Automate sports product listings on Sprinter with AI-powered taxonomy classification. Built for athletic apparel, footwear, fitness equipment, and outdoor gear sellers targeting Spain and Portugal's premier sports retail destination.
{
"product": "Zapatillas running trail",
"marketplace": "sprinter",
"category": {
"id": "RUNNING_CALZADO_TRAIL",
"path": ["Deportes", "Running", "Calzado", "Trail"],
"confidence": 0.96
}
}Sprinter has established itself as one of the Iberian Peninsula's most important sports retail destinations, operating over two hundred physical stores across Spain and Portugal while building a robust e-commerce presence that competes directly with major international sports retailers. For brands, distributors, and marketplace sellers looking to reach Spanish and Portuguese athletes and fitness enthusiasts, mastering Sprinter's product taxonomy represents a fundamental requirement for marketplace success.
The Sprinter taxonomy organizes athletic products across multiple dimensions simultaneously: sport discipline, product type, target user, and brand tier. This multi-dimensional structure reflects how Spanish consumers shop for sports products, often browsing by sport first and then drilling down into specific equipment or apparel categories. Understanding this navigation pattern proves essential for effective product categorization that maximizes discoverability.
Running products constitute one of Sprinter's largest and most competitive categories, requiring precise subcategorization that distinguishes between road running, trail running, and track specializations. Within footwear alone, the taxonomy separates neutral cushioning shoes from stability models, racing flats from training daily trainers, and approach shoes from technical trail runners. Apparel follows similarly detailed divisions, with compression wear, technical fabrics, and weather protection each receiving distinct category treatment.
Football dominates Spanish sporting culture, and Sprinter's taxonomy reflects this reality with extensive category depth for fútbol products. Football boots receive classification across multiple attributes including playing surface (firm ground, soft ground, artificial grass, indoor), position-specific designs, and brand technologies. The system distinguishes between professional-grade equipment and amateur alternatives, ensuring products reach appropriate audience segments.
Basketball, handball, volleyball, and other team sports each maintain complete category hierarchies covering footwear, apparel, balls, training equipment, and accessories. Sprinter shoppers expect to find complete equipment sets when browsing team sport categories, making comprehensive categorization across product types essential for brand visibility. Our API understands sport-specific terminology in Spanish and correctly maps products to their appropriate team sport classifications.
Fitness and training equipment has emerged as a major growth category for Sprinter, accelerated by home workout trends and increased health consciousness across the Iberian market. The taxonomy distinguishes between cardiovascular equipment (treadmills, bikes, ellipticals), strength training gear (weights, resistance bands, benches), recovery tools (foam rollers, massage devices), and fitness accessories. Proper categorization ensures fitness products appear alongside complementary items, enabling cross-selling opportunities that benefit both sellers and the platform.
Machine learning models trained specifically on athletic products understand sport discipline nuances and technical specifications.
Full understanding of Spanish sports terminology, including regional variations between Spain and Latin American product descriptions.
Cross-sport products correctly categorize across multiple disciplines, maximizing visibility to different athlete segments.
Automatic recognition of European sizing conventions for footwear and apparel, ensuring correct attribute mapping.
Understands sports brand hierarchies from premium performance to accessible athletic, placing products appropriately.
Automatic seasonal category suggestions for summer/winter sports, back-to-school athletics, and holiday fitness gear.
Sprinter has significantly expanded its outdoor and adventure offering in recent years, responding to growing Spanish interest in hiking, mountaineering, camping, and outdoor sports. The taxonomy for outdoor products requires understanding of technical specifications that casual categorization systems frequently mishandle. Waterproof ratings, insulation values, breathability metrics, and durability standards all influence proper category placement within the outdoor hierarchy.
Hiking footwear classification distinguishes between light hiking shoes, mid-cut boots, and technical mountaineering boots based on ankle support, sole stiffness, and intended terrain. Outdoor apparel categories separate base layers, insulating layers, and shell layers, with further subdivisions for activity type and weather conditions. Technical specifications embedded in product descriptions require parsing and interpretation to achieve correct taxonomy mapping.
Cycling represents another major category requiring specialized categorization intelligence. Sprinter's cycling taxonomy separates road cycling from mountain biking, gravel riding, urban commuting, and children's bikes. Each discipline maintains distinct equipment categories for bikes, components, accessories, and apparel. Our API recognizes cycling-specific terminology and correctly interprets technical specifications like groupset levels, wheel sizes, and frame materials.
Padel has exploded in popularity across Spain, becoming one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and a significant revenue driver for Sprinter. The padel taxonomy includes rackets categorized by player level, playing style (control, power, hybrid), and brand positioning. Padel-specific apparel, footwear, balls, bags, and accessories each require distinct categorization that recognizes the sport's unique requirements compared to tennis.
Tennis remains a core category with deep taxonomy structure covering rackets, strings, balls, court shoes, and technical apparel. Sprinter shoppers expect tennis products categorized by player level from beginner to professional, enabling filtered browsing that matches equipment to skill level. Proper categorization ensures recreational players find accessible equipment while competitive players locate professional-grade gear.
Swimming and aquatic sports encompass competition swimwear, recreational suits, training equipment, goggles, caps, and pool accessories. The taxonomy distinguishes between chlorine-resistant training suits and competition racing suits, open water equipment and pool gear. Triathlon products require special handling as cross-sport items that may appear in swimming, cycling, and running categories simultaneously.
import requests
def categorize_for_sprinter(product_data):
"""Categorize sports products for Sprinter marketplace"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.productcategorization.com/v1/categorize",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
json={
"title": product_data["title"],
"description": product_data["description"],
"brand": product_data["brand"],
"marketplace": "sprinter",
"language": "es",
"attributes": {
"sport": product_data.get("sport"),
"gender": product_data.get("gender"),
"level": product_data.get("level")
}
}
)
return response.json()
# Example: Categorize sports equipment
products = [
{"title": "Zapatillas running Pegasus 41", "brand": "Nike", "sport": "running"},
{"title": "Pala padel control fibra carbono", "brand": "Bullpadel", "sport": "padel"},
{"title": "Camiseta técnica transpirable hombre", "brand": "Under Armour", "gender": "hombre"}
]
for product in products:
result = categorize_for_sprinter(product)
print(f"{product['title']}: {result['category']['path']}")const categorizeForSprinter = async (productData) => {
const response = await fetch(
'https://api.productcategorization.com/v1/categorize',
{
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
title: productData.title,
description: productData.description,
brand: productData.brand,
marketplace: 'sprinter',
language: 'es',
attributes: {
sport: productData.sport,
gender: productData.gender,
level: productData.level
}
})
}
);
return response.json();
};
// Process sports catalog
const processInventory = async (items) => {
const results = await Promise.all(
items.map(item => categorizeForSprinter(item))
);
return results;
};curl -X POST https://api.productcategorization.com/v1/categorize \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"title": "Botas fútbol césped artificial",
"brand": "Adidas",
"marketplace": "sprinter",
"language": "es",
"attributes": {
"sport": "futbol",
"surface": "artificial",
"gender": "hombre"
}
}'Enter a Spanish sports product title to see real-time Sprinter classification
Beyond performance athletics, Sprinter has developed significant lifestyle and casual sport segments that require distinct categorization approaches. Sportswear worn as fashion rather than athletic performance occupies a growing market segment, and the taxonomy distinguishes between technical athletic apparel and lifestyle streetwear inspired by sport. Sneakers intended for casual wear receive different category treatment than performance running shoes, even when both come from athletic brands.
Children's sports equipment and apparel constitute a major category requiring age-appropriate classification and size range awareness. Sprinter's kids taxonomy organizes products by age group, sport discipline, and product type, ensuring parents find appropriate equipment for young athletes. School sports requirements drive significant seasonal demand, and proper categorization ensures back-to-school athletics products achieve maximum visibility during peak shopping periods.
Nutrition and supplements have become integral to Sprinter's product offering, requiring specialized categorization that respects regulatory requirements for sports nutrition products in Spain. Protein supplements, energy products, vitamins, and hydration solutions each occupy distinct taxonomy positions with appropriate age restrictions and usage guidance. Our API understands sports nutrition classifications and ensures products categorize correctly within Sprinter's health and wellness framework.
Effective Sprinter categorization requires extracting and mapping technical attributes that influence category placement and filtering. Footwear attributes include drop measurements, cushioning levels, pronation support, weight specifications, and intended surface type. Apparel attributes encompass fabric technology, fit type, compression level, and weather protection ratings. Equipment attributes vary by sport but commonly include material composition, skill level recommendations, and regulatory certifications.
Our API extracts these technical attributes from product descriptions automatically, mapping them to Sprinter's attribute taxonomy for enhanced product filtering. Spanish consumers shopping for running shoes expect to filter by pronation type; cyclists want to browse by groupset level; tennis players seek rackets by head size and string pattern. Comprehensive attribute extraction ensures products appear in filtered search results where motivated buyers find them.
Brand positioning intelligence helps ensure premium sports brands appear in appropriate category contexts. Sprinter carries everything from elite performance brands to accessible athletic options, and the taxonomy must respect these distinctions. Professional-grade equipment from leading performance brands should not compete directly against entry-level alternatives in filtered views. Our API understands brand tier positioning and recommends category placements that preserve brand integrity.
Yes, our API fully supports both Spanish and Portuguese product descriptions. It understands regional terminology differences and maps to Sprinter's unified Iberian taxonomy. Products can be submitted in either language with automatic translation and category mapping.
Products suitable for multiple sports receive multi-category recommendations. A compression shirt appropriate for running, gym training, and cycling returns primary and secondary category suggestions, enabling sellers to maximize product visibility across relevant sport sections.
The API extracts technical specifications including drop values for running shoes, string tensions for rackets, component groups for bikes, and weather ratings for outdoor gear. These attributes enhance category placement and enable proper filtering within Sprinter's product discovery system.
Yes, the API includes seasonal awareness for sports equipment. Winter sports gear, summer athletics, back-to-school sports equipment, and holiday fitness gifts all receive appropriate seasonal category suggestions alongside permanent taxonomy placements.
Licensed merchandise from football clubs, national teams, and professional leagues receives appropriate team sport categorization while maintaining proper brand attribution. The API recognizes official licensing and positions products within both team merchandise and relevant sport categories.