Organize with categories, brands and variations

All three live under Commerce → Inventory in the dashboard sidebar.

#Categories

Categories group products the way customers shop: "Breads", "Cakes", "Gift boxes". They can be nested ("Cakes → Birthday"). Your site can show a page per category and a menu built from them.

1. Open Inventory → Categories and click New category.

2. Give it a name, an optional parent, an image and a short description.

3. On any product's Information tab, pick the category.

#Brands

If you sell more than one brand, create them under Inventory → Brands and set each product's brand. Customers can filter by brand, and reports can split sales by it.

#Variations

Variations are reusable kinds of size or option, such as "Weight" with values 100 g, 250 g and 500 g. Define them once under Inventory → Variations and use them on many products, so every product uses the same names and your site can filter consistently.

#Tips

• Keep category names short and plain. They become menu labels and page titles.
• Avoid creating near-duplicates ("Cake" and "Cakes"). Rename instead: links keep working, because old addresses redirect.
• Inactive products keep their category, so reactivating one puts it right back.