Payment provider vs Cost of product sold

Payment provider vs Cost of product sold

Hi 

First of all, thank you for making such an amazing product. We use books for my business and so far it s been great. 

I have a question, on the item account type:

What  is the difference between "payment provider" and "cost of product sold" ? 

Basically when i buy a product from my supplier how to i integrate it on the item? Logically it should be a "cost of product sold" It s not very clear for us.

Can you help?

Thank you