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Taxonomy Consulting

Expert guidance on building, optimizing, and maintaining product taxonomies that drive discoverability, improve search relevance, and maximize conversions across all sales channels.

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The Foundation of Product Discovery

Your taxonomy is the backbone of your product catalog. Get it right, and customers find products effortlessly. Get it wrong, and sales suffer.

Product taxonomy might seem like a simple organizational exercise, but it's actually one of the most complex and impactful aspects of e-commerce success. Your taxonomy determines how products are categorized, how filters work, how search results are ranked, and ultimately how easily customers can find what they're looking for. Poor taxonomy design leads to frustrated shoppers, missed opportunities, and lost sales.

Our Taxonomy Consulting service brings deep expertise in information architecture, user experience, and e-commerce best practices to help you build or optimize your product classification system. We've worked with retailers across every vertical, from fashion to electronics to home goods, and understand the unique challenges each category presents. Whether you're building a taxonomy from scratch, migrating to a new platform, or optimizing an existing structure, we provide strategic guidance and hands-on implementation support.

We don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Your taxonomy must reflect your unique product assortment, your customers' mental models, your competitive positioning, and your business goals. Our consultants work closely with your team to understand these factors and design a taxonomy that serves your specific needs while following proven best practices that ensure scalability and maintainability.

Sample Taxonomy Structure

Hierarchical organization for optimal discovery

Electronics
Audio & Video
Headphones
Over-Ear Headphones
In-Ear Headphones
Gaming Headsets

Consulting Services

Comprehensive taxonomy expertise for every stage of your journey

Taxonomy Design

Complete taxonomy architecture from scratch, including category hierarchy, naming conventions, and attribute schemas tailored to your products.

Taxonomy Optimization

Analysis and improvement of existing taxonomies to enhance search performance, reduce navigation friction, and improve conversion rates.

Migration Support

Taxonomy mapping and transformation for platform migrations, ensuring products land in the right categories on your new system.

Multi-Channel Mapping

Mapping your internal taxonomy to Google Shopping, Amazon, Facebook, and other marketplace category systems.

Attribute Strategy

Design of product attribute schemas that enable powerful filtering, comparison, and search functionality.

Governance Framework

Documentation, training, and processes to ensure your taxonomy stays clean and consistent as your catalog grows.

Consulting Packages

Flexible engagement options to fit your needs

Assessment
$2,500
one-time
  • Taxonomy audit
  • Gap analysis
  • Recommendations report
  • Priority roadmap
  • 1-hour consultation
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Retainer
$3,000
per month
  • Ongoing consulting
  • 10 hours/month
  • Category expansion
  • Quality monitoring
  • Priority support
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