Shop By Brand Country Wise

The MageDelight Shop By Brand Country Wise extension turns a brand attribute into a navigable brand directory, then layers country-based visibility on top of it. An admin picks the brand attribute, assigns each value a logo, description, and its authorized countries, and the extension builds a dedicated page per brand automatically. A distributor carrying an exclusive line in France but not Germany can keep that brand visible on the French store view while it stays hidden from a shopper browsing from Germany, without a second catalog.

Configuration centers on the attribute and its country assignments rather than manual page building. Each value can carry a logo, description, meta title, meta keywords, and approved countries, with import and export handled through a CSV file for bulk updates. The A-Z filter, brand listing widget, and featured slider all read the same country rules, so a restricted brand never surfaces in navigation, search, or the slider outside its approved markets.

Compatibility spans Open Source, Adobe Commerce, and Commerce Cloud, with Hyvä theme support, GraphQL, REST API, and B2B compatibility included. Brand listing pages follow the store's native category layout, so layered navigation and filtering behave as shoppers already expect, and country checks run against existing catalog data rather than an external lookup, leaving page load unaffected. The extension reads and writes catalog attribute data only, never customer accounts or payment information.

Most brand-directory tools build a flat list of pages or handle country restriction as a manual, per-product exercise across duplicated catalogs. This extension keeps one catalog and one brand attribute, with country authorization applied as a rule at the brand level, so a newly authorized market is a configuration change rather than a rebuild, and every storefront touchpoint respects the same rule automatically.

Business-Level Overview

For a founder or eCommerce manager selling brands under regional distribution agreements, showing a brand to a shopper who legally cannot buy it is a recurring, avoidable failure. It creates a confusing customer experience, invites support tickets over unavailable products, and can breach the terms a brand owner set for that market.

The operational shift is direct: merchandising teams assign countries to a brand once, and every storefront surface, navigation, search, listing, and slider inherits that rule automatically, instead of a developer hand-coding country checks or a team manually pruning listings by region.

Revenue impact follows from a cleaner, trustworthy brand experience. Shoppers who only see brands they can actually order convert with fewer abandoned carts over unavailable products, and a distributor can safely add new brand relationships with market-specific terms without risking a compliance mistake on the storefront.

For CTOs evaluating long-term fit, country rules live in catalog attribute data rather than custom code, so adding a market or dropping a brand is a configuration update, and GraphQL, REST API, and B2B compatibility keep the directory usable as the store adds headless storefronts or B2B account structures.

3rd Party Integrations

No external APIs required.

Storefront User Benefits

• Find a preferred brand instantly through a dedicated menu, search, or A-Z filter
• See only brands actually available to buy in their own country
• View brand details and related products without leaving the page they are on

Admin Benefits

• Turn any existing attribute into a full brand directory without custom development
• Assign each brand to the countries it is authorized for, hidden everywhere else
• Set meta title, meta keywords, and SEO-friendly URLs for every brand page
• Import and export brand attribute values in bulk through a CSV file
• Feature top brands in a configurable slider on any CMS page

Full Feature List

• Dedicated Brands menu item linked to a CMS-based All Brands page
• Country-based visibility rules assigned per brand attribute value
• A-Z brand filter with configurable letters, logos, labels, and product counts
• All Brands listing widget with built-in search and A-Z filtering
• Brand info tooltip and popup on key storefront pages
• Responsive featured brand slider with sorting, autoplay, pagination, and infinite loop
• Brand details and Related Brand Products block on the product page
• SEO-friendly brand listing pages with native layered navigation, sorting, and filters
• Meta title, meta keywords, and SEO-friendly URL per brand page
• Bulk import and export of brand attribute values via CSV
• On-demand attribute sync for new or updated brand values
• Custom placeholder image for brands without a logo
• Enable or disable the slider independently of the rest of the directory
• Hyvä theme compatibility
• Compatibility with Open Source, Adobe Commerce, and Commerce Cloud

Business Problem vs Solution

Brands appear to shoppers who cannot buy them Problem: A single catalog with no country logic shows every brand to every shopper, regardless of distribution rights. Solution: Country-based visibility hides a brand's page and listings from any market it is not authorized in.

Brand discovery competes with regular navigation Problem: Brands mixed into standard category menus make it hard for brand-loyal shoppers to find a specific label quickly. Solution: A dedicated Brands menu and A-Z filter give brand browsing its own clear path.

Building brand pages by hand does not scale Problem: Creating a logo, description, and SEO metadata for every brand manually is slow across a large brand catalog. Solution: Attribute-driven pages generate automatically from values set once per brand.

Bulk brand updates require manual data entry Problem: Updating logos, descriptions, or country assignments for dozens of brands one at a time is time-consuming. Solution: CSV import and export handle brand attribute updates in bulk.

Featured brands get no dedicated spotlight Problem: Without a merchandising tool, premium or exclusive brands blend in with the rest of the catalog. Solution: A configurable featured brand slider highlights chosen brands on any CMS page.

Business Benefits (Measurable Outcomes)

• Reduce support tickets and abandoned carts caused by unavailable-in-market brand listings
• Cut the time to publish a new brand page from a manual build to a single attribute update
• Lower risk of breaching regional distribution agreements through automatic country rules
• Increase brand-driven cross-sell through the Related Brand Products block
• Speed up bulk brand catalog updates through CSV import and export
• Support faster onboarding of new brand partners with market-specific terms

Sample Use Case

A multi-country distributor selling across five European markets carried several brands with exclusive, country-specific distribution rights, and had previously relied on manual catalog pruning to keep restricted brands out of the wrong store views.

The merchandising team enabled the brand attribute, assigned each brand its logo, description, and approved countries, and let the extension build brand pages and country rules automatically across the Brands menu, A-Z filter, and featured slider.

Within the first month, listings for two brands that had previously leaked into an unauthorized market were fully resolved, brand-page publishing dropped from a half-day manual task to a short attribute update, and the featured slider lifted visibility for three premium brands the team wanted to promote.

FAQs

Q1: Does setting this up require custom development? No. The brand directory, country rules, and page generation are all configured from the admin using an existing attribute, no code changes needed.

Q2: Is it compatible with Open Source, Adobe Commerce, and Commerce Cloud? Yes. It supports all three editions along with Hyvä, GraphQL, REST API, and B2B compatibility.

Q3: How does the country-based visibility actually work? Each brand value is assigned one or more approved countries in the admin, and the extension hides that brand's page, menu entry, and listings from any store view or shopper location outside those countries.

Q4: Can I take a backup of my brand attribute values? Yes. Attribute values, including logos, descriptions, and country assignments, export to a CSV file at any time.

Q5: Will a large brand catalog slow down the storefront? No. Country checks run against existing catalog and store view data, so page load is unaffected regardless of how many brands are configured.

Q6: Can I set specific brands as Featured? Yes. Any brand attribute value can be marked Featured for the slider and for attribute-specific landing page promotion.

Q7: Will this keep working after a version upgrade? Yes. It builds on the store's native attribute and category layout rather than core overrides, keeping it stable across upgrades.