types/invoices/Merchant

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@arolariu/website / types/invoices/Merchant

types/invoices/Merchant

Fileoverview

Merchant type definitions for vendor/retailer tracking.

Remarks

This module defines merchant (vendor/retailer) types used for tracking where purchases are made. Merchants are shared across invoices and users, enabling analytics and vendor management.

Merchant Hierarchy: Merchants can belong to parent companies (e.g., local Lidl store → Lidl GmbH). This enables corporate-level reporting while maintaining store-level detail.

Data Sources:

• AI extraction from invoice headers/footers
• User manual entry
• Public business registry lookups

See

• Invoice.merchantReference for merchant linkage
• NamedEntity for base entity contract

Interfaces

• ContactInformation
• Merchant

Type Aliases

• MerchantCategory
• CreateMerchantDtoPayload
• UpdateMerchantDtoPayload
• DeleteMerchantDtoPayload

Variables

• MerchantCategory