Under the templates section, you can map your WooCommerce product categories with the Shopee and Lazada categories (in their respective dashboards). You map your products using the concept of ‘Category Templates’ and ‘Profiling’.
What is a Category Template?
A category template helps organize WooCommerce products for bulk uploads to marketplaces. By selecting appropriate category paths and inputting specific product attributes, you can streamline the upload process for multiple products. This method reduces the hassle of manual uploads and ensures that products are categorized according to marketplace requirements.
Increased visibility on marketplaces, is one of the many advantages of categorizing products properly.
You cannot upload products to Shopee or Lazada without using the category templates
Creating a New Template
To initiate the creation of a product template, begin by clicking on “Create new template.” You will be redirected to a new page with the following options to fill in:
A. You can search for a product title by using the ‘Search Product Custom Fields and Attributes’ block
B. Input your targeted WooCommerce category which you want to map
C. Now, keep on picking the categories for Shopee or Lazada until you reach the right root category.
For example, you select the home and living as the WooCommerce store category for the bedsheet product. Next, you will have to map it to the Shopee product category. Select ‘bedding,’ followed by ‘bedsheet, pillowcase & bolster cases’.
D. For Shopee and Lazada, once you’re done finalizing the categories, you’ll need to put in the general and options attributes in their respective blocks as explained above.
E. Once done with all the fields click Save Profile and your new template will be created.
F. For Shopee and Lazada, once you’re done finalizing the categories, you’ll need to put in the general and options attributes in their respective blocks as explained above.
G. Once done with all the fields click Save Profile and your new template will be created.