Building Collections

By utilizing either the logic functionality to map out your Collection or by picking the products one at a time, Buddi's Collections feature enables you to group various products together and create curated menu experiences for your customers. Once a Collection has been made, you may utilize it for a variety of additional marketing and sales strategies, like discounts and featured product banners, for example. It is a very useful tool that can be used to direct clients to a certain section of your menu, and collections also set you apart from your competitors within the crowded cannabis marketplace.

Video tutorial: How to Build Collections in Buddi

Name of Your Collection and Website URL

The name you choose for your Collection will also determine the URL slug shown to customers. For example, let's say you create a Collection called 'Staff Picks' you can link directly to this grouping of products by sharing the URL slug shown below the name field. The URL to a Collection called staff picks would be something like this: yourmenu.com/our-products/#/menu/collections/staff-picks - Highlighted in yellow is your website URL (i.e. you have a page called 'Our Products' or similar, bolded is Buddi's URL structure for that collection. 

Why would I need a URL to the collection if I'm just using a tile picture?

• You can use this to link from various areas of your website. Let's set on your home page you want to link directly to that 'Staff Picks' Collection via a banner image, well you can link that banner image directly to the staff picks URL above. 

Selecting Products

Option 1: Select using Logic

• We've included the handy ability to build a collection using logic. This really makes things easier if you'd like to select products based on characteristics rather than individually selecting products.
• You can create some really interesting Collections using logic such as 'All flower products, by Aurora, with a price less than $12 and THC % is higher than 15%'.
  

Option 2: Select Individually

• Of course, you can still also select products individually by search via UPC, name, product and more.
• Examples of Collections that use this function include: Staff Picks, New in Stock, Accessories, etc. Individually selected products cannot be identified by the 'logic' method above since the parameters do not apply. 

NOTE: Collections using the 'Select Individually' function will need to be updated whenever new inventory (with applicable products) are received.

1. Go to the Promotions > Collections page.
2. Click on the edit icon of the Collection.
3. Click Select Products > Individually Select. This is where you will search for and add new products to your accessory Collection.
4. In the 'Inventory Type' dropdown, select 'Store' or 'Chain'. In the 'Type' dropdown, select Accessories.
5. Type the name of your product into the 'Search Products' field > checkmark the new product(s).
6. Hit Save.
7. Hit Save again on the main Collection setup page.

Apply a tile image: (optional) Toggle on this feature and upload an image if you would like to have a Collection tile appear across the top of your menu.

Did you know? GIF images (animated images) are compatible with Buddi! Use them in your Collection tiles to make your menu more fun and engaging.

Article: How to Generate Images for Upload

Apply collection as a filter: (optional) Toggle on this feature if you want a filter button to appear in the menu sidebar.

Save your Settings: After selecting applicable products for the discount, ensure that you hit Save twice!

1. At the 'Select Products' pop-up box
2. At the main Collections setup page
   
   

Note on iFrames

• This method of embedding the script is used certain website providers such as Wix. IFrame menus cannot read the web browser's URL input. This means that linking directly to Collections will not work. However, you can still use the tile images.
  
  

Collection Tiles: Download Sample Images

Article: Build Collections using Bulk Import (CSV file)