Tutorials / Architecture

Design a thin category

Keep navigation stable while product details provide the filters shoppers need.

Task-based catalog walkthrough

Tutorial outcome

What you will have after you design a thin category.

By the end, the category acts as a durable browse destination instead of a deep tree of colour, fit, use case and merchandising branches.

Working steps

Use the category for where shoppers browse, not for every possible product variation.

Category: Shirts

Let the product standard define the details that make products searchable and comparable.

Template: Shirt apparel

Use approved product details as filters rather than turning those choices into more category branches.

Filters: fit, colour, material, size

Next tutorial

Each tutorial covers one practical job, and together they take your team from product standards to channel delivery.

Define a product template

Create the reusable product standard that suppliers and channels can follow.

Add products to the catalog

Create products that follow an approved standard rather than carrying one-off data rules.

Prepare API delivery

Give storefronts, EPOS and connected systems the same approved product information.