diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
index 542f9c6ad..ac6ba85df 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ Returns a duplicated hash reference of this object
 
 Any field returns the value of a field rather than the hash reference.
 
+=head3 Additional properties
+
+=head4 dateCreated
+
+The date this vendor was created in the system.
+
+=head4 vendorId
+
+The id of this vendor from the database.  Use getId() instead.
+
 =cut
 
 sub get {
@@ -237,11 +247,11 @@ The vendor's url.
 
 =head4 paymentInformation
 
-The name of the vendor.
+????
 
 =head4 preferredPaymentType
 
-The name of the vendor.
+????
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/t/Shop/Vendor.t b/t/Shop/Vendor.t
index 2353fee9f..0c2daf041 100644
--- a/t/Shop/Vendor.t
+++ b/t/Shop/Vendor.t
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 
-my $tests = 2;
+my $tests = 17;
 plan tests => 1 + $tests;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ plan tests => 1 + $tests;
 my $loaded = use_ok('WebGUI::Shop::Vendor');
 
 my $vendor;
+my $fence;
+my $fenceUser = WebGUI::User->new($session, 'new');
 
 SKIP: {
 
@@ -59,16 +61,84 @@ isa_ok($e, 'WebGUI::Error::InvalidObject', 'new takes an exception to not giving
 cmp_deeply(
     $e,
     methods(
-        error => 'Need a session.',
-        got   => '',
+        error    => 'Need a session.',
+        got      => '',
         expected => 'WebGUI::Session',
     ),
     'new: requires a session variable',
 );
 
+eval { $vendor = WebGUI::Shop::Vendor->new($session); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+isa_ok($e, 'WebGUI::Error::InvalidParam', 'new takes an exception to not giving it a vendor id to instanciate');
+cmp_deeply(
+    $e,
+    methods(
+        error => 'Need a vendorId.',
+        param => undef,
+    ),
+    'new: requires a vendorId',
+);
+
+eval { $vendor = WebGUI::Shop::Vendor->new($session, 'notAVendorId'); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+isa_ok($e, 'WebGUI::Error::ObjectNotFound', 'new takes an exception to not giving it a vendor id that is not in the db');
+cmp_deeply(
+    $e,
+    methods(
+        error => 'Vendor not found.',
+        id    => 'notAVendorId',
+    ),
+    'new: requires a valid vendorId',
+);
+
+eval { $vendor = WebGUI::Shop::Vendor->new($session, 'defaultvendor000000000'); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+ok(!$e, 'No exception thrown');
+isa_ok($vendor, 'WebGUI::Shop::Vendor', 'new returns correct type of object');
+
+isa_ok($vendor->session, 'WebGUI::Session', 'session method returns a session object');
+
+is($session->getId, $vendor->session->getId, 'session method returns OUR session object');
+
+is($vendor->getId, 'defaultvendor000000000', 'new returned the correct vendor');
+
+#######################################################################
+#
+# create
+#
+#######################################################################
+
+eval { $fence = WebGUI::Shop::Vendor->create(); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+isa_ok($e, 'WebGUI::Error::InvalidObject', 'new takes an exception to not giving it a session variable');
+cmp_deeply(
+    $e,
+    methods(
+        error    => 'Need a session.',
+        got      => '',
+        expected => 'WebGUI::Session',
+    ),
+    'create: requires a session variable',
+);
+
+my $now = WebGUI::DateTime->new($session, time);
+
+eval { $fence = WebGUI::Shop::Vendor->create($session, { userId => $fenceUser->userId, }); };
+$e = Exception::Class->caught();
+ok(!$e, 'No exception thrown by create');
+isa_ok($vendor, 'WebGUI::Shop::Vendor', 'create returns correct type of object');
+
+ok($fence->get('dateCreated'), 'dateCreated is not null');
+my $dateCreated = WebGUI::DateTime->new($session, $fence->get('dateCreated'));
+my $deltaDC = $dateCreated - $now;
+cmp_ok( $deltaDC->seconds, '<=', 2, 'dateCreated is set properly');
+
 }
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cleanup
 END {
+    $fence->delete;
+    $fenceUser->delete;
 }