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| Categories offer a way to give [[.:products|products]] additional behaviors that cannot be accomplished by product options alone. While it's probably best to take a look at the category settings in your admin, we'll briefly discuss the functionality that categories offer. | Categories offer a way to give [[.:products|products]] additional behaviors that cannot be accomplished by product options alone. While it's probably best to take a look at the category settings in your admin, we'll briefly discuss the functionality that categories offer. |
| * **[[.:emails|Email Receipts.]]** Email receipts can be generated on a per category basis, and different emails can be configured for customers and for admins. So, if you had a conference registration category but also sold books and CDs, you might want a transaction that included a conference registration to send an email to a store admin (the conference registrar); or to send an extra email to the customer with a schedule and link to the hotel; or to send both emails (as they can be configured independently). | * **[[.:emails|Email Receipts.]]** Email receipts can be generated on a per category basis, and different emails can be configured for customers and for admins. So, if you had a conference registration category but also sold books and CDs, you might want a transaction that included a conference registration to send an email to a store admin (the conference registrar); or to send an extra email to the customer with a schedule and link to the hotel; or to send both emails (as they can be configured independently). |
| * **Default Weight Values.** These default values can be overridden by explicitly setting the ''weight'' product option, but if you have a category for "Shirts" you could set the default weight to 0.5, while you have another category for "Paperweights" with a default weight of 3. That way you wouldn't have to explicitly set the weight on every product's add-to-cart link or form. | * **Default Weight Values.** These default values can be overridden by explicitly setting the ''weight'' product option, but if you have a category for "Shirts" you could set the default weight to 0.5, while you have another category for "Paperweights" with a default weight of 3. That way you wouldn't have to explicitly set the weight on every product's add-to-cart link or form. The default for new stores is lbs. but this can be changed to kgs. in the category. |
| * **[[.:taxes|Taxes.]]** Taxes must be set at the category level. This allows you to have certain products taxed differently from others, which can be useful in a variety of situations. | * **[[.:taxes|Taxes.]]** Taxes must be set at the category level. This allows you to have certain products taxed differently from others, which can be useful in a variety of situations. |
| * **[[.:shipping|Shipping and Handling Fees.]]** Categories can set specific handling fees, as well as shipping methods. | * **[[.:shipping|Shipping and Handling Fees.]]** Categories can set specific handling fees, as well as shipping methods. |
