Manage Product Types

In this guide, you'll learn how to manage product types in the vendor dashboard.

View Product Types

Product types are useful to group products by a general type, such as "Physical" and "Digital" product types.

To view product types in your store, go to Settings → Product Types. Here, you can see a list of all the product types you have set up. You can also search, filter, and sort the product types to find the one you are looking for.

Create Product Type

To create a product type:

1. Go to Settings → Product Types.
2. Click Create in the main section's header.
3. In the form that opens, enter a value for the product type in Value. For example, "Digital".
4. When you're done, click Create.

View Product Type Details

To view the details of a product type:

1. Go to Settings → Product Types.
2. Click a product type from the list.

This opens the product type's details page where you can also manage the product type.

Edit Product Type Details

To edit a product type's details:

1. Go to the product type's details page.
2. Click the three-dot menu in the first section's header.
3. Choose Edit from the dropdown.
4. In the side window that opens, edit the product type's value.
5. When you're done, click Save.

Manage Product Type's Translations

Product types can be translated to locales (languages) supported by your store. You can manage translations for an individual product type from its details page.

To manage translations for the product type:

1. Click the three-dot menu in the first section's header.
2. Choose Manage translations from the dropdown.
3. In the bulk editor that opens, view and edit translations for the product type's value in each locale supported by your store.
   • To edit text with multi-line support, double-click the respective cell to open a larger text area.
4. When you're done editing, click Save to apply the changes.

Manage Products in Type

You can manage the type of a product on the product's details page.

Manage Product Type Metadata

Metadata is custom data that can be associated with the product type in key-value pairs. This is usually used by developers for custom integrations or to store additional information about the product type.

To edit the product type's metadata:

1. Click the arrow icon in the Metadata section.
2. In the side window that opens:
   • Manage the key-value pairs in the table.
   • To add a new row of key-value pairs before or after a row:
     • Hover over the row and click the three-dot menu at its end.
     • Choose Insert row above or Insert row below from the dropdown.
   • To delete a row of key-value pairs:
     • Hover over the row and click the three-dot menu at its end.
     • Choose Delete row from the dropdown.
3. When you're done, click Save.

Delete Product Type

Deleting a product type is irreversible.

To delete a product type:

1. Go to the product type's details page.
2. Click the three-dot menu in the first section's header.
3. Choose Delete from the dropdown.
4. Confirm by clicking Delete in the pop-up.