One of the first steps in creating a great user experience for your shop customers is setting up product categories. Creating an effective category structure will help your customers easily find the products they're looking for. An effective category structure can also increase sales by way of related products!
Categories of the first level are referred to as 'top level' or 'root' categories. You can also create categories of the second, third, etc. level within your root category. These are referred to as 'subcategories.'
Creating categories and subcategories
To create a new root category:
1. From your Control Panel, click > Catalog > Categories.
2. Click + Add Root Category.
3. Enter a category name.
4. Click Choose file to upload an image for your category.
5. Enter the description (optional).
6. Click Save.
Lets take a look at an example:
To create a new subcategory:
To create a new sub-category, follow the same process from above, but select + Add Subcategory instead.
1. From your Control Panel, click Catalog > Categories.
2. Select the category into which you want to add a subcategory from the category tree on the left.
3. Click + Add Subcategory.
4. Enter the Name of your category.
5. Click Choose file to upload an image for your category.
6. Enter the description (optional).
7. Click Save.
Assigning products to categories
You can assign products to multiple categories at once. For example, an item that belongs to the Accessories category can be on sale and belong to the Sunglasses category as well.
To assign a product to a category:
1. From your Control Panel, click Catalog > Categories.
2. Select the category to which you want to assign a product from the category tree on the left.
3. Switch to the Category products tab.
4. Click Assign Products to Category.
5a. Select multiple items in the list, then click Add products to add items in bulk.
or
5b. Click the + icon to the right of the product name to assign products one by one.
Lets take a look at an example
You can also assign products to categories and move them from one category to another when you edit the product:
1.From your Control Panel, click Catalog > Products.
2. Click the product name to edit it's details.
3. In the Categories section near the bottom of the page, click Change Categories.
4. Select the category to which you want to assign the product and click Ok.
5. Click Save.
Lets take a look at an example
Exporting the products and re-importing them to a new category
To rearrange many products, it’s best to import them with new parameters. Please refer to the articles about exporting and importing your products.
Sorting products in categories
You can sort the products automatically for your customers by date added, by price or by name. You can also set a custom order of products within a category and sort the products manually.
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