diff --git a/tests/test_ecommerce.py b/tests/test_ecommerce.py
index 82828f4..2f55da9 100644
--- a/tests/test_ecommerce.py
+++ b/tests/test_ecommerce.py
@@ -183,6 +183,29 @@ def test_crawl():
     assert requests[1].url == item_urls[1]
     assert requests[1].callback == spider.parse_product
 
+    # Test parse_navigation() behavior on pagination_only crawl strategy.
+    spider = EcommerceSpider(
+        url="https://example.com/", crawl_strategy="pagination_only"
+    )
+
+    # nextpage + items
+    navigation = ProductNavigation.from_dict(
+        {
+            "url": url,
+            **subcategories,
+            **nextpage,
+            **items,
+        }
+    )
+    requests = list(spider.parse_navigation(response, navigation))
+    urls = {request.url for request in requests}
+    assert urls == {*item_urls, nextpage_url}
+    for request in requests:
+        if request.url in item_urls:
+            assert request.callback == spider.parse_product
+        else:
+            assert request.callback == spider.parse_navigation
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "probability,has_item", ((0.9, True), (0.09, False), (0.1, True), (None, True))
@@ -292,7 +315,7 @@ def test_metadata():
                     "title": "Crawl strategy",
                     "description": "Determines how the start URL and follow-up URLs are crawled.",
                     "type": "string",
-                    "enum": ["navigation", "full"],
+                    "enum": ["full", "navigation", "pagination_only"],
                     "enumMeta": {
                         "full": {
                             "description": "Follow most links within the domain of URL in an attempt to discover and extract as many products as possible.",
@@ -302,6 +325,13 @@ def test_metadata():
                             "description": "Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages.",
                             "title": "Navigation",
                         },
+                        "pagination_only": {
+                            "description": (
+                                "Follow pagination and product detail pages. SubCategory links are ignored. "
+                                "Use this when some subCategory links are misidentified by ML-extraction."
+                            ),
+                            "title": "Pagination Only",
+                        },
                     },
                 },
                 "extract_from": {
diff --git a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
index e0a69b6..41eb71d 100644
--- a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
+++ b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 
 
 class EcommerceCrawlStrategy(str, Enum):
-    navigation: str = "navigation"
     full: str = "full"
+    navigation: str = "navigation"
+    pagination_only: str = "pagination_only"
 
 
 class ExtractFrom(str, Enum):
@@ -30,13 +31,20 @@ class EcommerceSpiderParams(BaseSpiderParams):
         default=EcommerceCrawlStrategy.navigation,
         json_schema_extra={
             "enumMeta": {
+                EcommerceCrawlStrategy.full: {
+                    "title": "Full",
+                    "description": "Follow most links within the domain of URL in an attempt to discover and extract as many products as possible.",
+                },
                 EcommerceCrawlStrategy.navigation: {
                     "title": "Navigation",
                     "description": "Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages.",
                 },
-                EcommerceCrawlStrategy.full: {
-                    "title": "Full",
-                    "description": "Follow most links within the domain of URL in an attempt to discover and extract as many products as possible.",
+                EcommerceCrawlStrategy.pagination_only: {
+                    "title": "Pagination Only",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Follow pagination and product detail pages. SubCategory links are ignored. "
+                        "Use this when some subCategory links are misidentified by ML-extraction."
+                    ),
                 },
             },
         },
@@ -135,13 +143,15 @@ def parse_navigation(
                 navigation.nextPage,
                 priority=self.ITEM_REQUEST_PRIORITY - 1,
             )
-        for request in navigation.subCategories or []:
-            if "[heuristics]" in (request.name or ""):
-                yield self.get_parse_navigation_request(
-                    request, page_params=page_params
-                )
-            else:
-                yield self.get_parse_navigation_request(request)
+
+        if self.args.crawl_strategy != EcommerceCrawlStrategy.pagination_only:
+            for request in navigation.subCategories or []:
+                if "[heuristics]" in (request.name or ""):
+                    yield self.get_parse_navigation_request(
+                        request, page_params=page_params
+                    )
+                else:
+                    yield self.get_parse_navigation_request(request)
 
     def parse_product(
         self, response: DummyResponse, product: Product