Categories and Collections

Two different jobs, two different tools:

• A category is where a product is filed. Apparel, Vinyl, Accessories. Categories nest, so browsing a parent shows everything underneath it.
• A collection is a selection you arrange yourself. The SS26 drop, staff picks, the six things you want on the front page this month. Collections do not nest, and you choose the order products appear in.

A product can sit in as many of each as you like. Both are separate from what a product is (music, merch, digital, service), which is fixed when you create it.

Categories

Categories live under Store then Categories.

Creating a category

1. Go to Store then Categories.
2. Click New Category.
3. Give it a name, like T-Shirts.
4. Optionally set a URL. Leave it blank and one is built from the name. Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only. It stays the same wherever you later move the category.
5. Add an optional description.
6. Choose what it sits under: Top level, or an existing category.
7. Click Create category.

Nesting

Categories nest up to three levels, like Apparel > Tops > T-Shirts. Browsing a parent shows everything beneath it, so a shopper who clicks Apparel sees the t-shirts too.

On the categories page each row shows the category name, its URL, and how many products sit in it (including everything beneath it). Click the arrow on the left to collapse or expand a branch.

To add a subcategory quickly, click the small arrow icon on a parent row. Categories already at the third level do not offer it, because that is as deep as it goes.

Moving and renaming

Click the pencil on a row to edit it. Change the name, the URL, the description, or what it sits under.

Moving a category takes everything under it along. Products keep the categories they were filed in.

Deleting a category

Click the trash icon and confirm. If the category has subcategories, the confirmation tells you how many go with it.

Your products are never deleted, only how they are filed.

Collections

Collections live under Store then Collections.

Creating a collection

1. Go to Store then Collections.
2. Click New Collection.
3. Give it a name, like SS26 Drop.
4. Optionally set a URL, or leave it blank to build one from the name.
5. Add an optional description.
6. Tick Feature on the storefront if you want it highlighted on your site.
7. Click Create collection.

Each collection row shows its name, URL, product count, and a featured badge when you have marked it.

Ordering a collection

A collection is a curated arrangement, so you control the running order.

1. Click a collection's name to open it.
2. Use the up and down arrows to move products.
3. Click Save order.

Nothing is saved until you click Save order, so a mis-click costs you nothing. The order you set here is the order shoppers see.

Deleting a collection

Click the trash icon and confirm. The products in it are not deleted, only the grouping.

Putting products into categories and collections

You do this from the product, not from the category.

1. Go to Store then Products.
2. Open the product's menu and click Edit product.
3. Scroll to the Categories and collections card at the bottom.
4. Tick the categories and collections it belongs in. Categories show their full path, so Apparel > Tops > T-Shirts is unambiguous.
5. Click Save filing.

Finding products by category or collection

On the products list, click Filters and pick a Category or a Collection. The category filter includes everything filed under that category's subcategories, so filtering by Apparel shows the t-shirts too.

Active filters appear as chips, and Clear all resets them.

What buyers see

On a product page, the categories and collections a product belongs to appear under Product details, and each one is a link a shopper can follow to see the rest of what is filed there.

Your site can also carry a browse menu built from your categories and collections, with the product count beside each one. A creator who has not created any categories or collections gets no menu at all, so your storefront looks unchanged until you start using them.

Categories, collections, or tags?

Where to go next

• Filing a product as you build it: creating a product
• Sizes, colors, and formats: product versions
• Reusable options across your store: product options
• Show a collection on your site: my website