# Categories

**Categories** can be used to **sort your products** according to their **respective criteria**.

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[Featured Category](/en/products/categories/featured-category.md)
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For example: 

On your website, you **sell gadgets** and **clothes**. So you can **create clothing categories** and **gadgets** on your website.

**Categories** can also be used for you to **organize your products** on the **homepage** of your website. You can refer tutorial on Category Products :

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[Category Products](/en/products/categories/category-products.md)
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## Setup Categories

1\. Log in to your Commerce account and click on **Products** -> **Categories**

2\. Next click on the **Add category** button

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3\. Later, the display will appear as below and you can enter the name of the category you want. (Example: Gadget) When done you can click the **Save** button. (Make sure the category is **Published**)

![](/files/IWgY1peyW9Pc695NJiKY)

The categories setup on your website is completed. 

## Upload products into categories

Before you continue this tutorial make sure you **have added your product first** and **save the product.**

1\. On the Categories page, you **click on the category that you just created in the previous step**.

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2\. Next you will be taken as shown below. You need to click on **Category products**

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3\. After you click the Category products you can click **Select product** and **enter the product you want to be in the category**.

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## Arrange the products

If you want to **arrange** your products so that they look neat. 

You need to click on the category that you set to be **displayed on your homepage** as well as the one that contains all your products and go to the **Category products** section.

1\. To sort products you can **drag the arrow button** to sort your products.

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**You can see the results on the homepage of your website.**


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