AI-Powered Product Categorization for Furniture

Furniture Product Categorization

The furniture vertical encompasses one of the largest and most diverse product categories in e-commerce, spanning everything from living room sofas and bedroom sets to office desks and outdoor patio furniture. With thousands of styles, materials, dimensions, and functional variations, accurate furniture categorization is critical for retailers seeking maximum visibility across marketplaces. Our AI-powered API automatically classifies furniture products into the correct taxonomy categories, helping sellers reach customers searching for specific furniture types and styles.

Furniture products require sophisticated categorization due to the extensive hierarchy of subcategories and the importance of distinguishing between similar item types. A mid-century modern leather sectional sofa needs to be classified differently than a traditional fabric loveseat, and a standing desk categorizes differently than a standard executive desk. Our machine learning models understand these nuances, having been trained on millions of furniture listings to recognize materials, styles, room types, and functional characteristics that determine proper taxonomy placement.

Whether you're selling bedroom furniture on Amazon, listing dining room sets on Shopify, managing a Google Shopping feed for office furniture, or running an outdoor furniture e-commerce store, our API handles the complexity of furniture taxonomy mapping. We support automatic classification into Google Product Taxonomy, Amazon Browse Nodes, Shopify Standard Product Taxonomy, and eBay categories with industry-leading accuracy for the furniture vertical.

Furniture Taxonomy Hierarchy

Furniture follows a deep hierarchical taxonomy structure across all major e-commerce platforms. Products must be classified from broad categories like "Furniture" down to specific subcategories such as "Furniture > Living Room Furniture > Sofas > Sectional Sofas > L-Shaped Sectionals". Our API navigates this complexity automatically, ensuring your furniture products land in the most relevant and specific category for maximum search visibility.

The diagram below shows how Furniture branches into Tier 2 categories including Sofas, Beds, Tables, Chairs, Office Furniture, and Outdoor Furniture, each containing numerous further subcategories. Our AI understands the relationships between these categories and selects the most specific applicable classification based on product attributes like room type, furniture style, material composition, and functional features.

Tier 2 Furniture Categories

Each Tier 2 category contains multiple Tier 3 and Tier 4 subcategories. For example, "Sofas" branches into Sectional Sofas, Sleeper Sofas, Loveseats, Futons, and Chaise Lounges. Each of these then subdivides by material (leather, fabric, microfiber), style (modern, traditional, mid-century), and configuration. Our API automatically determines the full category path for your furniture products.

API Integration for Furniture

Integrating furniture product categorization into your workflow is straightforward with our RESTful API. Simply send your product title and description, and receive accurate category classifications for Google Shopping, Amazon, Shopify, and eBay. Our API handles the nuances of furniture taxonomy, from style distinctions to material specifications.

import requests

def categorize_furniture(product_description, api_key):
    """Categorize furniture products across multiple taxonomies"""
    base_url = "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php"

    # Get Google Shopping category
    params = {
        "query": product_description,
        "api_key": api_key,
        "data_type": "google"
    }
    response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
    return response.json()

# Example: Categorize a sectional sofa
result = categorize_furniture(
    "West Elm Harmony 3-Piece L-Shaped Sectional Sofa Performance Velvet Gray",
    "your_api_key_here"
)
print(f"Category: {result['category']}")
# Output: Furniture > Living Room Furniture > Sofas > Sectional Sofas

async function categorizeFurniture(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: 'google'
    });

    const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}?${params}`);
    return response.json();
}

// Example: Categorize an office desk
categorizeFurniture(
    'UPLIFT V2 Standing Desk 60x30 Bamboo Top Height Adjustable Electric',
    'your_api_key'
).then(result => {
    console.log('Category:', result.category);
    // Output: Furniture > Office Furniture > Desks > Standing Desks
});

curl -X GET "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php" \
  -d "query=Pottery Barn Toscana Extending Dining Table Seadrift 88-124 inch" \
  -d "api_key=your_api_key_here" \
  -d "data_type=google"

# Response:
# {"category": "Furniture > Dining Room Furniture > Dining Tables", "confidence": 0.98}