Is a short URL path stronger than a long one for an eshop?

[kh-priyam]

Hello Moz Fans !

I'm building an eshop website and reviewing a few competitors website I found something interesting on which I don't have the full answer.

Will it be better for me to organize the products in sub folder or in the root folder (option 1 or option 2)

_Competitor link _shop.com/en/2628-buy-key-origin-the-sims-4-seasons/

Option 1 - Normal organization

_+ _We can add relevant KW in /products/

• product url will be one folder deep more

• home/

• home/category/ (category page)

• home/category/subcategory1

• home/category/subcategory2

• home/products (this page does not exist really)

• home/products/product1

• home/products/product2

Option 2 - less folders

_+ _We can add all KW in the link directly

• it may be less organize for Google

• home/

• home/category/ (category page)

• home/category/subcategory1

• home/category/subcategory2

• home/product1 (all product in the direct folders)

• home/product2

[evolvingSEO]

Hello!

For product URLs I would go with the "flat" structure and just do shop.com/product-name (Option 2)