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title: "Manufacturers"
description: "This page contains information about the manufacturers of the products that are listed in J2Commerce."
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# Manufacturers

This page contains information about the manufacturers of the products that are listed in J2Commerce.

Manufacturers are listed with the following details:

- Company
- Tax Number
- Address
- City
- Zip
- Phone and Mobile
- Country
- Zone

Before you can add a manufacturer to a product, you have to create the manufacturer.

**Step 1:** Go to Components > J2Commerce > Catalog > Manufacturer

![Manufacturers](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers1.webp)

**Step 2:** Select 'New'

**Step 3:** Fill in all of the boxes with the manufacturer's information

The image shown below is how a manufacturer is added.

![Add new manufacturer](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers3.webp)

## Associating them with products

[To add the manufacturers to the product, follow the instructions below: Navigate to Content > Articles. Find your product Open the Product. Click on J2Commerce (or J2Store cart) > the 'General' tab. Click on the manufacturer's dropdown box. The list of available manufacturers will be available. Choose your manufacturer and save. ![Adding brand to product](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers4.webp) Navigate to Menus > Manage. Find your product’s menu and open it ![Manufacturers](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers6.webp) Click on the 'Product View Options' tab ![Manufacturers](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers5a.webp) Set the option Brand to 'Yes' ![Manufacturers](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers5%20%281%29.webp) This would display the associated brand on the product view as follows: **Frontend** ![Frontend](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/doc-images/catalog/manufacturers/manufacturers-frontend.png) **Filtering products based on manufacturers/brands:** Once you associate manufacturers with the appropriate products, you can also let users filter products based on brands. Post linking brands with the concerned products. Navigate to Menus > Manage. Open your product menu > Category View Options tab. ![Manufacturers](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers7a%20%281%29.webp) Scroll down to the Filters section. Set the option: **Manufacturer/brand filter** to Show. Set the option **Manufacturer filter listing type** to **Show all filters.** ![Category View Options filter settings: Manufacturer/Brand Filter set to Show and Manufacturer Filter Listing Type set to Show all filters, both highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/manufacturers7.webp) Once the manufacturer filters are enabled, the filters would be listed and users can filter the products based on brands. ![Storefront Shop page with a Filter by Brands box highlighted in the sidebar, listing Adidas and RB Inc checkboxes above the Gender filter, beside product listings](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/screenshot-localhost-2020.08.19-12_58_14.png)](https://docs.j2commerce.com/catalog/manufacturers#associating-them-to-products)