What to do with products that differ only in color
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What to do with products that differ only in color
Five colors of one model – is that five product pages or one? The question looks technical, yet it shapes both how the catalog looks and how the pages rank.
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product page in most cases
By default
Why one product page is better
The shopper sees all variants. No need to search the catalog to find out whether the same model comes in another color.
No duplicate content. Five product pages with the same description compete with each other and dilute their ranking weight.
The catalog stays lean. A hundred models in five colors appear as a hundred items instead of five hundred identical ones.
Reviews in one place. They are gathered on a single page instead of scattered across five – and they work for conversion.
Exception
When to split them
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People search for the color separately
If "white kitchen" and "black kitchen" are separate queries with real demand.
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A significant price difference
When the variants differ in price several times over and confuse the price filter.
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Different specifications
If the color comes with a different material, set of contents or purpose.
Technically
What has to work
The photo changes with the selection. Pick blue and the gallery shows blue instead of the same shot for every color.
Separate stock levels. Each color has its own availability, otherwise you will sell something you don't have.
A correct feed. In Shopping ads each color is a separate item with its own ID and photo.
Is your catalog bloated with identical products in different colors?
We will merge the product variants without losing rankings and set up correct presentation in the ad feed.
