You can divide your products into categories and options in the Online Shop. Both features will make it much easier for your visitors to find exactly what they are looking for in your shop. In this guide, we'll explain what the two features cover and how you can set them up in your Online Shop.
What are options and categories?
Categories
You can divide your products into different Categories, such as brands or groups. If you assign categories, a menu appears, allowing your customers to view only products of a specific category.
Options
You can use Options to specify different product types, such as sizes and colours. After a customer has selected a product, a menu appears.
A product can have multiple options, such as size L in blue. Each unique combination of options forms a variant. You can specify an image, weight, SKU, quantity, and price for each variant.
Note: Options are only available for physical products and gift cards.
How do I add a category to a product?
- Log in to your Online Shop administration.
- Click Products, go to Product list and open one of the products you have in your shop.
- Scroll down to Categories and click Add category.
- Tick the box next to every category where you want the product to appear. You can also create a new category by typing a name for it in the search field and clicking Add.
- Add more categories or click Save.
- Click Save at the bottom of the page when you are done.
How do I add an option?
- Log in to your Online Shop administration.
- Click Products, go to Product list, and open one of the products you have in your shop.
- Scroll down to Variants and click Add option.
- Type in a name for the option, for example, size or colour.
- Type in the Option values, for example, S, M, and L, if they are a size. You need to press Enter after writing each option value to add them.
- Click Add option if you want to add another one. You can define up to 3.
- Click Save.
- Under Manage variants, you can add values for each product variant, such as image, weight, quantity, and price.
- You can add more variants in the box below the overview. Type in the variant by adding the option values in the field(s) and click Add option. You can have up to 200 variants.
- Click Save at the bottom of the page when you are done.
Tip: To change the order of your options and values that are displayed in your Online Shop, click Change order under Variants and drag the options and values in the order that you want.
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