setting up vendors

-- HikaShop version -- : Business: 2.3.2
-- HikaMarket version -- : 1.4.2
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.3

i want to create a few vendors and will always want to add myself...

Ss i am logged in as the super admin.
i go ti create a new vendor and on the eft under email it says super admin.
I cannot change it as there are No other admins....

so are the vendors linked to the users in the joomla user manager??
do i first need to vreate a user in usermanager and set to registered and then create a vendor and assign it to the user?
this is very confusing.

also i cannot see where to restrict the view of the vendor for the categories i set up.

at present i set it like

jikamrket > products > categories

Product category
Brand
Vendor category

i click the vendor category and see what i created

Vendor category
--venor 1
----Books
----Cermaics
----Art Deco
--vendor 2
----art

i dont see anywhere when i create a vendor that i can select what area of the above they can access or see only?

thanks

thanks for details replies.

my client wanto to have a master catergores menu on the site that lists all products from different vendors at same place. will waht you suggested enable that while at the same time not allowing each vendor to edit each others products?

thanks again

"Create categories for vendors
does that not apply to have a vendor create the himself automatically?? I want to to create them manually and then let them load their products themselves. so i create a admin called regitered with username and password and then vendor can log in..... but WHERE does he do that please?

thanks.

sorry but client also want to have amaster catgories like

Art Nouveau - Art Deco
Art - Paintings
Books
Ceramics
Silver
Vintage - Retro

etc etc

where do i set those up ? outside what i told you i have set up yes?
(Vendor category
--venor 1
----Books
----Cermaics
----Art Deco
--vendor 2
----art )

so when a product is added it has to be assigned to 2 categories yes? one being on the vendor and the other being add to the category of choice above like book like silver etc??
am getting very confused.

like www.antiques-atlas.com they have a master way of viewing all the products as well as being able to view products in categories that ALL vendors are listed at same time. that is what client is after.
sorry

er so have i set it up worng then goin by this...
Vendor category
--venor 1
----Books
----Cermaics
----Art Deco
--vendor 2
----art

and also

"Create categories for vendors
does that not apply to have a vendor create the himself automatically?? I want to to create them manually and then let them load their products themselves. so i create a admin called regitered with username and password and then vendor can log in..... but WHERE does he do that please?

thanks.