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# Can I have a contact who is both a customer and a vendor?

No, if a contact is both your customer and vendor, you’ll have to create two separate contacts - one as a customer and the other as a vendor and link them in Zoho Inventory.

**Pro Tip:** A display name is generally unique for each contact. If you’d like to use an existing display name for another contact, go to **Settings » Preferences » Contacts** and tick the **Allow duplicates for contact display name** checkbox.

#### Linking Contacts

*   Once you’ve created the contacts, open any one of them.
*   Go to **More** and click **Link to Customer/Vendor**.
*   Choose the Customer/Vendor that you want to link this contact to.

Post linking, you view the payables and receivables in both contacts.