# All Product Groups

Product Groups are simply collections of Products. Products are grouped into Product Groups for display purposes only.

Products can be are organized in one or more Product Groups. Product Groups are then referenced by Commerce Pages to display Products on your website:

- By associating a Product Group with a Catalog Page, you provide a Visitor with access navigate an entire hierarchy of Product Groups and their Products. If you then connect a Catalog Page to a Catalog Detail Page, you provide a Visitor with not only access to navigate an entire hierarchy of Product Groups and their Products, but also the ability to add any of the Products viewed into their Cart and place an Order securely.
- By associating a Product Group with an Order Form Page, you provide a Visitor with access to see the Product, as well as the ability to Add the Product to their Cart, checkout, and purchase the Product through your website.
- By associating a Product Group with a Shopping Cart or Express Order Page (Quick Add Product Group feature) you can display additional "up-sell" Products to a Customer before they checkout.

If you place any Products into Product Groups that are not referenced by a Commerce Page, then the Products will not be visible to your Visitors and considered unpublished.
WARNING: Catalog Pages are dynamic in nature, meaning that a single Catalog Page (and optional Catalog Detail Page) are capable of displaying your entire hierarchy of Product Groups and Products. You need to be sure when you move Products and Product Groups around in your Product Group hierarchies, that you are careful not to expose wholesale or unpublished Products to your other Customers accidentally.

## Creating Product Groups

Click "Create Product Group" to create a new Product Group.

## Moving Product Groups

Click on the Product Group Name to edit the Product Group and change it's Parent Product Group.

## Updating Product Groups

Click on the Product Group Name to add or remove Products and Product Groups from the Product Group.

## Deleting Product Groups

Click on the Product Group Name to edit the Product Group, then click "Delete" to delete the Product Group.
NOTE: Deleting a Product Group does not delete any children Product Groups, Products, or Commerce Pages. However, any Commerce Pages that reference the deleted Product Group will no longer display any Products and so they will need to be updated or removed as well.