# Creating a Product Group

https://docs.wisecp.com/es/creating-a-product-group

Creating a Product Group gives you a separate catalogue section, apart from Hosting, Server, Software, and International SMS. It has its own categories, products, and settings.

## Opening the Screen

Open **Product Management** in the sidebar, pick **Product Groups**, and click **Create New Product Group** above the list: `{admin}/products/group/add`

To change an existing group later, open its row's action menu on [Product Groups](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/product-groups) and choose **Edit**. The same form opens, filled in with the group's saved values.

## What Is on the Screen

A single form. A language tab strip runs above it: your site's default language is required. You can open or remove any other active language from the same strip.

## Fields

- **Title**: The group's name, shown to customers. Required in your site's default language.
- **URL Structure**: The web address for the group's catalogue page, one per language. Suggested from the title; you can change it.
- **Short Description**: A short line shown near the title. Optional.
- **Status**: Enabled or Disabled. A disabled group is removed from the catalogue, so customers can no longer find or buy any of its products through normal browsing.
- **Hidden**: Removes the group from menus and search while its page stays reachable by direct link.
- **Listing Template**: Box List or Horizontal List. Horizontal List adds a Columns builder for table headings, such as Price or Storage, that products will fill in later.
- **Group Color**: An accent colour for the group.
- **Group Icon**: A Bootstrap icon, or an uploaded image, shown next to the group's name.
- **Payment Gateways**: Optionally restrict this group's products to a set of payment methods, by choosing methods to enable or to disable. Leave both empty to use the site's defaults.
- **External HTML Code**: Custom HTML you can embed on the group's catalogue page. Optional; incomplete code can break the page. JavaScript and form tags are removed when you save. Embedded frames are kept only from Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Yandex Maps, YouTube and Vimeo.
- **Background Image**: A banner image shown at the top of the group's catalogue page. Optional.
- **Frequently Asked Questions**: A list of question-and-answer entries shown on the catalogue page, per language. Optional.
- **Search Engine Optimization (SEO)**: A search title, description, and an indexing switch for each language, at the bottom of the form.

## Tasks

### Creating the Group

1. Fill in the **Title**, at least in your site's default language.
2. Set any of the other fields you need, then click **Create** at the bottom of the form.
3. The group is created, and its own, empty product list opens so you can add categories and products.

### Editing a Group Later

1. Open the group's row menu on [Product Groups](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/product-groups) and choose **Edit**.
2. Change any field and click **Save Changes**; the group's address only changes if you edit its URL Structure.
3. An **Order Upgrades** option also appears once the group is saved, letting clients move up to a higher plan within it.

## Things to Watch

> **Only your own catalogue changes**
> 
> Creating a group here never changes Hosting, Server, Software, or International SMS. Those keep their own separate settings.

> **Addresses must be unique**
> 
> If the address you pick for a language is already used by another page, saving fails until you choose a different one.

## Required Privileges

Opening this screen to create a new group needs Edit (`PRODUCTS_GROUP_OPERATION`) on product groups. Opening an existing group to edit it only needs View (`PRODUCTS_GROUP_LOOK`); saving changes still needs Edit.

## Related Articles

- [Product Groups](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/product-groups)
- [Product Categories](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/managing-product-categories)
- [Creating a Product Category](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-product-category)