Creating Brand and Product Categories

Your consumers will find it easier to browse through your products or services when you use categories. Additionally, as a merchant, adding/creating categories makes it easier for you to keep track of your inventory and product offerings.

In this section:

Kinds of Categories

Adding Brand Categories and Tagging Brands

Adding Product Categories

 

 

Kinds of Categories

There are two kinds of categories that can be set for your online store

  • Brand Categories- these differentiate one brand from another. While this step is optional, this is highly encouraged for businesses with multiple brands. You can skip this if all your brands are under the same category. 

  • Product Categories- these group your products into product categories, which make it easier for your customers to browse through your entire catalog. This is a required step before you can start adding your products or Stock Keeping Units (SKUs).

 

Adding Brand Categories and Tagging Brands

To add brand categories:

  1. From the E-Store module, go to the Settings tab.
  2. Click +Add a Category and input the Brand Category in the text box.
  3. Repeat the same steps to add more brand categories.
  4. Click Save.

If you have multiple brands under different categories, you may tag a specific brand under one of the brand categories you set up. To tag brands under a category:

  1. From the E-Store module, go to the Locations tab.
  2. Choose the brand you want to edit. Click the pencil icon.
  3. On the pop-up window, choose the appropriate brand category from the dropdown menu.
  4. Click Save. 
  5. Repeat the steps for all your brands.

 

 

Adding Product Categories

To add product categories:

  1. From the E-Store module, go to the Settings tab.
  2. Click +Add a Category and input the Product Category in the text box.
  3. Repeat the same steps to add more product categories. At least one product category is required to proceed.
  4. Click Save.

You may also add product categories while uploading your products:

  1. From the E-Store module, go to the Products tab.
  2. Click +Add New Product to upload a new product.
  3. From the Category section, click the menu, which will display all active product categories. At the bottom part of the dropdown menu, click +Add Category.
  4. Input the product category name.
  5. Click the Add button