Product Categories and Metafields problem

Product Categories and Metafields problem

SlingIt
Visitor
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I've been migrating our store to Shopify, and overall am impressed with the product, but I'm having trouble with Shopify Taxonomy.  The product categories we sell largely don't have the right metaobjects associated to make the shopify categories fully work.  We sell Lacrosse equipment, and I'm seeing some categories have the metaobject for dominant hand which isn't a thing in our sport (I think they were thinking hockey), and some categories don't have the position metaobject where they need to be sorted by position.  I'd love to speak to the Shopify product manager for this area to get it sorted for other customers.  Support wasn't helpful. 

 

-Dan

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AryanPillai
Shopify Partner
11 0 3

The first step I recommend is creating custom metafields that better match your product taxonomy needs (e.g., adding "Position" instead of using irrelevant attributes like "Dominant Hand"). You can follow Shopify’s guide on creating and adding custom category metafields here:(https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/metafields/category-metafields)

Once you’ve set up your custom metafields, try using the Search & Discovery app to manage how they show up in filters on your storefront:(https://changelog.shopify.com/posts/storefront-filters-now-support-category-metafields)

This combo should help you clean up the product display and make filtering more relevant for your customers.

And if you are interested in using AI to help your customers find the products that are really suitable for them you can try my app (https://apps.shopify.com/debales-ai-chatbot).It can guide customers to the right gear based on their needs and would help ensure the right product suggestions reach your customers without needing them to sort through all the options.

Let me know if this setup works or of you need more help✌️.