Use this template to design a multi-level product taxonomy for your e-commerce catalog. Start with L1 categories derived from actual product data. Build depth (L2 through L4) based on how customers search and filter. Do not start with organizational structure or inherited category names.
| Principle | Description | How to Validate |
|---|---|---|
| Data Over Opinions | ||
| Depth Over Breadth | ||
| Ingest-Ready Structure | ||
| Platform-Native |
| L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | SKU Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check | Count | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Categories derived from SKU data | ||
| L3/L4 depth supports filtering | ||
| Structure supports CSV bulk import | ||
| External IDs assigned for all categories | ||
| URL fragments unique and clean | ||
| SEO metadata populated |