Like most shopping carts we do use Categories, but with a couple major differences. In CartGT Categories belong to Departments. In this way, we can keep Categories manageable and easier to modify. Another difference is in CartGT you can have a sub-Category (also called child category) point to either brands or products within a Department. Why do that? Well sometimes there are so many products that fall into a category it is better to have the shopper narrow their selection by first choosing a brand before viewing the products.

For some reading this you may not understand what are Categories anyway? In CartGT Categories are used to allow shoppers another way to view products rather than by Brand. As example, if you were selling fishing lures besides showing the brand names on the menu you could use a category called: "Shop By Type" and then for sub-Categories have Freshwater Surface Lures, Freshwater Spinning Lures, Saltwater Lures, etc... This would allow shoppers who don't know, or care about brand names another way to find what they are looking to buy.

In CartGT each Department can have it's own unique Categories and sub-Categories that will help make shopping easier for your targeted audience.