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What is Categorify?

Categorify is an AI-powered Shopify app that automatically assigns product categories to your store’s products. It eliminates manual categorization work by processing products in the background—whether you’re adding new inventory, importing bulk catalogs, or updating existing products.

Why Product Categorization Matters

Proper product categorization is essential for your Shopify store:

  • Better discovery - Customers find products through category browsing and filtering
  • Store organization - Categories help you manage inventory and analyze performance
  • Search optimization - Correct categories improve search relevance
  • Platform requirements - Sales channels like Google Shopping require accurate categorization

The Manual Categorization Problem

Shopify’s product taxonomy contains over 10,000 categories. For stores with thousands of products, manually finding and assigning the right category becomes:

  • Time-consuming - Each product requires researching the taxonomy
  • Inconsistent - Different team members may categorize similar products differently
  • Error-prone - Easy to select wrong categories or miss updates
  • Unscalable - Doesn’t work for bulk imports or frequent inventory changes

Categorify automates this entire process.

How Categorify Works

Categorify uses AI to analyze your product titles and descriptions, then automatically assigns appropriate Shopify product categories. The app works in multiple ways:

Automatic Background Processing Enable automatic categorization in settings, and Categorify categorizes new and updated products as they’re created—with no manual action required.

Manual Categorization Trigger categorization directly from Shopify admin:

  • Categorize individual products from the product detail page
  • Select multiple products and categorize them together
  • Categorize all products in a collection at once

Multi-Language Support Categorify understands product descriptions in 50+ languages, making it ideal for international stores.

Custom AI Instructions Guide the AI’s decision-making with natural language instructions like “Prioritize material over style for clothing” or “Default to unlocked for phones unless specified.”

Key Features

  • Works silently in the background - Set it once, and it handles categorization automatically
  • Multiple categorization methods - Automatic webhooks, single products, bulk selections, entire collections
  • Credit-based pricing - Pay only for categorizations you use, with monthly credits and optional top-ups
  • Categorization history - Review past categorizations, filter by status, view detailed results
  • Status indicators - Visual feedback shows AI confidence levels (green = confident, yellow = best guess, gray = no match)
  • Seamless Shopify integration - Access directly from Products, Collections, and product detail pages

Who Categorify Is For

Store Owners managing their own inventory and tired of manual categorization work

Shopify Consultants managing multiple client stores who need efficient bulk categorization

Growing Businesses with expanding catalogs that make manual categorization impractical

International Stores with product descriptions in multiple languages

Getting Started

Ready to stop manually categorizing products? Install Categorify from the Shopify App Store and get started with a free trial. The app includes trial credits so you can test categorization on your actual products before committing to a paid plan.

Next Steps

Installation and Setup