PrestaShop Categories and Products | PrestaShop | Magento

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🛒 Categories in PrestaShop

Categories are the hierarchical structure that organizes your catalog.

Categories = like “departments” in a store.
A product can belong to multiple categories.
Categories can have subcategories (e.g., Clothing → Men → T-Shirts).
Each category has:
- Name, description, images
- Friendly URL (SEO optimized)
- Parent category (for hierarchy)

Easy navigation for customers.
Better SEO structure (category pages rank well in Google).
Useful for filters/facets (e.g., price range, brand, size inside a category).
Helps manage large catalogs systematically.

Products are the actual items you sell.

Standard Product – a physical item with stock (e.g., shoes, laptops).
Pack of Products – a bundle (e.g., camera + memory card).
Virtual Product – no shipping, digital goods (e.g., ebook, software license).

Basic info: Name, description, SKU, categories, price.
Combinations (variants): Size, color, etc. Each variant can have its own price, stock, and image.
Images: Multiple product images for better presentation.
SEO settings: Friendly URL, meta title, description, canonical URL.
Inventory management: Stock quantity, alerts, suppliers, warehouses.
Shipping info: Weight, carrier restrictions.
Attributes & Features: Custom options (e.g., Fabric = Cotton, RAM = 8GB).
Cross-selling options: Related products, accessories.

👉 Example:

Category: Electronics
- Sub-category: Smartphones
  - Product: iPhone 14 Pro 128GB
  - Product: Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

So when a visitor clicks Electronics → Smartphones, they see all products in that category.

Category pages often rank better for generic searches (“buy smartphones online”).
Product pages rank for specific searches (“iPhone 14 Pro 128GB price”).
Together, they build a strong SEO funnel.

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