Answers.Body: <p>Product Types are really for the content of the fields and field layout of each product plus basic options for things like tax/shipping category defaults.</p>
  
  <p>For full categorization in menus and site structure, we recommend putting a category field on all products.</p>
  
  <p>For example you might have a category field names 'department' which you put all products into.</p>
  
  <p>You then could show all products related to that category: <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category</a></p>
  
  <p>Let me know if you need more guidance in the comments.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Luke, with some experimenting and reading around I decided to try the categorisation option.  At the moment i'm putting ALL bags and scarves into a Product Type called "Bags and Scarves" but the Variations are confusing because a bag and a scarf clearly don't have any similarities! :(  I haven't got as far as templating yet.
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Answers.Text: Just thought... I should create a 'Type' each for scarves and bags and use the categories to do the sorting.  I'll stop thinking out loud now...
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Body: <p>I've just started using craft Commerce. What's the accepted way to categorise products? For example, i’m trying to replicate this structure:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Bags and Scarves (shows all products in this category)
  
  <ul>
  <li>Hand Bags (shows just hand bags)</li>
  <li>Overnight Bags (shows just overnight)</li>
  <li>Purses (shows just purses)</li>
  <li>Scarfs (shows just scarfs)</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>Hair Accessories (shows all accessories)
  
  <ul>
  <li>Hair Bands (shows just hair bands)</li>
  <li>Hair Clips (etc)</li>
  <li>Brushes (etc)</li>
  <li>Combs (etc)</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>Hair Care Products (shows all hair care ‘HERO’ products)
  
  <ul>
  <li>Product with variations</li>
  <li>Product with variations</li>
  <li>Product with variations</li>
  <li>Product with variations</li>
  <li>etc</li>
  <li>etc</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>Jewellery  (all jewellery, no sub cats)</li>
  <li>Gift Vouchers
  
  <ul>
  <li>£10</li>
  <li>£20</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I can’t see how product types would work?  I added the top level as if they were “departments” but the front end doesn’t show these?</p>
  
  <p>Any help and code examples appreciated to get me going.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
Tags: <plugin-craftcommerce><categories>
Title: Craft Commerce Categories and Product Types
ThreadText: # Craft Commerce Categories and Product Types
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-19)
  
  I've just started using craft Commerce. What's the accepted way to categorise products? For example, i’m trying to replicate this structure:
  
  * Bags and Scarves (shows all products in this category)
    + Hand Bags (shows just hand bags)
    + Overnight Bags (shows just overnight)
    + Purses (shows just purses)
    + Scarfs (shows just scarfs)
  * Hair Accessories (shows all accessories)
    + Hair Bands (shows just hair bands)
    + Hair Clips (etc)
    + Brushes (etc)
    + Combs (etc)
  * Hair Care Products (shows all hair care ‘HERO’ products)
    + Product with variations
    + Product with variations
    + Product with variations
    + Product with variations
    + etc
    + etc
  * Jewellery (all jewellery, no sub cats)
  * Gift Vouchers
    + £10
    + £20
  
  I can’t see how product types would work? I added the top level as if they were “departments” but the front end doesn’t show these?
  
  Any help and code examples appreciated to get me going.
  
  Thanks
  
  **Tags:** plugin-craftcommerce, categories
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-19. Score: 1
  
  Product Types are really for the content of the fields and field layout of each product plus basic options for things like tax/shipping category defaults.
  
  For full categorization in menus and site structure, we recommend putting a category field on all products.
  
  For example you might have a category field names 'department' which you put all products into.
  
  You then could show all products related to that category: <https://craftcms.com/support/entries-related-to-category>
  
  Let me know if you need more guidance in the comments.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks username_1, with some experimenting and reading around I decided to try the categorisation option.  At the moment i'm putting ALL bags and scarves into a Product Type called "Bags and Scarves" but the Variations are confusing because a bag and a scarf clearly don't have any similarities! :(  I haven't got as far as templating yet.  
  > **username_0**: Just thought... I should create a 'Type' each for scarves and bags and use the categories to do the sorting.  I'll stop thinking out loud now...  
  
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