Tips To Organize Products In Your Store

By Michael Turner

December 4, 2024 at 05:40 PM

Store organization is crucial for driving sales and improving customer experience. Here's how to effectively organize your products:

Display Locations

Products can appear in four main areas:

  • Store pages: Browsable product collections
  • Product details pages: Individual product information
  • Product blocks: Single product displays on any page
  • Summary blocks: Filtered product displays using tags and categories

Store Page Best Practices

  • Use clear names like "Shop," "Store," or "Products"
  • Optimize SEO titles with specific descriptions
  • Consider setting your store page as homepage
  • Position store link prominently in navigation

Reordering Products

  1. Open store page
  2. Click "All"
  3. Drag products to reposition
  4. Use quick actions menu (...) to:
    • Edit details
    • Send to top/bottom
    • Move to different store page

Store navigation menu highlighting Sale option

Store navigation menu highlighting Sale option

Product Categories and Navigation

  • Create up to 1,000 categories and subcategories
  • Organize with up to three nesting levels
  • Categories appear in store navigation
  • Mobile displays show horizontal scrolling categories

Managing Categories:

  1. Access Pages panel
  2. Click Categories
  3. Enter category name
  4. Create subcategories using "..." menu

Squarespace page screenshot

Squarespace page screenshot

Vertical menu dots icon

Vertical menu dots icon

Category Settings:

  • Customize category names
  • Edit URL slugs
  • Enable/disable category pages
  • Control filter visibility
  • Add to main navigation

Category names in dropdown menu

Category names in dropdown menu

Black shorts on hanger

Black shorts on hanger

Additional Organization Tools

  • Tag Cloud Blocks for visual tag displays
  • Archive Blocks for text-based category lists
  • Image clickthrough URLs
  • Category linking in navigation
  • Drop-down navigation menus

Remember to maintain unique product descriptions and optimize SEO for better search engine visibility.

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