How shelves work, and how to use them to organise your catalogue
How shelves work — and how to use them to organise your catalogue
Shelves are one of the most underused features on Vyete. Most shop owners add all their products to a single list and wonder why customers do not browse further than the first row.
Shelves are how you fix that.
What a shelf is
A shelf is a named group of products that appears as its own section on your shop profile. Customers scroll through your shelves the way they would browse sections in a physical store — and like a physical store, the way you organise the shelves determines what customers see first and how easy it is to find things.
You can create as many shelves as you need. A product can appear on more than one shelf. Shelves can be reordered at any time from your dashboard.
How to think about your shelves
The most useful shelves are the ones that reflect how a customer thinks, not how your stockroom is organised.
By intent: "New Arrivals", "On Sale", "Back in Stock" — shelves that answer the question "what's new or worth checking out right now?"
By category: "Dresses", "Bags", "Jewellery" — shelves that let a customer go directly to what they are looking for without scrolling through everything.
By occasion or use: "Office-ready", "Weekend casual", "Gifts under ₦5,000" — shelves that help customers who do not know exactly what they want but know why they are shopping.
Practical setup
Start with three or four shelves. You can always add more. Recommended starting point:
- A "New Arrivals" or "Just landed" shelf — keep this to your most recent ten products
- One or two category shelves based on your main product types
- A "Bestsellers" shelf — your top five or ten products by sales or customer interest
Pin your most important shelf to the top so it is the first thing a customer sees when they land on your profile.
What to avoid
Do not create a shelf for every product type if you only have a few items in each. A shelf with one or two products looks sparse and draws attention to a thin catalogue. Group smaller categories together or leave those products in the main listing until you have enough to justify a shelf.