> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.exclusivo.one/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Collections

> Grouping products for your navigation and your campaigns.

Collections group products together. They're what your shop's navigation is
usually built from.

**Catalogue → Collections → New collection.** A name and a URL is all you need;
description, image and ordering are optional.

A product can sit in as many collections as you like. There's no "main" one.

## Where they show up

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Your navigation" icon="bars">
    The natural top-level menu once you've got more than a handful of products.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Their own pages" icon="grid">
    Each collection gets a page, with its own SEO settings.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The page builder" icon="table-cells">
    Point a product grid at a collection and it keeps itself current as you add
    things.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The API" icon="code">
    `GET /api/v1/products?collection=your-slug`
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Ordering

You can order products within a collection by hand. If you don't, they fall back
to your catalogue's default order.

<Tip>
  Worth doing for anything seasonal or campaign-driven. The first three products
  get most of the clicks, and the default order is rarely the three you'd have
  chosen.
</Tip>

## Give them their own SEO

Collection pages have their own title, description and share image under
**Storefront → SEO & social**. Left on the shop default, a collection page ends
up competing with your own home page in search results.

→ [SEO & social](/stashed/storefront/seo)

## Collections from an import

Imported catalogues bring their grouping with them — Shopify product types and
tags, Etsy sections. Re-running an import adds to what is there instead of replacing it, so
collections you made yourself don't get wiped.

→ [Importing a shop](/stashed/catalogue/import)

## Renaming one

Changing a collection's URL breaks the old one. Add a
[redirect](/stashed/storefront/redirects) at the same time if it's had any
traffic.