Preset Rules: Product Type
Product Type allows you to automatically tag your products in your Shopify store based on each product type.
If the product gets updated and the product type was changed, the tag will be updated to the new product type.
In this article
Edit and enable Product Type preset
- Select Presets tab in the Smart Tag Rules table
- For Product Type preset rule, click Edit
- Fill in the options available for Product Type preset rule
Note: See Product Type Options to learn about the options available.
- Check Enable rule checkbox to enable the rule
- Remember to click Save to keep changes or Cancel to discard changes
Product Type options
The following table shows the options available for Product Type preset rule:
Option | Description | Default | Required? |
Filter | Enable filter to only apply rule to selected products Learn more about the filter option. |
Disabled | No |
Prefix | Prepend each tag with the prefix. Leave blank if you don't want the tag to be prefixed with anything. Learn more about the prefix option. |
Empty | No |
Example
Tag product based on its product type
Edit and enable Product Type preset and your products will be automatically be tagged. It does not get any much easier than that!
The following table shows some examples of product types and the result tag.
Product Type | Tag |
Dresses | Dresses |
Blouses / Tops | Blouses / Tops |
Shirts | Shirts |
Prepend tag with a prefix
Prepending the tag with a prefix helps with organizing the tags in your Shopify store.
Using it lets you know the type of tag, differentiating it from other tags that the product might have.
Enable Product Type preset and set the Prefix option.
The following table shows some examples of product types and the result tag thats prepended with the prefix value "type-".
Prefix | Product Type | Tag |
type- | Dresses | type-Dresses |
type- | Blouses / Tops | type-Blouses / Tops |
type- | Shirts | type-Shirts |