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# Manual Category Exclusion for Sponsored Listings

> Exclude specific categories from campaigns while maintaining products in their catalog structure with hierarchical category display

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  <Badge color="gray" size="sm" icon="calendar">November 5, 2025</Badge>
  <Badge color="blue" size="sm" icon="rectangle-ad">Ad Platform</Badge>
  <Badge color="orange" size="sm" icon="arrow-up">Improvement</Badge>
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We've enhanced Sponsored Listings with **Manual Category Exclusion**, allowing advertisers to remove unwanted categories from their campaigns while keeping products aligned with their catalog category structure. Categories are now displayed hierarchically, matching the campaign creation interface for consistency.

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## Key Benefits

**Precise Control**:
Exclude specific categories without affecting product catalog structure

**Hierarchical Display**:
View categories in the same structured way as during campaign creation

**Flexible Targeting**:
Remove seasonal or unwanted categories while maintaining core targeting

**Automated Pre-selection**:
Categories eligible for automated targeting are pre-selected based on SKU
selection

## How It Works

### Category Management

The feature provides:

* **Hierarchical Category View** - Categories displayed in their natural tree structure
* **Manual Exclusion** - Unselect categories you don't want to target
* **Smart Pre-selection** - Automatically selects relevant categories based on chosen products
* **Real-time Updates** - Changes apply immediately to campaign targeting

## Using Category Exclusion

1. **Navigate to Products Tab** - Access category settings in Admin or Vendor Dashboard

2. **View Hierarchical Categories** - See all categories in structured format

3. **Review Pre-selections** - Categories matching your SKUs are automatically selected

4. **Exclude Unwanted Categories** - Unselect categories like "Sale" or seasonal sections

5. **Apply Changes** - Save to update campaign targeting immediately

### Interface Improvements

* **Listing Ads** - Only displays categories that would be targeted based on product selection
* **Banner Ads** - Shows all categories hierarchically with SKU-based pre-selection
* **Empty Product Selection** - Displays all available categories when no products selected

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Manual Category Exclusion is available now for all Sponsored Listings campaigns. The hierarchical category display provides intuitive navigation and precise control over your campaign targeting.

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