## Zoho Commerce Help Documentation Index

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# Categories

Every e-commerce store has a variety of items to offer. In Zoho Commerce, you can group similar items into a single category and display them on your online store.

**Scenario:** Patricia owns a fashion store where she sells shoes, hats, watches, men’s and women’s apparel. The store deals with multiple brands for each item, e.g., shoes are sold in 6 different brands. All these brands can be grouped and displayed under one category- Shoes. Similarly, there can be multiple categories grouping similar items that will be displayed on your store’s menu.

## Add Category

Here’s how you can add a new category to your online store:

*   Go to **Categories** under _Inventory_.
*   Enter the Name, URL, and other necessary details.
*   Click **Save**.

Click **Add New Category** if you are creating categories for the first time. You can also click **\+ New** present in the top right corner of the page.

**Fields**

**Description**

Name

Enter a name for the category.

URL

The url will be auto-populated based on the category name you enter. You can also edit the URL by typing it out in the URL field. This URL can be shared by your customers or visitors while accessing the store.

Parent Category

Choosing a parent category will make the category that you’re creating, a sub category. You can leave this field empty if you do not want it to be a sub category.

Description

Enter a description for the category to be displayed on your store.

SEO Title

Enter a SEO title for this category. The title will be displayed on the webpage results.

SEO Keywords

Enter relevant keywords that’ll help your category rank better in the search results.

SEO Description

The SEO description will be displayed under the SEO title in the search results.

Show in Store

Mark this option if you want this category to be displayed only in your store.

Show in Menu

Mark this option if you want this category to be displayed in the menu of your store.

Image

Upload images related to the item category.

Alt Text

Enter a short text describing the image. This will be displayed in case the image fails to load.

## Arrange Category

Once you have a list of categories, you can arrange them in your required order. This order of categories will be reflected on the website.

Here’s how you can change the order of your categories:

*   Go to **Categories** under _Inventory_.
*   Click **Change Order** in the top right corner of the page.
*   Drag and drop the categories to reorder them. Once done, click **Go to list.**

## Edit Category

You can make changes to the existing categories in Zoho Commerce. Here’s how:

*   Go to **Categories** under _Inventory_.
*   Hover over a category and click **Edit**.
*   Make the necessary changes and click Save.

### Update Parent Category

A parent category can be considered as a folder containing sub-categories. You can update the parent category anytime. Here’s how:

*   Go to **Categories** under _Inventory_.
*   Hover over a category and select **Update Parent Category.**
*   Select the desired parent category and click **Save**.

## Delete Category

You can delete a category if you no longer choose to use it. Here’s how:

*   Go to **Categories** under _Inventory_.
*   Hover over a category and click **Delete**.

**Notes:**

*   You will not be able to delete a category if items have been associated with it.
*   You can delete a parent category only after deleting all the sub-categories associated with it.