Categories and Collections

Organize your products into categories and collections to help customers navigate your store and find what they're looking for.

Categories vs. Collections

Understanding the difference helps you organize your store effectively:

Categories are hierarchical groupings based on what a product is:

• Clothing > T-Shirts
• Electronics > Smartphones
• Home > Kitchen Appliances

Collections are curated groupings based on themes, promotions, or merchandising:

• Summer Sale
• Best Sellers
• Gift Ideas
• New Arrivals

A product can belong to multiple categories and multiple collections simultaneously.

Creating Categories

To create a new category:

1. Navigate to Products > Categories in the sidebar
2. Click Add Category
3. Fill in the category details:

Category Handles

The handle determines the category's URL:

https://yourstore.com/shop?category=t-shirts

Handles are automatically created from the category name but can be customized. Requirements:

• Lowercase letters and numbers only
• Words separated by hyphens
• Unique within your site

Hidden Categories

Categories can be marked as hidden:

1. Open the category
2. Enable the Hidden toggle
3. Save

Hidden categories:

• Do not appear in the main shop navigation
• Can still be accessed via direct links
• Still appear in filter options when browsing products
• Are useful for organizing products internally

This is helpful for:

• Seasonal categories you want to hide temporarily
• Internal organization without customer-facing navigation
• Categories used only for discount targeting

Creating Collections

To create a new collection:

1. Navigate to Products > Collections in the sidebar
2. Click Add Collection
3. Fill in the collection details:
   • - Display name (e.g., "Summer Sale 2024")

Collections work similarly to categories but are designed for promotional and merchandising purposes.

Hidden Collections

Like categories, collections can be hidden:

1. Open the collection
2. Enable the Hidden toggle
3. Save

Hidden collections are useful for:

• Preparing promotions before they go live
• Creating private collections for specific customer groups
• Testing new merchandising strategies

Assigning Products to Categories

Single Product Assignment

To assign a product to categories:

1. Open the product you want to categorize
2. Scroll to the Categories section
3. Click the dropdown and select categories
4. You can select multiple categories
5. Click Save

Creating Categories Inline

While editing a product, you can create new categories on the fly:

1. In the Categories dropdown, type a new category name
2. Click Create "[name]"
3. The category is created and immediately assigned to the product
4. You can customize the category details later

Assigning Products to Collections

Single Product Assignment

To add a product to collections:

1. Open the product
2. Scroll to the Collections section
3. Click the dropdown and select collections
4. Select multiple collections as needed
5. Click Save

Inline Collection Creation

You can also create collections while editing products:

1. In the Collections dropdown, type a new collection name
2. Click Create "[name]"
3. The collection is created and assigned immediately

Category-Based Features

Categories in Mozhe support several advanced features:

Category Details Configuration

Each category can have its own details configuration:

1. Open a category
2. Navigate to the Details tab
3. Configure:
   • Specification Templates - Define which specs products should have
   • Trust Badges - Category-wide trust signals
   • Display Settings - How products in this category appear

These settings are inherited by products unless overridden at the product level.

Category Discounts

You can apply discounts to entire categories:

1. Create a discount in Marketing > Discounts
2. In the discount targeting, select categories
3. All products in those categories receive the discount automatically

This is more efficient than applying discounts to individual products.

Using Categories and Collections for Navigation

Shop Page Filtering

On your storefront's shop page, customers can filter products by:

• Categories (shown in the filter sidebar)
• Collections (shown in the filter sidebar)
• Attributes (size, color, etc.)

Make sure your categories are meaningful to help customers find products.

Navigation Menus

To add categories or collections to your navigation:

1. Go to Settings > Navigation
2. Edit your main menu
3. Add links to category pages:

   /shop?category=t-shirts
   

4. Add links to collection pages:

   /shop?collection=summer-sale
   

Collection Landing Pages

Collections can serve as landing pages for marketing campaigns:

https://yourstore.com/shop?collection=black-friday-deals

Share this URL in your marketing to direct customers to curated products.

Managing Categories and Collections

Viewing Products in a Category

To see all products in a specific category:

1. Go to Products > Categories
2. Click on a category name
3. You'll see the product count displayed
4. Click through to see the full product list

Bulk Category Assignment

To assign multiple products to a category at once:

1. Go to Products
2. Select multiple products using checkboxes
3. Click Bulk Actions
4. Choose Add to Category or Add to Collection
5. Select the target category or collection
6. Confirm the action

Removing Products from Categories

To remove a product from a category:

1. Open the product
2. In the Categories section, click the X next to the category
3. Save the product

Best Practices

Category Naming

• Use clear, customer-friendly names
• Keep names concise (1-3 words)
• Use consistent capitalization
• Avoid abbreviations unless widely understood

Good examples:

• T-Shirts
• Running Shoes
• Kitchen Appliances

Avoid:

• TS (too abbreviated)
• T-Shirts/Tops/Tees (too long)
• tshirts (inconsistent capitalization)

Collection Naming

Collections can be more creative since they're often promotional:

• "Summer Essentials"
• "Gifts Under $50"
• "Staff Picks"
• "Limited Edition"

Organization Tips

1. Don't over-categorize - Too many categories confuses customers
2. Ensure coverage - Every product should be in at least one category
3. Use collections for promotions - Keep categories stable, use collections for temporary groupings
4. Review regularly - Archive or hide unused categories and collections

SEO Considerations

Categories and collections create browsable pages on your storefront:

• Use descriptive names that customers might search for
• Write compelling descriptions for category pages
• Consider popular search terms when naming categories

Positions and Ordering

Category Position

Control the order categories appear in filters:

1. Go to Products > Categories
2. Drag categories to reorder them
3. The order is reflected in your storefront's filter sidebar

Collection Position

Similarly, reorder collections:

1. Go to Products > Collections
2. Drag collections to your preferred order
3. This affects filter and navigation display

Next Steps

• Inventory management - Track stock across categories
• SEO and meta information - Optimize category and collection pages
• Creating products - Add products to your categories

Common Issues

Category not appearing in filters

Make sure the category:

• Has at least one active product assigned
• Is not marked as hidden
• Has been saved after creation

Products not showing in collection

Verify that:

• Products are assigned to the collection
• Products have Active status
• Products have available inventory (if hide out-of-stock is enabled)

Duplicate handles

If you see an error about duplicate handles:

• Each category and collection must have a unique handle
• Change the handle to something unique
• Handles are separate for categories and collections (they don't conflict)