Company hierarchy

Understand how company hierarchy works.

Your company hierarchy shows the structure of the sites in your company. The following list represents the hierarchy and relationships between a company, its sites, product catalogs, and categories.

• Company—The highest level of an organization. A company can have one or more sites.

• Site—An internet address or website. A company can have one or more sites. A site typically has one catalog.

• Catalog—A collection of products that are organized into categories for a store. A catalog typically has multiple categories.

• Price List—A site can control the pricing of products in a catalog with a price list. Pricing for a product is available in the resource fields of the Products resource.

• Category—A category is a class of products in a store. Categories can be nested; that is, they contain a hierarchy of categories. The Commerce API provides access to categories with the Categories resource.

• Products—A site implements a catalog of products. You can add products to one or more categories. A category typically has multiple products. The Commerce API provides access to products with the Products resource.