# Create a Buy List

> Buy Lists are a powerful way to standardise and automate procurement decisions across an Organization - ensuring that Purchasers can buy the Right Products

Source: https://www.purchaseplus.com/docs/for-purchasers/create-a-new-buy-list

Markdown: https://www.purchaseplus.com/docs/for-purchasers/create-a-new-buy-list.md

# Create a Buy List
[Buy Lists](/docs/for-purchasers/introduction-to-buy-lists) are a powerful way to standardise and automate procurement decisions across an Organization - ensuring that Purchasers can buy the **Right Products from the Right Suppliers at the Right Price.**

A Buy List combines a predefined ‘shopping list’ of [Products](/docs/for-purchasers/introduction-to-products) that the Purchaser is interested in. A Buy List displays all of the available Quotes for those Products, from all of their Suppliers' [Catalogs](/docs/for-purchasers/introduction-to-catalogs).

### Create a New Buy List

1\. Select \[**Buy Lists**\] → \[**New Buy List**\] from the side navigation bar:

![Create a New Buy List](/images/docs/for-purchasers/create-a-new-buy-list-1.avif)

2\. Enter a \[**Buy List Name**\]. We recommend being consistent with the naming of your Buy Lists, to ensure quick identification of the correct Buy List when raising a Requisition from a Buy List. Examples of Buy List names: 

-   "Beverage - Bar" 
-   "Kitchen - Fruit & Vegetables" 
-   "Housekeeping - Supplies".

3\. If applicable, select a \[**Department**\] and \[**Account Code**\] for the Buy List. When a Requisition is created from this Buy List, the Department and Account Code selected here will be assigned to the Requisition.

Tip: A default Department is required to be able to set a default Account Code. 

4\. Click \[**Create Buy List**\]:

![Updated Buy List creation image](/images/docs/for-purchasers/create-a-new-buy-list-2.avif)

See our [Add Products to a Buy List](/docs/for-purchasers/manage-products-in-a-buy-list) article to learn about adding products to your Buy List. If you need to create an entirely new product to add to a Buy List, see our [Create a New Product](/docs/for-purchasers/create-a-new-product) article.