![]() NOTE: To upgrade your category and subcategory limit, contact our Support team to add the necessary module. If you've reached your limit, you will be notified the next time you attempt to create a new category or subcategory. You can add up to 2,000 categories and subcategories in Lightspeed Retail. Select the checkbox of the secondary category (categories) that you want to merge into the primary one.Click the primary category that you want to keep.Depending on if you want to rename, merge or delete categories, follow the workflows below:.From the main menu, click Inventory > Categories.If you want to add a subcategory, enter the subcategory Name under Add Subcategory, and then click + Add Subcategory.For example, if you have the branch Women > Clothing > Dresses, moving the Clothing branch also moves the Dresses subcategory. When you change its path, the structure of the branch that you’re moving is maintained. NOTE: You can change the category path for a category branch by selecting a different path. Enter/edit the Category Name, and then click Save.To add a new category, click + New Category. To edit or add to a category branch, click it.From the main menu, click Inventory > Categories.IMPORTANT: If you import products into Lightspeed Retail from a database that includes category information, the categories are automatically added to your Lightspeed Retail account. ![]() For more information on managing the visibility of products in your eCom store, refer to Managing product categories and to the eCom help article Creating categories. NOTE: If you have an eCom store, make sure to adjust the visibility of the new category via your eCom back office - to make the category visible (available) in your online catalog. For example, with a year of sales, you'd see how well products categorized as men's shoes are selling. ![]() Using categories gives more specific, in-depth results in your reports. Learning the differencesīecause Retail and OnSite were built separately from the ground up, there is a bit of a learning curve as you transition from one system to the other.You use categories to organize your items into groups and sub-groups. If Lightspeed is migrating your data: The Import Support team will coordinate an. Lightspeed Retail's cloud-based nature takes a lot of the worry and stress of maintaining your system off of your plate so you can focus instead on running your business. Once you have your data out of OnSite, the next step is to get it into Retail. ![]() All you need is your password and access to the internet to check up on your business.īecause you are accessing your Lightspeed Retail account through a web browser, your computer requirements are very lax (any modern computer that can access the internet will do), and you never need to worry about updating to new versions of the software, or about how those new versions will interact with your operating system. This means your information is not only safe and recoverable, it is also accessible from any of your devices on any network. Lightspeed Retail is cloud-based, meaning all of your business's information is stored on Lightspeed servers, which are secure and backed-up. While the risk of data loss can be mitigated by backing up your server, and there are ways to set up remote access to your server from another network, these workarounds are an additional layer of complexity that must be maintained. This comes with inherent risks and limitations, such as the potential to lose all of your data and an inability to access your information from elsewhere. OnSite is a server-based system, so all of your data exists on a server in your store. The biggest difference between OnSite and Retail is in where your information lives. ![]() That said, though they both bear the name Lightspeed, Retail and OnSite are different systems and sometimes satisfy your business needs in different ways. Migrating to Lightspeed Retail comes with many advantages to empower your business, and we'll be with you every step of the way to help ensure a smooth transition. ![]()
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