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Tips to improve your Product Category
The importance of a good Product Category

Alibaba.com’s search function favors properly categorized product postings in order to help buyers quickly find the products they are interested in.

  • Product Details section only appears after choosing a category. So choosing a correct product category is very important, which can lead you to provide proper product details.
  • Alibaba.com’s search function favors properly categorized product postings in order to help buyers quickly find the products they are interested in. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you correct your product details to get higher exposure to your target customers.
How to set a Product Category

1.Where to improve your Product Category?

 

 

2.How to Choose Product Categories

 

Choice 1: Select a product category from categories list.

 


Choice 2: Select a product category from "Recently Used Categories".

 


Choice3: Input a keyword to search and choose system recommended category.

 

 

3. Some tips for reaching your audience include:

1) Select the appropriate category: Consider selecting the system’s recommended categories after entering the product’s keywords

2) Avoid posting under “Others” if a suitable category exists

3) You may have a reference to the categories chosen by other suppliers by inputting the keyword in the search engine. Eg.

Or by going to the product detail page, and you will find the category listed in the top.

You may refer to a product with higher ranking and most relevant to your product descriptions.