Creating a collection by vendor in Shopify

This article describes how you can create a vendor collection so that products uploaded by vendors will show in the right collection.

Article Content

1. How to create collections for your vendors in Shopify (video recording)
2. How to sync your vendor collections in PuppetVendors
3. How to create a collection in Shopify

How to create collections for your vendors on Shopify (video recording)

You can watch this video recording for reference:

How to sync your vendor collections in PuppetVendors

1. In your merchant portal, go to Settings
2. Next go to the Users tab
3. Click Profile

4. Scroll down to the Vendor Collections Sync, tick the option to 'Automatically sync collections on Shopify based on vendors created or deleted on PuppetVendors'

5. This pop-up window will appear. Type in 'start collection sync' on the field provided and click OK.

6. The box will be ticked. Please click 'Save' to update your account with this change.

6. Once enabled, when you click on the Preview Page button on your vendor's profile, it will show you a preview of the collection for them.

Please note that once this option is disabled, the collections will no longer show from your Shopify store. You have the option to manually connect the vendor's profile to a collection by clicking the Connect Profile button on your vendor's profile.

How to create the collection in Shopify

1. In your Shopify store, go to Products > Collections and click the Create Collection button

2. A new window will appear. Fill out the collection name (ideally, by vendor name) and description for what is in the collection.

3. Under Collection Type, you can choose between 5.1 Manual or 5.2 Smart. If you choose 'Manual', this means you will manually upload the products in the collection. For Smart, you can automate the vendor's association to the product by using the tags. Once set, all existing and future products will show under the particular collection you created.

4. Please click the Save button to save your entries.

Updated on: 16/07/2025