The Product collections tab
The Collections tab on the product page shows which collections the product belongs to, and lets you create new ones or connect the product to existing ones. Use it when you want to show related products, colour variants as separate products or a Shop the Look on this product.
Availability
Products › Products › [product] › Collections. Start from Products › Products.
- The tab has a small badge with the text "New".
- You only see it when the store uses a theme from the design builder, and collections are activated in your store.
- Collections are not available in all stores yet. If you do not see the tab, it is not turned on for your store. Contact support.
Five types
When collections are activated, the five types are on the left in the tab, as folders you open and close. Each folder shows how many collections it has. Click a collection, and it opens on the right with the products in a table.
Type | What it is | On the product |
|---|---|---|
Product variations | Products that are variants of each other, for example colours. All products in the collection show each other. | Connect a connected collection |
Related products | Suggestions for products that go with this one. | Create Related Product |
Shop the Look | A look built from products that can each be added to the cart. | Create Shop the Look |
Custom | A local collection that only belongs to this product. You choose the display type yourself. | Create local collection, Import collections |
Global | A shared collection you connect to many products. | Connect global collection |
You do not create or edit Product variations and Global collections here. They apply to many products, so you create them under Products › Product collections. The folders have the link Manage collections to that page.
You edit Related products, Shop the Look and Custom right in the tab: Settings for name and display type, Add products and AI tools above the product table. Read Product collections — creating and managing on a product.
⚠️ Product variations make the product a variant of all the others
If you connect the product to a Product variations collection, it becomes a member of the collection and shows on all the other products in it.
Rules you may run into
- One related collection per product. When the product has one, the Create Related Product button is hidden.
- One product variation per product. A product can belong to at most one Product variations collection. When it has one, Connect a connected collection is hidden.
- Shop the Look needs the Smart plan or higher. See below.
ℹ️ Requires Smart
Shop the Look is part of Smart and Plus. On lower plans, you see a lock instead of the create button. Existing Shop the Look collections stay in the online store. You can keep or delete them, but you cannot edit or copy them.
Showing the collection in the online store
The collections in the tab do not show in the online store by themselves. The Product collections block must be on the product page in the design builder, set to the same group as the collection. Read Showing product collections on the product page.
Saving
The collections are not saved with Save changes. The collections are saved separately, with the buttons in the tab. You must create a new product before you can make collections on it.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I not see the Collections tab?
Collections are not available in your store yet, or the store does not use a theme from the design builder. Contact support.
How do I activate a collection on the product?
You connect the collection to the product in this tab: Connect global collection for Global, Connect a connected collection for Product variations. You create Custom, Related products and Shop the Look directly on the product. Then the Product collections block must be on the product page in the design builder. Only Mystore can turn on the feature itself. See Product collections — overview and activation.
What is the difference between Product variations, Related products and Global?
Product variations link products that are variants of each other. Related products suggest other products that go with this one. Global is a shared collection you reuse on many products. See Product collections — creating and managing on a product.
How do I show colour variants as separate products?
Create a Product variations collection under Products › Product collections, and add the products to it. If you have used Related products for this, you can convert them with Convert to product variations. Read Product collections — turning related products into product variations. The variants in the Variants tab are something else: they are on one product. See The Variants tab.
Why can I not create Shop the Look?
It needs Smart or Plus. On lower plans, you see a lock instead of the button.
Why is the button for related product or product variation missing?
The product already has one. Each product can have one related collection and at most one product variation.
What happens to my old related products?
They move to collections in the background when collections are activated. This cannot be undone. See Product collections — overview and activation.
See also
- The product page — overview
- Product collections — overview and activation
- Product collections — creating and managing on a product
- Related products
- The Variants tab
- Product bundles on the product page