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title: How to Add Categories on Olitt Shop
description: Custom Categories and Sub categories can be added on Olitt Shop from the Olitt dashboard. Categories are called Taxonomies and Subcategories are called Taxons. To add Taxonomies and Taxons successfully, follow the steps below 1. Log in to Olitt 2.…
url: "https://help.olitt.com/docs/how-to-add-categories-on-olitt-shop/"
updated: "2025-10-21"
category: Shop
tags:
  - categories
  - category
---

# How to Add Categories on Olitt Shop

Custom Categories and Sub categories can be added on Olitt Shop from the Olitt dashboard. Categories are called Taxonomies and Subcategories are called Taxons.

To add Taxonomies and Taxons successfully, follow the steps below

1. Log in to Olitt

2. Navigate to your Shop hover over it, click **Manage Shop** button. Alternatively, click **Site Actions** then **Manage**

3. Click **Orders** link. This will automatically login to a different dashboard where more configurations can be set

![](https://help.olitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-from-2025-10-21-13-37-47-1024x303.png)

4. Go to **Products >> Taxonomies**. Click **Add Taxonomy** to add a Category

5. To add Sub-categories, click on the Edit button next to your **Taxonomy**, and click **Add a new Taxon**