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How to Add Products to a Manual Collection on Shopify

Last updated: August 01, 2024

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In the previous post, I have shared with you the main difference between an automatic collection and a manual collection, and also the way to create a manual collection. In this post, I will guide you how to add products to a manual collection for your Shopify store.

Before we start, there is one importain thing that you will need to remember is that individual variants of a product cannot be added in a manual collection. Instead, you will add an automatic collection in which the conditions based on the titles of variants.

How to add products to a manual collection

Step 1: Open collection list

Go to the Shopify page, and then log in. Next, choose Products and then select Collections.

Step 2: Choose a collection

In the Collections screen, you can view all your collection. Choose the one which you want to add more products by clicking on the name of it.

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Step 3: Click Add products

Scroll down to find the Products section. When you have found it, click Add products to add more products to your collection.

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Step 4: Choose products to add

When you click on the Add products box, a drop-down list will appear. Click the product that you want to include in your collection.

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Step 5: Save colleciton

To save your changes, click the Save button.

To add products to a manual collection on iPhone (Click here)

Step 1: After entering your Shopify page, select the Collections which is in the Products section.
Step 2: Tap the collection that you want to add products in the collection list.
Step 3: Tap Edit to make a change to this collection
Step 4: You will see the Products section near the bottom of your screen, tap the Edit button. In the case which your collection hasn’t had any products yet, instead of Edit, you can tap Add products.
Step 5: Tick all the products which you want to have in your collection.
Step 6: Once you have done selecting the products tap Done to add them to your collection
Step 7: After you have returned the collection details screen, tap Save to save your changes.

To add products to a manual collection on Android (Click here)

Step 1: From your Shopify page, select the Collections to view all the collections.
Step 2: Tap the collection which you want to add more products.
Step 3: Tap the pencil icon to make a change to this collection
Step 4: You will see the Products section near the bottom of your screen, tap the pencil icon again. In the case which your collection hasn’t had any products yet, you can tap Add products.
Step 5: Select the products which you want it to be added to your collection.
Step 6: Once you have done selecting the products, tap the check mark to add them to your collection.
Step 7: Tap Save to save your changes when you have returned the collection details screen.

Summary

The above instruction is the detail steps on how to add products to a manual collection on your Shopify store using Desktop, iPhone, and Android. I hope that this brief tutorial could support you in managing your Shopify manual collection.

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Sam Nguyen

Sam Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Avada Commerce, an e-commerce solution provider headquartered in Singapore. He is an expert on the Shopify e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Sam loves talking about e-commerce and he aims to help over a million online businesses grow and thrive.