In order to promote certain products, you may want to place them at the top in the category product listing page. Lets see how to set/change the position of the products from Magento admin.

To set/change the position of the products proceed as below:

1. Login Magento admin and follow the path Admin >> Catalog >> Manage Categories.
2. Click on a category in the category tree to display the category related information.
3. Now click on “Category Products” tab  it will display the category products grid.
4. In the last column of product grid set/update the product position.
5. If you see no product listed in the “Category Products” tab, it means that the category has no products assigned to it. So click the “Reset Filter” button to list all products, now select the products first and then in the last column of product grid set  the product position.
6. Save the category.