The purpose of categories is to help set out the website's product hierarchy. Your products will most likely show up in the categories selected.

Navigate to 'Categories' tab from the left-hand menu.

Please click on the black arrows to reveal all the subcategories in the dropdown.

Add: This allows you to add a new category.
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​Edit: This button allows you to edit the category you are on.

Delete: This icon allows you to delete a category

Category Title

Enter the title of the new category you would like to create. For example, Experiences, Food and Beverage or Accessories.

Category URL
Enter the name of the category as you would like it to appear in the url, for example

www.myshop.com/categories/food-and-beverage

www.myshop.com/categories/food-beverage-experiences

Parent Category
From the dropdown, select the parent category the new category is associated with. E.g. If you are creating a new category under 'Wellness', this would go under the parent category 'Experiences'.

Description
Enter a short description to identify the category.

Meta Title
A title that describes your product if someone was to search for it. This is the text that is displayed on search engine result pages and browser tabs. Keep it concise with a focus keyword your customer will search for.

Meta Description
This is an optional section, but beneficial for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). Meta description provides a brief summary of the product which is displayed under the title of a search result in a search engine. This can influence click-through rates to your product listing. The optimal length for copy is 50-160 characters.

Hide From Vendors
Select this if you would like to make the category invisible to public.

Next you will have the opportunity to add a banner in category listing page.

'Position of Banner' use the drop down menu to choose where you would like the banner image to be placed in the category listing page - position can be 'Top', 'Center', 'Bottom' or 'Hide'

You will have the opportunity next to download the image to be used as the banner by clicking 'Choose File' and clicking the image from your source file.

Lastly, you can add text that will be overlay on the banner image, below finally loading the category by clicking 'Add Category' button.