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Overview

This article will show you step by step how to assign marketplace categories to your products.  If you have not mapped products in CatchFeeder before we suggest reading the entire article first.


There are 2 options to assign a category to products

  1. Assign a Catch marketplace category to all products in a retailer category.  We call this Category to Category Mapping.
    1. This is the quickest option if your retailer categories are well aligned to the Catch category. For example if your retailer category from your ecommerce store is Food Processors you can assign the Catch category 'Electronics & Appliances > Appliances > Small Kitchen Appliances > Mixers & Food Processors > Food Processors' so that ALL products from your retailer category are listed there. 
    2. This DOES NOT WORK if your retailer categories are NOT well aligned to the Catch category. For example, if the retailer category is 'blenders' and contains a variety of products including food processors, stick blenders, handheld blenders then there is not a corresponding category on Catch that matches it. You should then assign categories to individual products.
    3. Create mapping rules - when you add new products to a category in your ecommerce store and a Catch marketplace category has been assigned in CatchFeeder we will import the new product and assign the category automatically so that the new product lists on Catch.
  2. Assign a Catch marketplace category to a product(s).  We call this Product to Category Mapping.
    1. If your retailer categories do not match Catch categories then you will need to assign categories to individual products.

Assign Catch marketplace category to a retailer category


  1. From the Dashboard, click Products - Catch - Needs category to list Tab.
  2. By default, you will see your retailer categories listed.
  3. If you are happy with the Suggested Catch marketplace category, click the check box.
  4. If the suggested category is not appropriate, click 'Choose Category'.
  5. On the Choose Category screen you can start typing by keyword to see the different options available or navigate the Catch category tree, or use suggested to choose. Once you have selected a category, click 'Save category'



Assign a Catch marketplace category to a product(s)


  1. From the Dashboard, click Products - Catch - Needs category to list Tab.
  2. By default, you will see your retailer categories listed. Click 'Products' so that you can view all individual products.
  3. If you are happy with the recommended Catch category, click the check box.
  4. If the suggested category is not appropriate, click 'Choose Category' or if you select more than one product click 'Choose a category to list in'.
  5. On the Choose Category screen can start typing by keyword to see the different options available or navigate the Catch category tree or suggested categories to choose a the best option. Once you have selected a category, click 'Save category'.
  6. Remember you can assign the same Catch marketplace category to more than 1 product by ticking the check box and clicking 'Choose a category to list in' at the top of the table. To find similar products, search by keyword first then select all.