Selecting the Product Type and Categories

On the catalog pages, you can distinguish this product in two ways. You can select to associate this product with a product type to use as a search filter within the list of products and a product category to present this product within a hierarchy of similar products.

Each defined product type displays in the drop-down list on product search fields and is typically based on an attribute, such as a book, piece of apparel, or video file. If you cannot find an existing type already created, you can define a new one directly on this page within the selection component itself.

Each product category represents a set of products that can be grouped together and presented in a hierarchical view of folders that shoppers can open and close as they browse the catalog or store. A product may display in several different categories in the catalog. You can create new product categories directly from this configuration page using the Related Action, Manage Product Categories.

Note: (1) You can enhance the presentation of the product categories by custom pages for the product categories.

(2) Products can display in multiple categories.