What is a category?
Categories are used to separate your products or services into groups. This way your potential buyers can narrow down their search when browsing your site.
Here are some category examples:
Automotive
Kitchenware
Pet Care
You can have multiple levels of categories. They are generally referred to as sub-categories:
Automotive (main category)
- Batteries (sub-category)
- Tires
Kitchenware
- Pots
- Pans
- Appliances
Pet Care
- Dogs
- - Collars (a third level sub-category)
- - Food
- Cats
- - Collars
- - Food
Here are examples of a category list on a web page:
Categories at the top of the product list
Categories in a drop-down menu
Categories linked to images
Tree list of categories
