# Attributes

> Set up the options your products come in — sizes, colours, fabrics — as attribute categories and attributes, then use them to build variants.

Product: NijeesWeb online store builder · Source: https://www.nijeesweb.com/docs/ecommerce/products/attributes · Updated 2026-10-06

Attributes are the options a product comes in. They are organised in two levels:

- An **attribute category** is the *kind* of option — *Women's Size*, *Colour*, *Fabric*.
- An **attribute** is one value of it — *XS*, *S*, *M*; *Red*, *Blue*.

You set them up once and reuse them on every product. The starter store includes *Men's Size*, *Women's Size* and *Wedding Collection*.

![Attribute categories](https://www.nijeesweb.com/marketing/img/docs/ecommerce/admin/attribute-categories-1200.webp "Attribute Categories: the kinds of option your products come in")

## Add an attribute category

1. Go to **Products → Attributes**. The **Attribute Categories** list opens.
2. Select **Add New**.
3. Enter a **Title**, such as *Shoe Size (UK)*, leave **Status** on **Active**, and select **Submit**.

> [!TIP]
> The title is what customers see above the options on a product page, so make it clear: *Size* is fine for one kind of product; *Men's Size* and *Women's Size* help when the two size runs differ.

## Add attributes to it

1. In the attribute categories list, select the **list** button on the category's row. Its attributes open.
2. Select **Add New**.
3. Check **Attribute Category**, enter a **Title** such as *UK 7*, and select **Submit**.
4. Repeat for every value.
5. **Drag the rows** into the order customers should see them — *S, M, L, XL*, not alphabetical.

![Attributes in a category](https://www.nijeesweb.com/marketing/img/docs/ecommerce/admin/attributes-1200.webp "The attributes of one category, in the order customers see them")

![Creating an attribute](https://www.nijeesweb.com/marketing/img/docs/ecommerce/admin/attribute-new-1200.webp "Create Attribute: choose its category and give it a title")

## Use them on a product

On the product form:

1. Open **Product Attributes** and pick the **Attribute Categories** this product varies by.
2. Pick the **Attributes** it comes in from each category's list.
3. Open **Product Variants**, choose **Multiple Variants**, and create one variant for each combination you sell.

See [Variants and stock](https://www.nijeesweb.com/docs/ecommerce/products/variants-and-stock).

## Common questions

### Can a product vary by two things, like size and colour?
Yes. Pick both attribute categories, and each variant gets one value from each — *Size: M, Colour: Blue*.

### I renamed an attribute. Do past orders change?
No. Orders keep the option names as they were when the customer bought.

### Can I hide an option for a while?
Set the attribute to **Inactive**. To stop selling one size of one product only, set that variant's stock to 0 instead.