- For lore, see merchant.

Repair vendor with guild repair service
A vendor is an NPC who buys and sells items. Trainers are not technically vendors, even though they sell recipes, since they do not buy anything. The word is also sometimes used as a verb for selling to a vendor, e.g., "I'm just going to vendor this axe, since I can't use it." For quick use as a verb, sometimes only "V" is used to mean "vendor it" or "V?" for "vendor it?" Items that have no use other than selling to a vendor are called vendor trash.
It is noteworthy that while most profession and food vendors are essential, most armor and weapon merchants are only as valuable as their repairs. The items they sell are expensive, have no stats, and are almost always completely inferior to items of the same level. They have little to no use after around level 10, when drops and quest rewards become better.
interact with vendor
vendor out of range
buy/sell after talking
Repairing
Some vendors can repair armor durability damage (usually vendors who sell armor and weapons, but often those who sell blacksmithing and engineering supplies).
As of patch 2.3, your pointer changes when you move it over a repair-capable NPC:
interact with repairing vendor
repairing vendor out of range
Accessing a repair NPC, the icons below allow the user to do the repairs to their equipped items. Repairing items will cost gold
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Buyback
If you sold an item, you can buy it back for the same price at which it was sold by clicking the Buyback tab and right-clicking the item or dragging it back to your bag. You can repurchase up to 12 items that you have sold to a vendor. The items (up to 12) since you last logged in will persist. When your character leaves the game or zones to a different area, this list of items will be cleared, so if you have accidentally sold something, don't wait to buy it back. To this date, no raid is yet Vendor proof. Buy it back immediately.[1]
Discounts
As of patch 2.3, all vendors with an associated faction now give discounts at all levels above neutral.
Types
Armor and weapons
- Armorer
- Apprentice Armorer
- Apprentice Clothier
- Armor Crafter
- Armorer & Shieldcrafter
- Cloth Armor and Accessories
- Cloth Armor Merchant
- Clothier
- Cloth & Leather Armor Merchant
- Heavy Armor Merchant
- Leather Armor & Leatherworking Supplies
- Leather Armor Merchant
- Light Armor Merchant
- Light Armor & Weapons Merchant
- Mail Armor Merchant
- Mail & Plate Merchant
- Night Elf Armorer
- Speciality Dress Maker
- Superior Armorer
- Superior Armorsmith
- Axecrafter
- Axe Merchant
- Superior Axecrafter
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- Bow Merchant
- Bow & Arrow Merchant
- Bowyer & Fletching Goods
- Fletcher
- Superior Bowyer
- Gun Merchant
- Bowyer & Gunsmith
- Guns and Ammo Merchant
- Gunsmith
- Gunsmith & Bowyer
- Weaponsmith & Gunsmith
- Macecrafter
- Mace & Staff Merchant
- Mace & Staves
- Mace & Staves Vendor
- Staff & Mace Merchant
- Superior Macecrafter
- Staff Merchant
- Mace & Staff Merchant
- Mace & Staves
- Mace & Staves Vendor
- Staff & Mace Merchant
- Staves Merchant
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- Wand Merchant
- Weapon Merchant
- Apprentice Weaponsmith
- Dwarven Weaponsmith
- Light Armor & Weapons Merchant
- Master Weaponsmith
- Superior Weaponsmith
- Sword and Dagger Merchant
- Thrown Weapons Merchant
- Two Handed Weapon Merchant
- Weapons Merchant
- Weaponsmith
- Weaponsmith & Armorcrafter
- Weaponsmith & Armorer
- Weapons Quartermaster
- Weapon Vendor
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General
- Arcane Goods
- Bag vendor
- Butcher - Meats
- Darkmoon Faire Exotic Goods
- Darkmoon Faire Cards & Exotic Goods
- General Goods
- General Goods Merchant
- General Goods Vendor
- General Supplies
- Mount Quartermaster
- Elekk Breeder
- Gryphon Keeper
- Hawkstrider Breeder
- Horse Breeder
- Kodo Mounts
- Mechanostrider Merchant
- Mount Vendor
- Ram Breeder
- Raptor Handler
- Saber Handler
- Undead Horse Merchant
- Windrider Keeper
- Wintersaber Trainers
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- Pirate Supplies
- Potion Seller
- Potions & Herbs
- Potions, Scrolls and Reagents
- Scrolls & Potions
- Rare Goods
- Reagents
- Reagent Supplies
- Exotic Reagent Merchant
- Poisons & Reagents
- Potions, Scrolls and Reagents
- Reagents and Herbs
- Reagents & Poisons
- Reagent Vendor
- Shady Goods
- Souvenirs
- Special Goods Dealer
- Specialty Goods
- Tailoring Supplies & Specialty Goods
- Zandalar Supplies and Repair
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Professions
- Alchemy Supplies
- Alchemy & Herbalism Supplies
- Blacksmithing Supplier
- Cooking Supplier
- Enchanting Supplier
- Engineering Suppliers
- Engineering & General Goods Supplier
- Engineering Goods
- Engineering Supplies
- Speciality Engineer
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- Fishing Supplier
- Bait and Tackle Supplier
- Fishing Supplies
- Fishing Trainer & Supplies
- Fish Merchant & Supplies
- Herbalism Supplier
- Herbalism Supplies
- Herbalism & Alchemy Supplies
- Reagents and Herbs
- Leatherworking Supplies
- Leather Armor & Leatherworking Supplies
- Leatherworking & Tailoring Supplies
- Specialist Leatherworking Supplies
- Mining Supplier
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- Poison Supplier
- Poisons & Reagents
- Poison Supplies
- Poison Vendor
- Reagents & Poisons
- Tailoring Supplies
- Speciality Tailoring Supplies
- Tailoring Supplies & Specialty Goods
- Tools & Supplies - Rogue stuff
- Trade Goods
- General Trade Goods Merchant
- General Trade Goods Vendor
- General Trade Supplier
- Trade Goods Supplies
- Trade Supplier
- Trade Supplies
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Portable vendors
A few items may be used as portable vendors; players can bring them with them as items or abilities to access a vendor anywhere in the game. This is very useful as it saves a lot of time to not have to return to a stationary vendor every time you have to sell and in some cases buy something. Examples of portable vendors are:
Notice that portable vendors, while most sought for as convenient buyers of useless things that players don't need, often offer a somewhat meager choice of items that players may buy for self-usage, such as: materials used in various professions; food; and, in rare cases, equipment. Most portable vendors can also repair, thus they are often popular in raids or instances.
Gallery
Repair vendor prior to patch 10.1.5
Repair vendor with guild repair service prior to patch 10.1.5
Buyback prior to patch 10.1.5
Vendor UI prior to Dragonflight
Repair vendor UI prior to Dragonflight
Buyback UI prior to Dragonflight
Patch changes
References