Commerce Categories in Site Management Tools
This information refers to SuiteCommerce or the Vinson release of SuiteCommerce Advanced or later.
Before you can manage categories with Site Management Tools (SMT), first enable the Commerce Categories feature in NetSuite. For more information, see Enable Commerce Categories Feature.
Commerce Categories let you create a hierarchical structure of product categories, subcategories, and products so you can present a well organized catalog of products to your visitors. You can create Commerce Categories in NetSuite or in SMT. Any category management you perform in NetSuite is available in SMT, and any categories management you perform in SMT is also reflected on the commerce category record in NetSuite. Categories are presented to visitors on category and subcategory pages. When creating a category, you'll set key properties such as search engine optimization (SEO) settings for the category and subcategory page.
When managing categories through SMT, best practice is to limit the total number of categories to 1,000 or less. Categories in excess of 1,000 can impact performance.
Watch the following video for details about Commerce Categories in SMT.
For more information about commerce categories, see the following help topics:
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Commerce Categories – Details how to manage Commerce Categories in NetSuite.
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Commerce Category Import – Find out how to create categories, subcategories, and item assignments by CSV import.