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What is an eCommerce site, really?
Apart from the pieces that actually process the order, there are basically two facets to your store catalog: the categories and products they contain. The categories define the structure, or navigation, of your site. Every category needs a unique code. If your site needs subcategories, you assign a "parent" to the group of categories you wish to place them under (these are then the "child" categories). By default, every category is a parent.
Unfortunately, a default Merchant store does not support importing category data directly. If you have a large store to create from scratch or update, you have three options:
1) Invest the time of you or your developer to it by hand, one category at a time in Merchant's admin
2) Invest $175 in StoreMan from Phosphor Media, a great desktop program that allows you to manage your data easily.
3) Invest about $99 in OpenUI which adds the ability to import category data and MUCH more.
I will assume from this point on you have done either option 2 or 3. If you are looking for help for option 1, feel free to contact me.
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