Collections & Sub Collections

Store Design
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Topic summary

A 4x4 club owner in Australia is struggling to create a nested collection structure for their merchandise store after working on it for 1.5 years. They need help organizing three main collections (Colour, Neutral, and Custom) with subcategories underneath—specifically wanting Hoodies and Tees under each, with the Custom Collection requiring an additional layer (Number Plates and Nicknames, each containing Hoodies and Tees).

Key Challenge:

  • Shopify doesn’t natively support sub-collections or nested hierarchies
  • The user has completed about half the site but is stuck on this structural issue

Proposed Solutions:

  • One responder offered to review the store and video description
  • Another mentioned recently completing a similar custom design for a client
  • A third suggested using the “FDL Breadcrumbs & Collections” app, which allows drag-and-drop collection structuring and auto-generates breadcrumbs for SEO

The discussion remains open, with the original poster considering whether to hire help or try the suggested app-based workaround.

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Hello,

I’m just about ready to give up on this whole idea of a website. I own and run a 4x4 club here in Australia, I’m wanting to sell Merchandise to the members. I’ve been trying to build this website with no understanding for the past year and a half. I have really tried and I’ve added all my products and have the home page how I like.

My problem is, I have collections and I’m wanting to do sub collections. I have three collections

*The Colour Collection

*The Neutral Collection

  • The Custom Collection

but within those three main collections I want

*The Colour Collection to have Hoodies and Tees then inside that I have the products related to that

*The Neutral Collection to have Hoodies and Tees

*The Custom Collection to have two sub categories which are Number Plates and Nicknames but within them another subcategory from Hoodies and Tees.

It may be confusing as I write it but I know nobody with any experience in this, I don’t mind paying someone to help but I don’t need the whole thing done as I’ve gotten half way through already. I’ve watched countless videos, I think I’m getting somewhere but then I’m back to square one again.

Can anybody please help me?

Thankyou kindly.

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Hi @Brooke92 ,

Please send me video description and store link, I will check it for you

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Hi @Brooke92

This is doable, we just recently done this design to our client. Let us know if your interested.

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Hi Brooke!
Totally get the frustration — Shopify doesn’t have native sub-collections, but there’s a way to mimic them by manually linking collections under a parent.

If you’re looking for a visual way to build nested collections, you might want to try this app:
:backhand_index_pointing_right: FDL Breadcrumbs & Collections

It lets you drag and drop your collection structure, and it auto-generates breadcrumbs too (great for SEO!).
Happy to help if you want to test it out or need setup tips.