Setting Up Collections

POS Cafe builds your menu from Shopify collections, such as Hot Coffee, Tea and Food. This guide shows how to create those collections in Shopify admin. Once they exist, add them to POS Cafe on the Cafe Collections page.

Open the Collections page

1. Go to Collections. In Shopify admin, click Products → Collections.

2. Remove the default collection (optional). To remove Shopify’s default Home page collection, tick the box next to it, click the three dots at the top right, then click Delete collection.

3. Create a collection. Click Create collection, then follow the steps for a manual or automated collection below.

Creating a manual collection

In a manual collection, you choose each product yourself, from either the collection or the product page.

1. Name it. Enter a title for your collection and select Manual.

2. Choose where it’s sold. Click Manage next to Publishing and choose the sales channels where these products are sold, for example Point of Sale, plus Online Store if you use POS Cafe online ordering.

3. Save. Click Save at the top of the page.

4. Browse for products. Once the collection is saved, a Products box appears. Click Browse.

5. Add products. Search for the products you want, tick the box next to each, then click Add.

6. Set the order. Products appear in the Products box in the order they’ll be shown. To change it, set Sort to Manually, then drag the products into place.

Creating an automated collection

In an automated collection, Shopify adds products for you based on conditions you set. When a new product meets the conditions, it joins the collection automatically, and a product that stops meeting them is removed.

1. Name it. Enter a title for your collection and select Automated.

2. Set your conditions. For example, Product tag is equal to Coffee. Tags must match the tags on your products exactly.

3. Choose where it’s sold. Click Manage next to Publishing and choose the sales channels where these products are sold, for example Point of Sale, plus Online Store if you use POS Cafe online ordering.

4. Save. Click Save at the top of the page.

5. Set the order. Products appear in the Products box in the order they’ll be shown. To change it, set Sort to Manually, then drag the products into place.

Next step

Add your new collections to POS Cafe on the Cafe Collections page, then assign modifiers and prep areas to their products.