How to Categorize Products for Empik Marketplace

Understanding Empik Product Categorization

Empik is Poland's largest and most recognized cultural retail chain, with over 500 physical stores and a thriving e-commerce marketplace. Founded in 1948, Empik has evolved from a traditional bookstore into a comprehensive lifestyle retailer covering books, music, film, electronics, toys, art supplies, and more. Proper product categorization is essential for visibility in this trusted Polish marketplace.

The Empik marketplace uses a culture-focused taxonomy that organizes products by media type, genre, age group, and format. Unlike general e-commerce platforms, Empik's classification system emphasizes content categorization—books are organized by genre and author, music by genre and artist, and films by genre and format. Understanding this content-centric taxonomy is crucial for reaching Polish consumers who trust Empik for quality cultural products.

Manual categorization for Empik presents unique challenges due to the detailed nature of their content metadata requirements. Books need ISBN classification, genre tags, and author attribution. Music requires artist information, genre classification, and format specification. Our AI-powered categorization API handles these complexities automatically, ensuring your products are placed in the optimal categories for maximum visibility among Polish cultural consumers.

Empik Category Taxonomy System

Empik organizes its marketplace using a culture-centric taxonomy that reflects their heritage as Poland's premier cultural retailer. The taxonomy includes main categories for Books (Książki), Music (Muzyka), Film (Film), Electronics (Elektronika), Toys (Zabawki), and Art & Hobby (Sztuka i Hobby). Each category has deep subcategories for genres, formats, and target audiences.

The taxonomy follows Polish cultural conventions with modern e-commerce organization. For example, a fantasy novel might be classified as: Książki > Literatura piękna > Fantasy i Science Fiction > Fantasy > Polscy autorzy. This layered approach ensures products appear in relevant search results and genre browsing pages that Polish readers expect.

Popular Empik Categories

Empik regularly updates their taxonomy to reflect new releases, trending genres, and seasonal events. Our AI models are continuously trained on the latest Empik category structure, ensuring your products are always categorized according to current marketplace standards.

API Integration Guide

Integrating our Empik categorization API into your publishing or media workflow is straightforward. We provide RESTful endpoints that accept product information and return detailed categorization results including genre paths, format classification, confidence scores, and alternative categories optimized for the Polish market.

import requests

def categorize_for_empik(product_description, api_key):
    base_url = "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php"
    params = {
        "query": product_description,
        "api_key": api_key,
        "data_type": "empik"
    }
    response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
    return response.json()

# Example usage
result = categorize_for_empik(
    "Andrzej Sapkowski - Wiedźmin: Ostatnie życzenie - książka fantasy",
    "your_api_key_here"
)
print(f"Category: {result['category']}")

async function categorizeForEmpik(productDescription, apiKey) {
    const baseUrl = 'https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php';
    const params = new URLSearchParams({
        query: productDescription,
        api_key: apiKey,
        data_type: 'empik'
    });
    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}?${params}`);
    return response.json();
}

// Example usage
categorizeForEmpik('Słuchawki bezprzewodowe Sony WH-1000XM5', 'your_api_key')
    .then(result => console.log('Category:', result.category));

curl -X GET "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php" \
  -d "query=LEGO Star Wars Sokół Millennium 75192" \
  -d "api_key=your_api_key_here" \
  -d "data_type=empik"