What it's for
A Property Type (e.g. "Material") is assigned to a product with a specific value (e.g. "Cotton"). It shows up as informational spec text on the product; it does not create separate purchasable variants.
Help
Property Types help
Property Types are reusable descriptive fields for a product's specs, like Material or Brand.
Example
Create a Property Type named "Material", then on a shirt product set its Material property to "Cotton". Every shirt using that property can show its own material value.
How it differs from Option Types
Properties describe one product; they don't generate variants. If customers need to choose between versions of a product (like Size or Color), use an Option Type instead.
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