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Topic summary
A user seeks to create custom product category metafields in Shopify rather than using the platform’s standard product categories or collections.
Initial Question:
- How to add new categories to the product category list with custom metafields
- Includes a screenshot showing the current category interface
Community Responses:
- One user provides Shopify’s official guide for adding category metafields
- Another clarifies that Shopify’s product categories are taxonomy-based (primarily for tax purposes) and suggests using Collections for product organization instead
Core Issue:
The original poster explains they need custom metafields because:
- Standard product variant metafields require translation across 10 languages (time-consuming)
- Translation tools like Localize don’t work with these fields
- Product exports fail to backup standard metafields properly
- They want metafields that function as variant selection criteria, not just additional display values
Status: The discussion remains open with no definitive solution provided for creating custom category-level metafields that avoid the translation and export limitations described.