title: "Guides"
url: "https://vemente.com/en/guides/"
description: "Comparisons, guides and answers about ordering from new suppliers. New suppliers, paying, invoices, buying abroad and customs."
language: "en"
publisher: "Vemente"
---

# Guides for ordering

Comparisons, guides and answers about ordering from new suppliers.

## Latest articles

- [Company card, expenses or one supplier for all](https://vemente.com/en/guides/company-card-expenses-or-one-supplier.md). Comparison, 3 Nov 2026. An item is only available from a supplier your company has never ordered from. There are three usual ways to buy it anyway. And a fourth through Vemente.

## New suppliers

The supplier is not in your system. What you can do without setting them up.

- [The supplier is not in the system](https://vemente.com/en/guides/supplier-not-in-the-system.md). The supplier you need is not set up at your company. The routes you have, what the law says about internal control and how it works with Vemente.
- [Ordering once from a new supplier. CpD account, new supplier account or Vemente](https://vemente.com/en/guides/one-time-supplier-cpd-or-one-supplier-account.md). A supplier for a single order. What a CpD account is, the routes accounts payable has and how it works when Vemente is the one supplier account for all new suppliers.

## Paying

Prepayment, credit card only, foreign currency.

- [The supplier wants payment in advance](https://vemente.com/en/guides/supplier-wants-payment-in-advance.md). The supplier only delivers after payment. The routes a company has, what it checks before paying in advance and how it works with Vemente.
- [The online shop only takes cards](https://vemente.com/en/guides/online-shop-only-takes-credit-cards.md). The online shop offers no payment on invoice. What a company needs for its accounting, the routes you have and how it works with Vemente.
- [Paid with a personal card](https://vemente.com/en/guides/personal-card-and-expenses.md). A purchase for the company with your own card, followed by an expense claim. What the law says about expenses and receipts, the routes you have and how it works with Vemente.

## Invoice and fee

What Vemente costs. And when an invoice is due by law, in Switzerland and in Germany.

- [When an invoice is due](https://vemente.com/en/guides/when-an-invoice-is-due.md). When a payment period starts and when you are in default differs from country to country. The rules in Switzerland and in Germany, with the legal provisions.

## Abroad and customs

Goods from abroad, online shops, customs duty and import VAT.

- [Ordering from abroad for your company](https://vemente.com/en/guides/ordering-from-abroad.md). Goods from abroad for a company in Switzerland. What the federal authorities say about import VAT, customs duty and customs clearance, the routes you have and how it works with Vemente.
- [Amazon, AliExpress, Temu for your company](https://vemente.com/en/guides/online-shops-for-organisations.md). Ordering from online shops for a company. An invoice made out to the company, Swiss VAT, import. What the law requires, the routes you have and how it works with Vemente.
- [Circuit boards and prototypes from Asia](https://vemente.com/en/guides/circuit-boards-from-asia.md). Circuit boards and prototypes from a manufacturer in Asia for a company in Switzerland. What SECO and the FOCBS say about importing, the routes you have and how it works with Vemente.

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