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title: Configuring product page types
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-product-representations.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types/configuring-page-types/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

In the Kentico E-commerce Solution, **product types** are fully customizable page types used to create [products](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md) of multiple [representations](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-product-representations.md). Specifically, they define the structure of pages that are associated with [SKU](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-stand-alone-skus.md) (product) objects. Product types allow you to present products and services to your on-line store [customers](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/customers.md) on the live site. Same as any other page type, each product type can have its own:

- Fields (data structure)
- Editing form layout
- Transformations (design)
- Queries

And other properties.

Apart from product page types, there are also **[product section types](#working-with-product-section-types)**. They work the same way as [the Page (menu item) section type](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/managing-website-content/working-with-pages.md) when creating a new page. With product section types (or page menu items), you can easily define [the structureof your on-line store](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-products/configuring-product-structure.md) (product sections tree). You can split up your on-line store into multiple parts, creating a store hierarchy.

> **Note:** In the [product sections tree](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md) in the **Products** application, the system displays only page types designated as product page types, product section types and page menu items.

## Creating product page types

To create a new product page type:

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. Click **New page type**.
   - This redirects you to the page type [wizard](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types/creating-standard-page-types.md), which will guide you through the steps to create a new page type.

     > **Info:** If your website is developed with the MVC framework (ask your developers), you need to create a [content-only page type](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types/creating-content-only-page-types.md).
3. Switch to the **E-commerce** tab of the new page type and select the **Page type represents a product type** field in the **Page's relation to product** section.

   ![Editing a product type](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k12sp/configuring-product-page-types/editing_product_type.png "Editing a product type")
4. (Optional) In the **Default department** field of the **New product creation** section, you can select a department which is preselected when creating a new product of this type (can be changed later).

   > **Tip:** Use this setting when you want to, for example, [assign taxes to products](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-taxes/assigning-taxes-to-products-automatically.md) – the system automatically preselects the specified department.
5. (Optional) In **This page type represents**, you can select which type of products the product page type [represents](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/managing-product-representations.md). The value is then preselected when creating a new product of this type (however, the value can be changed).
6. Click **Save**.

The system creates a new product page type. When you create a new product, you can choose the created page type to represent the product.

### Limiting the pages users can create

You can limit page types that can be used for child pages of pages based on a specific page type.

To limit child pages according to the used page type:

1. Open the **Page type** application.
2. **Edit** () a product page type.
3. Switch to the **Allowed types** tab.
4. Click **Add page types**.
5. In the **Select page types** dialog, select all page types that you want to allow.
6. Click **Select**.

The system saves the selection and users will be able to use only the selected page types when creating a new page of the modified product page type.

> **Tip:** You can also limit page types that can be used for child pages based on the product tree structure of your online store. See more information in the next configuration step, [Configuring product structure](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-products/configuring-product-structure.md).

## Modifying and removing product page types

For modifying and removing product page types, use the same process as with [modifying or removing page types](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types.md).

## Working with product section types

The **Page (menu item)** section type is available with the system's installation, and is offered by default while defining the structure of your on-line store. You can also set up your own section types.

Product sections allow you to define [the structureof your on-line store](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-products/configuring-product-structure.md) (product sections tree). You can split up your on-line store into multiple parts, creating a store hierarchy. For example, under **Products -> Computers** you can create a **Tablets** section containing only tablets. Product sections can also be used to define the scope of [Catalog discounts](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/discounts/working-with-catalog-discounts.md), [Product coupons](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/discounts/working-with-product-coupons.md), and [Buy X Get Y discounts](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/discounts/working-with-buy-x-get-y-discounts.md).

### Creating section types

To add a new section type:

1. Open the **Page types** application.
2. Click **New page type**.
   - This redirects you to the page type [wizard](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types/creating-standard-page-types.md), which will guide you through the steps to create a new page type.
3. Switch to the **E-commerce** tab of the new page type and select the **Page type represents a product section** fieldin the **Page's relation to product** section.
4. Click **Save**.

The system create a new section type which you can now use for creating hierarchy of your on-line store.

### Modifying and removing section types

For modifying and removing product section types, use the same process as with [modifying or removing page types](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/creating-and-configuring-page-types.md).