What can you set for subcategories?
- Answer
A subcategory is a middle layer below your categories, such as Phone › Samsung. You create it once and tick the main categories it belongs under. The Subcategories feature costs €5 per month (excluding VAT).
- Where to find it
Point of sale and products > Subcategories (
/Subcategorieen), new with the Create button- Explanation
At the POS, after a main category you first see the subcategories as tiles, then the products. In the window you choose, per main category, which products fall in the subcategory. Those products also simply stay in the main category. Every combination of main category and subcategory (such as Phone › Samsung) gets its own number.
- Buttons and settings
Name What it does When to use it Note Subcategories Title of the tab and the window. The screen says: "A middle layer below your categories, such as Phone › Samsung. Create a subcategory once and tick the main categories it belongs under. At the POS, after a main category you first see the subcategories." For a menu with many products per category. Costs €5 per month. Create The button at the top right of the tab that opens the window. To create a subcategory. Subcategory First block of the window: "For example Samsung, under Phone and under Cases." Above the window it says: "One subcategory, under one or more main categories." Name The name of the subcategory, at most 100 characters. The counter is called Maximum number of characters. Always. The characters › and > are not allowed in the name: they already sit between main category and subcategory. Main categories "Tick where this subcategory belongs. Every combination gets its own number." Always; choose at least one. If you do not have a category yet, it says: Create a category first. Products For each ticked main category a block with the products appears (Choose products). Above the block is the number of the combination. To hang the products under the subcategory. 1 product How many products a combination has, in the overview. Save Saves the subcategory. Delete First asks Delete subcategory? and says: The products stay in the main category. Cancel Closes the question without deleting. - Messages
Message What it means What to do Give the subcategory a name. The name field is empty. Enter a name. Tick at least one main category. No main category has been chosen. Tick a category. The characters › and > do not belong in the name; they already sit between main category and subcategory. You typed one of those characters in the name. Remove the character. A subcategory with this name already exists. Tick the main category there. A subcategory with this name already exists. Open the existing subcategory and tick the extra main category there. This subcategory no longer exists. The subcategory has been removed in the meantime. Refresh the screen. - Related
What are subcategories and how do I create them?, What can you set for a category?
- How do I link a subcategory to multiple main categories?
- Where do I create a subcategory?
- What does the subcategories feature cost per month?
Keywords: subcategory, subcategories, middle layer category, phone samsung, category under category
Last checked: 2026-10-16
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