diff --git a/samples/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule2.Web/Services/CategoryMover.cs b/samples/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule2.Web/Services/CategoryMover.cs
index 4de5e26fe..174baa81d 100644
--- a/samples/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule2.Web/Services/CategoryMover.cs
+++ b/samples/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule2.Web/Services/CategoryMover.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Model;
+using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Search;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Services;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data.Services;
 
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ namespace VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule2.Data.Services
 {
     public class CategoryMover2 : CategoryMover
     {
-        public CategoryMover2(ICategoryService categoryService) : base(categoryService)
+        public CategoryMover2(ICategoryService categoryService, ICategorySearchService categorySearchService, IProductSearchService productSearchService, IItemService itemService)
+            : base(categoryService, categorySearchService, productSearchService, itemService)
         {
         }
         public override Task ConfirmMoveAsync(IEnumerable<Category> entities)
diff --git a/src/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data/Services/CategoryMover.cs b/src/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data/Services/CategoryMover.cs
index ac9cd9645..3747c8606 100644
--- a/src/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data/Services/CategoryMover.cs
+++ b/src/VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data/Services/CategoryMover.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 using FluentValidation;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Model;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Model.ListEntry;
+using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Model.Search;
+using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Search;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Core.Services;
 using VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data.Validation;
 using VirtoCommerce.Platform.Core.Common;
@@ -13,22 +15,45 @@ namespace VirtoCommerce.CatalogModule.Data.Services
 {
     public class CategoryMover : ListEntryMover<Category>
     {
+        private const int CategoryPageSize = 200;
+        private const int ProductPageSize = 50;
+
         private readonly ICategoryService _categoryService;
+        private readonly ICategorySearchService _categorySearchService;
+        private readonly IProductSearchService _productSearchService;
+        private readonly IItemService _itemService;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CategoryMover"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="categoryService">
-        /// The category service.
-        /// </param>
-        public CategoryMover(ICategoryService categoryService)
+        public CategoryMover(
+            ICategoryService categoryService,
+            ICategorySearchService categorySearchService,
+            IProductSearchService productSearchService,
+            IItemService itemService)
         {
             _categoryService = categoryService;
+            _categorySearchService = categorySearchService;
+            _productSearchService = productSearchService;
+            _itemService = itemService;
         }
 
-        public override Task ConfirmMoveAsync(IEnumerable<Category> entities)
+        public override async Task ConfirmMoveAsync(IEnumerable<Category> entities)
         {
-            return _categoryService.SaveChangesAsync(entities.ToArray());
+            var categories = entities as IList<Category> ?? entities.ToList();
+            if (categories.Count == 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            await _categoryService.SaveChangesAsync(categories.ToArray());
+
+            // Cascade CatalogId to products that live under any of the moved categories.
+            // Every entity here carries the target CatalogId (set in PrepareMoveAsync), and the
+            // per-product filter in CascadeProductsAsync makes same-catalog reparents a cheap no-op.
+            var targetCatalogId = categories[0].CatalogId;
+            var categoryIds = categories.Select(x => x.Id).ToArray();
+            await CascadeProductsAsync(categoryIds, targetCatalogId);
         }
 
         public override async Task<List<Category>> PrepareMoveAsync(ListEntriesMoveRequest moveInfo)
@@ -37,12 +62,24 @@ public override async Task<List<Category>> PrepareMoveAsync(ListEntriesMoveReque
 
             var result = new List<Category>();
 
+            // Cross-catalog roots grouped by their original (source) CatalogId so we can load
+            // descendants per source catalog with a single paged search each.
+            var crossCatalogRoots = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
             foreach (var listEntryCategory in moveInfo.ListEntries.Where(
                 listEntry => listEntry.Type.EqualsIgnoreCase(CategoryListEntry.TypeName)))
             {
                 var category = await _categoryService.GetByIdAsync(listEntryCategory.Id, CategoryResponseGroup.Info.ToString());
+
                 if (category.CatalogId != moveInfo.Catalog)
                 {
+                    if (!crossCatalogRoots.TryGetValue(category.CatalogId, out var roots))
+                    {
+                        roots = new List<string>();
+                        crossCatalogRoots.Add(category.CatalogId, roots);
+                    }
+                    roots.Add(category.Id);
+
                     category.CatalogId = moveInfo.Catalog;
                 }
 
@@ -54,6 +91,16 @@ public override async Task<List<Category>> PrepareMoveAsync(ListEntriesMoveReque
                 result.Add(category);
             }
 
+            if (crossCatalogRoots.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var descendants = await LoadDescendantsAsync(crossCatalogRoots);
+                foreach (var descendant in descendants)
+                {
+                    descendant.CatalogId = moveInfo.Catalog;
+                    result.Add(descendant);
+                }
+            }
+
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -67,5 +114,138 @@ protected virtual async Task ValidateOperationArguments(ListEntriesMoveRequest m
             var validator = new ListEntriesMoveRequestValidator(_categoryService);
             await validator.ValidateAndThrowAsync(moveInfo);
         }
+
+        private async Task<List<Category>> LoadDescendantsAsync(Dictionary<string, List<string>> rootsBySourceCatalog)
+        {
+            var all = new List<Category>();
+
+            foreach (var pair in rootsBySourceCatalog)
+            {
+                var byParent = await BuildParentChildrenMapAsync(pair.Key);
+                CollectDescendants(byParent, pair.Value, all);
+            }
+
+            return all;
+        }
+
+        // Page through the entire source catalog and build a parent -> children map in memory.
+        // ICategorySearchService doesn't accept multiple parent ids, so a single catalog-wide
+        // load is more efficient than one search per node when the moved subtree is non-trivial.
+        private async Task<Dictionary<string, List<Category>>> BuildParentChildrenMapAsync(string sourceCatalogId)
+        {
+            var byParent = new Dictionary<string, List<Category>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var skip = 0;
+
+            while (true)
+            {
+                var page = await SearchCategoryPageAsync(sourceCatalogId, skip);
+                if (page.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var category in page)
+                {
+                    AddToParentMap(byParent, category);
+                }
+
+                if (page.Count < CategoryPageSize)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+                skip += CategoryPageSize;
+            }
+
+            return byParent;
+        }
+
+        private async Task<IList<Category>> SearchCategoryPageAsync(string sourceCatalogId, int skip)
+        {
+            var criteria = AbstractTypeFactory<CategorySearchCriteria>.TryCreateInstance();
+            criteria.CatalogId = sourceCatalogId;
+            criteria.ResponseGroup = CategoryResponseGroup.Info.ToString();
+            criteria.Skip = skip;
+            criteria.Take = CategoryPageSize;
+
+            var result = await _categorySearchService.SearchAsync(criteria);
+            return result.Results;
+        }
+
+        private static void AddToParentMap(Dictionary<string, List<Category>> byParent, Category category)
+        {
+            var parentKey = category.ParentId ?? string.Empty;
+            if (!byParent.TryGetValue(parentKey, out var children))
+            {
+                byParent[parentKey] = children = new List<Category>();
+            }
+            children.Add(category);
+        }
+
+        // BFS from each moved root. Roots themselves are seeded as visited so we don't re-add
+        // them (they're already in the result list of PrepareMoveAsync).
+        private static void CollectDescendants(Dictionary<string, List<Category>> byParent, IList<string> rootIds, List<Category> output)
+        {
+            var visited = new HashSet<string>(rootIds, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var queue = new Queue<string>(rootIds);
+
+            while (queue.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var parentId = queue.Dequeue();
+                if (!byParent.TryGetValue(parentId, out var children))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // visited.Add returns true for ids not seen yet; the side-effect runs as Where enumerates.
+                foreach (var child in children.Where(x => visited.Add(x.Id)))
+                {
+                    output.Add(child);
+                    queue.Enqueue(child.Id);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task CascadeProductsAsync(IList<string> categoryIds, string targetCatalogId)
+        {
+            foreach (var idsChunk in categoryIds.Chunk(ProductPageSize))
+            {
+                var skip = 0;
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    var criteria = AbstractTypeFactory<ProductSearchCriteria>.TryCreateInstance();
+                    criteria.CategoryIds = idsChunk;
+                    criteria.SearchInVariations = true;
+                    criteria.ResponseGroup = ItemResponseGroup.ItemLarge.ToString();
+                    criteria.Skip = skip;
+                    criteria.Take = ProductPageSize;
+
+                    var page = await _productSearchService.SearchAsync(criteria);
+                    if (page.Results.Count == 0)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    var toSave = page.Results
+                        .Where(x => x.CatalogId != targetCatalogId)
+                        .ToList();
+
+                    foreach (var product in toSave)
+                    {
+                        product.CatalogId = targetCatalogId;
+                    }
+
+                    if (toSave.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        await _itemService.SaveChangesAsync(toSave.ToArray());
+                    }
+
+                    if (page.Results.Count < ProductPageSize)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    skip += ProductPageSize;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }