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    • Getting Started
    • O2VEND Store
      • My Stores
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      • Initial Store Setup
    • Dashboard
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    • Orders
      • Quotation
      • Sales Order
      • Purchase Order
      • ActiveCarts
    • Vouchers
      • Sales
        • Manage Sales
        • Create Sales Invoice
        • Cancel Sales Invoice
        • How to create GDN(Goods Delivered Note)
        • How to add lot for products in GDN
        • How to view sales details
      • Purchase
        • Manage purchase
        • Create Purchase Invoice
        • Cancel purchase Invoice
        • How to create GRN(Goods Received Note)
        • How to add lot for products in GRN
        • How to print a barcode label in purchase
        • How to view purchase details
      • Credit Notes
      • Debit Notes
      • Receipt
      • Payment
      • Journal
      • Contra
    • Inventory
      • Manage Stocks
      • Stock History
      • Print Barcode Label
      • Delivery Challan
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      • Stock Transfer
      • Stock Take
    • Catalog
      • Set Up Products
        • General
        • Variations
        • Attributes
        • Stock Levels
        • Pricing
        • SEO
      • Product Categories
      • Product Brand
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      • Price List
      • Bulk Product Price update
      • Bulk Product Updates
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        • Sales Order Summary
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        • Sales Order Pending Item Summary
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        • Stock Summary
        • Location Summary
        • Stock/Location Summary
        • Reordering Stock Summary
        • Stock Valuation Summary
      • Products
        • Sold Product Categories
        • Category Product Return
        • Product Sale Summary
        • Product Seasonal Demand
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        • Sales Report
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        • Sales Summary
        • Purchase Summary
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        • Sales Items Summary
        • Daily Settlement Report
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      • Miscellaneous Reports
        • Output Detailed Tax Report
        • Output Tax Report Summary
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        • GSTR-1 Report
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        • Print Barcode Label Settings
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        • How to search products in Sales Screen
        • How to add products quickly to the Cart
        • How to add serial and lot number
        • How to Print sales bills in POS
      • Receive Payments (Receipts)
      • Delivery
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      • Examples of JSON format data via webhook
      • Testing webhook

    Product Categories

    Product categories are used to group products in a logical and meaningful manner, making it easier for customers to find and browse products on a website. They are often used to organize products by type, function, or use case, and they can be used to create a hierarchical structure for the website.

    In O2VEND eCommerce, product categories can be created and managed in the back-end system, typically by selecting the option to create a new category. Once a category is created, products can be associated with it by selecting the appropriate category when creating or editing a product.

    Product categories are also used in online sales, by providing customers with a more organized and easy to navigate website, it can help to increase sales and customer satisfaction. Additionally, they can also be used in reports, as they can provide valuable insights into which products are popular and how they are being used by customers.

    Create Category

    Create a new category along and choose products grouped under it.

    How to create a Category

    1. Open Back Office.
    2. Go to Catalog Menu.
    3. Click and open Categories section.
    4. Click Create Catagory button in the top right corner.
    5. Enter all needed details and press Save button to create a new category.

    General

    Name

    Enter Name of the category.

    Available in Web store (Online)

    When Available in Web store (Online) is enabled, the category will be shown in the categories menu on the web page (based on Theme).

    Warning

    Search in the Web store will only search for products mapped to one of the categories for which Available in the Web store (Online) is enabled.

    Is Published

    When Is Published is enabled, the category becomes active. A not published category is considered an inactive category and considered as a draft.

    Description

    Describe the category. O2VEND suggests having a detailed description of the category.

    Parent Catagory

    Select an already existing category as Parent Category for the new category getting created.

    Tip

    Select Patent category as Top if there is no parent category for the new category.

    Display order

    Some of our themes use Category display order to display the Categories menu in ascending order.

    Tip

    Setting up display orders with same numbers for multiple categories - allow the themes to display categories menu by default order.

    Meta Tags

    Fill in the Meta Tags details. See Meta Title, Meta Description and Meta Keyword for more information.

    Category Image

    Upload category image here. It will be useful for category widgets.

    Banner Image

    Upload banner image here. It will display on the top of the category page on the website.

    Show Banner

    Banner will be display only the show banner is "TRUE". If it is false, it will not display.

    Products

    Products

    Add products into the category.

    Edit Category

    Edit existing categories with all details.

    How to edit a category

    1. Open Back Office.
    2. Go to Catalog Menu.
    3. Click and open Categories section.
    4. List of already existing categories will be shown.
    5. Click Category Name against the category to be edited.
    6. Update all the details as needed.
    7. May also update the category display order in the categories.

    Sub category

    Sub category list of this category is updated in this section.

    Specification

    In this section, add the product information about the wash care, size chart and return policy details.

    SEO

    In this section, add the URL slug name, meta title, meta keyword and meta description of the categories.

    Category SEO URL Slug:

    Slug is part of a URL that comes at URL ends it representing a particular page of a website. By default, the URL slug name took from the category name. Admin and SEO managers can change the slug name. Ensure that the slug URL field does not require the addition of specific numbers, special characters and unnecessary words.

    How to create SEO URL Slug

    1. open the SEO tab.
    2. Enter the category SEO URL slug name.

    An example is the URL "https://o2vend.com/categoryname-keyword/" where the slug is "categoryname-keyword".

    HTML Content

    Enter details in HTML content. The administrator can write content about their category on the category detail page. Use pictures, different fonts, colors to create the layout of the page.

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