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# Location Types

Location types act as templates that determine how all locations of a certain type interact with a site. Location types typically represent each distinct type of location you use to sell products, but does not represent a discrete address associated with an individual location. You can associate a location with any number of location types.

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## Example

For example, you own the Max Apparel brand that includes multiple locations. You create the following associations between each location and location type:

| Location Type         | Locations |
| --------------------- | --------- |
| Max Apparel Warehouse |           |

* Austin Warehouse
* Chicago Warehouse
* Dallas Warehouse

|
\| Airport Kiosk |

* DFW Kiosk
* ORD Kiosk
* AUS Kiosk

|
\| Third-Party Boutique |

* Eccentric Threads, Austin TX
* Out of this World Threads, Chicago, IL
* Outer Realm Threads, Dallas TX

|
\| Max Apparel Retail |

* Max Shoes, Austin TX
* Venici, Dallas TX
* Maxine, Chicago IL

|

## Create a Location Type

Before you can create locations, you must define location types. To create a location type:

1. Go to **System** > **Schema** > **Location Types**.
2. Click **Create New Location Type**.
3. Enter a **Code**.
4. Enter a **Name**.
5. Click **Save**.

For example, your business could include warehouses, physical retail locations, and kiosks that store sporting goods inventory. You create the following location types:

| Code | Name           |
| ---- | -------------- |
| KSK  | Kiosk          |
| ONL  | Warehouse      |
| PHYS | Physical Store |
| W    | Old Warehouse  |