Attributes are structured, reusable properties you attach to products — Material, Voltage, Weight Capacity, Color. They power on-site filtering and satisfy the per-category required fields marketplaces demand.

Creating attributes

Go to Catalog → Attributes and define an attribute with a name and type (text, number, select). For select types, define the allowed values.

Why marketplaces care

When you list into a marketplace category, that category often requires specific attributes (Amazon calls these product type fields). Clean attributes up front make listing mapping mostly automatic. See Listing mapping.

💡 Tip: Reuse attributes across products rather than inventing new ones per item.