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    Default category and product organization

    Using 1.5.7c - usu - opc - zx-products-below-categories - zx-products-carousel

    The above does not affect the question,or your suggestions.

    Need to set up the categories, and products, and would like to hear your opinion/suggestions about it, both from a tech view, and as a user (customer).
    i.e. which main categories, and sub-categories, and consequent product linking.

    Relevant infos at the time being:

    2 brands, and a let's call it generic supplier.
    2 main materials, and some different ones.
    5 type of generic products: bracelets, pendants, earrings, necklaces, accessories; and one specific product (roses).

    Brand A
    has only one generic product (bracelets)
    Brand B
    has one specific product (roses)

    Material A (unbranded)
    has two lines of products
    - Line 1 has two generic products could be sold together, or singularly (bracelets, necklaces)
    - Line 2 has two generic products (bracelets, earrings)
    and a generic line (pendants, necklaces)

    Material B (unbranded)
    has generic products (bracelets, pendants, accessories)


    I thought of something like the following, what do you think, what would you change, and why

    Code:
    Brand A
        Bracelets
    Brand B
        Roses
    Material A
    Material B
    Bracelets
        Material A
        Material B
        Brand A
    Pendants
        Material A
        Material B
    Necklaces
        Material A
    Accessories
        Material B
    Earrings
        Material A
    Some of materials/brands/products could be grouped under yet other categories, i.e. trendy, classic, generic, but although they could be a plus from marketing view, could add an extra click, would it be worth it?

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    Default Re: category and product organization

    The kind of organization you are showing becomes a huge pain to maintain once you get more suppliers and products. I'd rather you use a simpler structure of just products:

    Bracelets
    Material A
    Material B
    Brand A
    Pendants
    Material A
    Material B
    Necklaces
    Material A
    Accessories
    Material B
    Earrings
    Material A


    and then build mechanisms for other kinds of filtering. *158* has some built in stuff for filtering by brand, for example.
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    Default Re: category and product organization

    Thank you, makes sense.

 

 

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