Categories
Organize your products into hierarchical category trees for navigation, merchandising, and storefront display in Avvyr.
Categories help you organize products into a logical structure that powers storefront navigation, merchandising rules, and product discovery. Avvyr uses a hierarchical category tree where categories can be nested to any depth.
Features of the Categories section
Categories in Avvyr go beyond simple grouping. They combine product organization with powerful merchandising tools:
- Hierarchical tree structure — Create multi-level category trees with parent-child relationships.
- Manual and automatic categories — Manually assign products or let rules do it automatically.
- Storefront integration — Control filtering, sorting, and product detail display per category.
- Merchandising rules — Boost, bury, pin, and exclude products within categories.
- Product preview — See exactly which products appear in a category, with pricing and stock data.
- Taxonomy mapping — Map categories to Google and Facebook product taxonomies for feed optimization.
Category types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Manual | You assign products to this category explicitly. Products stay in the category until you remove them. |
| Automatic | Products are assigned based on rules you define. The category membership updates dynamically as products change. |
Category statuses
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Published | Active and visible on the storefront. |
| Draft | Work in progress. Not visible to customers. |
| Inactive | Temporarily disabled. Not shown on the storefront. |
| Archived | Retired. Kept for historical reference. |
Connections to other sections
Categories integrate with several parts of Avvyr:
- Products — Products are assigned to categories, and categories power product organization across the catalog.
- Experience rules — Category-based merchandising rules control product ranking and visibility.
- Storefront — Categories power navigation menus, filtering, and product discovery.
- Markets — Merchandising rules can be market-specific, allowing different category behavior per region.