AI-Powered Product Categorization for Lighting

Lighting Product Categorization

The lighting industry represents a dynamic e-commerce vertical where consumers and professionals search for everything from decorative chandeliers and modern pendant lights to energy-efficient LED bulbs and smart home lighting systems. Accurate product categorization is essential for connecting lighting products with homeowners, interior designers, contractors, and commercial buyers searching for specific illumination solutions. Our AI-powered API automatically classifies lighting products into the correct taxonomy categories across all major marketplaces, ensuring your products reach customers whether they are searching for ambient living room lighting or industrial warehouse fixtures.

Lighting products present unique categorization challenges due to the enormous variety of fixture types, bulb technologies, mounting methods, and application contexts within the vertical. A farmhouse-style pendant light needs different taxonomy placement than a modern minimalist track light, and a dimmable smart LED bulb categorizes differently than a vintage Edison-style incandescent. Our machine learning models understand these nuances, trained on millions of lighting product listings to recognize brand names, wattage specifications, color temperatures, lumen output, and the design terminology that helps consumers find the perfect lighting solution for their space.

Whether you are selling designer chandeliers on Amazon, listing LED landscape lighting on Shopify, or managing a Google Shopping feed for commercial lighting fixtures, our API handles the complexity of lighting taxonomy mapping with exceptional accuracy. The lighting vertical spans indoor fixtures, outdoor lighting, light bulbs, smart lighting, decorative lighting, and specialty applications, each requiring precise subcategory placement to reach the right customers. We support automatic classification into Google Product Taxonomy, Amazon Browse Nodes, Shopify Standard Product Taxonomy, and eBay categories for seamless multi-channel selling.

Lighting Taxonomy Hierarchy

Lighting products follow a deep hierarchical taxonomy structure organized by fixture type, light source, and application context. Products must be classified from broad categories like "Home & Garden > Lighting" down to specific subcategories such as "Home & Garden > Lighting > Lighting Fixtures > Chandeliers > Crystal Chandeliers". Our API navigates this complexity automatically, understanding lighting terminology, technical specifications, and design styles.

The interactive diagram below illustrates how the Lighting vertical branches into Tier 3 categories, each containing dozens of further subcategories tailored to specific fixture types, bulb technologies, and use cases. Our AI comprehends the relationships between different lighting categories to select the most specific applicable classification for maximum marketplace visibility.

Tier 3 Lighting Categories

Each Tier 3 category contains multiple Tier 4 and Tier 5 subcategories tailored to specific fixture types, styles, and specifications. For example, "Lighting Fixtures" branches into Chandeliers, Pendant Lights, Ceiling Lights, Wall Lights, and Recessed Lighting, each with further subdivisions by style, material, and room application. Our API automatically determines the full category path based on your product descriptions.

API Integration for Lighting

Integrating lighting product categorization into your workflow is straightforward with our RESTful API. Send your product title and description, and receive accurate category classifications for Google Shopping, Amazon, Shopify, and eBay. The API recognizes lighting brand names, wattage specifications, style terminology, and smart home features to deliver precise taxonomy mapping.

import requests

def categorize_lighting(product_description, api_key):
    """Categorize lighting products across multiple taxonomies"""
    base_url = "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php"
    params = {
        "query": product_description,
        "api_key": api_key,
        "data_type": "google"
    }
    response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)
    return response.json()

# Example: Categorize a chandelier
result = categorize_lighting(
    "Kichler Layla 6-Light Brushed Nickel Modern Chandelier Crystal Accents",
    "your_api_key_here"
)
print(f"Category: {result['category']}")
# Output: Home & Garden > Lighting > Lighting Fixtures > Chandeliers

async function categorizeLighting(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 a smart LED bulb
categorizeLighting(
    'Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance A19 LED Smart Bulb Bluetooth',
    'your_api_key'
).then(result => {
    console.log('Category:', result.category);
    // Output: Home & Garden > Lighting > Light Bulbs > Smart Bulbs
});

curl -X GET "https://www.productcategorization.com/api/ecommerce/ecommerce_category6_get.php" \
  -d "query=Ring Solar Pathlight Outdoor Motion Sensor LED Path Light Black" \
  -d "api_key=your_api_key_here" \
  -d "data_type=google"

# Response:
# {"category": "Home & Garden > Lighting > Landscape Pathway Lighting", "confidence": 0.98}