Brand management in X-Cart is performed via the Brands page in the store’s Admin area.
To access the page, go to Catalog > Brands.
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The Brands page allows you to:
View existing brands
Search and filter brands
Enable or disable brands
Create new brands
Access the details of specific brands for viewing or editing
Delete brands
Change brand sorting order
Reading the brands list
The brands list provides quick access to key information about each brand available in the store.
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For every brand, the table may include the following information:
Pos. — The brand position value used for sorting brands in the storefront
Availability status — Indicates whether the brand is enabled (
ON) or disabled (OFF)Brand logo
Brand name — Brand name. The value is clickable. Clicking the link allows you to access the brand's detailed information.
Brand AAIA ID — The AAIA identifier associated with the brand
Products — The number of products currently assigned to the brand. The value is clickable. Clicking the product count opens the full list of products assigned to the brand.
Searching and filtering brands
The top section of the page contains tools for searching and filtering brands.
Available options include:
Search by brand — Searches brands by name
Availability status filter — Allows you to filter brands by status (Only enabled, Only disabled, Any availability status)
Advanced filters — Opens additional filtering options:
Product availability (Only with products, Only without products, Any status)
Brand AAIA ID (Assigned, Not assigned, Any status)
Pricing strategy (Any pricing strategy or specific pricing strategy name)
To apply filters, click Search.
Creating a new brand
See Adding brands.
Viewing and editing brand details
To view the details of an existing brand:
Go to Catalog → Brands.
Click on the brand name in the list.
If you need to edit any details, update the brand settings and save the changes.
Brand settings include:
Brand name: This is the only required field. Use it to specify the name of the brand.
Brand AAIA ID
Brand logo: Use this field to upload a logo image for the brand. The brand logo appearance will be affected by your Images Settings (Design > Images Settings).
Brand description: Provide brand description (will be displayed on the page of the respective brand).
Brand page title: Leave blank to use brand name as Page Title.
Meta keywords: Specify one or more brand-related keywords (will be used in the keywords META tag on the brand page (for SEO purposes).
Meta description: Specify a description (will be used in the description META tag on the brand page - for SEO purposes).
Clean URL: Set the brand page Clean URL (will be used for SEO purposes). The Clean URLs feature needs to be enabled. Note that you can adjust the format of clean URLs for brand pages in your store's config file.
"Select Your Vehicle" popup: Enables the "Select Your Vehicle" popup on the brand page.
"Your Vehicle Fitment Info" block: Enables the "Your Vehicle Fitment Info" block help for the brand.
Wheel & Tire Size filter: Enables Wheel/Tire Size filtering options on the brand page.
Categories block: Enables categories block on the brand page.
Products block: Enables products block on the brand page; can be disabled only when the categories block is enabled.
Enabling and disabling brands
Each brand has an availability status control displayed in the brands list.
Green status icon — Brand is enabled (
ON)Gray status icon — Brand is disabled (
OFF)
Disabled brands remain in the admin area but are hidden from customers in the storefront.
You can change a brand’s status:
Individually using the status icon;
In bulk using the mass action controls at the bottom of the page.
Managing brand positions
The Pos. column controls the sorting order of brands.
Brands with lower position values are displayed earlier in storefront brand lists.
To change the position:
Edit the value in the Pos. field
Click Save changes
Viewing products assigned to a brand
The Products column displays the number of products currently assigned to each brand.
Clicking the number opens the list of products associated with the selected brand.
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Deleting brands
To delete a brand:
Locate the brand in the list.
Click the trash icon.
Confirm the deletion.
Important: Deleting a brand removes the brand entity from the store, but does not delete the products previously assigned to that brand.
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