> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kibocommerce.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Catalog Structure

Catalogs are at the core of your business: they list all the products you offer to shoppers and store details about every one of your products such as: name, price, product code, images, etc.

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  <Card title="Catalog Concepts" icon="book-open" href="/concept-guides/catalog" horizontal data-rec="concept-guide">
    Learn about product catalog architecture and management
  </Card>

  <Card title="Watch: Creating a Catalog" icon="circle-play" href="/video/create-a-new-catalog" horizontal data-rec="video">
    See how to create a new catalog in Kibo
  </Card>
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## Types of Catalogs

There are two types of catalogs:

* **Master Catalogs:** Specific to your tenant and contain all the products in your child catalogs that belong to them, which enables you to share products across all child catalogs.
* **Catalogs:** Specific to each of your sites or storefronts and only contain the products in them that you wish to sell in their associated storefronts.

## Catalog Example

Imagine that your business includes a brick and mortar store in Austin, a kiosk in San Antonio, and a website, and you sell the following products:

| Product    | Location Available       |
| ---------- | ------------------------ |
| Shirt      | Austin store and website |
| Pants      | Austin store and website |
| Skirts     | Austin store and website |
| Sunglasses | San Antonio kiosk only   |
| Bags       | Austin store and website |

Given this situation, you would configure your catalogs in the following way:

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/kibocommerce-59e68a4a/v_dzrGLoq2v4wGiy/img/catalog-structure.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=v_dzrGLoq2v4wGiy&q=85&s=f2827d30c9cf6ffe6c7766b5174042a8" alt="Diagram of a master apparel catalog and its child catalogs for a store, kiosk, and website" width="381" height="233" data-path="img/catalog-structure.png" />

| Catalog Name              | Catalog Type   | Description                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Master Apparel Catalog    | Master catalog | Includes all of your products, including all the shirts, pants, skirts, sunglasses, and bags you sell.                 |
| Austin Store Catalog      | Catalog        | Includes a subset of all your products. You only sell shirts, skirts, pants, and bags in your Austin store.            |
| San Antonio Kiosk Catalog | Catalog        | Includes a limited subset of the products that you sell at your kiosk. You only sell sunglasses at the kiosk.          |
| Website Catalog           | Catalog        | Includes a subset of all products that you sell online. You only sell shirts, pants, skirts, and bags on your website. |

<Card title="Developer Reference" icon="code" href="/developer-guides/catalog-admin-api" horizontal data-rec="developer-doc">
  See the Admin Catalog API documentation for programmatic access
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