Categories/Types Categories Subcategories

What is type, category and sub category?

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Type: A grouping of similar kinds of manufactured goods or products, For example Books, Electronic, etc.

Category: It is a way to organize products in your store by the type of product you sell. For example, if you sell Book products, then your category might be Academic, Fiction, etc.

Sub-Category: A subordinate category or a division of a category of product you sell. For example, if you sell Book products, then your category might be Academic then your sub-category may be Medical, Law, etc.

Currently shopnix stores supports three tier category. For example

Where can I access the type, Category and sub-category feature?

Go to store Manager > Categories

As shown in the above figure in the “Show Types with” section you can search any existing Product type. For Example suppose you want to search Electronics type

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Now suppose you want to add a new type, i.e. Book in to store so you can type Book and click on the

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After clicking it would be

Now you have the Book type and you can proceed to add Category(s) by link and it will redirect you to the page and suppose you want to add Academic as Category like

Write Academic in the box and click on the button. Now you have Type Book, Category Academic now add sub-category for this. So click on the link and now write Medical inside the box and click on button.

So finally click on the category (Go to store Manager > Categories)

If you have more queries or would like assistance with this please contact us on support@shopnix.in.