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Example rules

Use these examples as starting points for your own category rules. For the complete list of options, see Available fields and conditions.

Create a Sale category​

To include every product with a sale price, check for sale prices at both the product and variant levels:

  • Sale Price — Exists
  • (Any) Variant Sale Price — Exists

Join the two conditions with OR, so a product only needs to match one of them.

Rule that includes products with a product or variant sale price

Create a New In category​

Choose the approach that matches how you define a new product:

  • Date Created — Less than X days ago: Products leave the category automatically when they become older than X days.
  • Date Created — On or after a specific date: Products created from that date onwards remain in the category.
  • ID — Greater than a specific product ID: Products with a higher ID are considered new.

Rule for products created within a set number of days

Create a Pushchairs category from SKU values​

If your product catalogue uses a consistent SKU format, match a meaningful part of the SKU. For example, if every pushchair SKU includes PSH, use SKU — Contains — PSH.

You can also use Starts with or Ends with, and add an exclusion condition when necessary.

Rule matching a value within a product SKU

Create a brand category​

BigCommerce provides brand listing pages, but a category can offer more flexibility. Use Brand with the appropriate matching condition to assign products from a particular brand.

Rule matching products from a specific brand

Create a Jewellery category from search keywords​

If you already use search keywords to organise products, match those values in a category rule. This example includes products whose Search Keywords contain Rings or Necklace.

Rule matching one search keyword

Rule matching either of two search keywords

Create a category from a custom field​

For Custom Field conditions, enter the custom field's name and select the operator. Add a value as well when the operator requires one. For example, you can check whether a carat custom field exists.

note

Changing a custom field does not trigger immediate category reprocessing. The scheduled process will pick up the change, or you can force product reprocessing.

Rule checking whether a custom field exists

Create an in-stock or out-of-stock category​

Use two conditions to include products based on stock:

  • Inventory Tracking: Check that tracking is set to Product or Variant.
  • Inventory Level: Compare the stock level with 0. Use the operator that matches whether you want in-stock or out-of-stock products.

The example below creates an out-of-stock category.

Rule matching products with inventory tracking and no stock