Shopify Merchandising Quick Notes
Short, practical answers to the questions Shopify merchants ask about merchandising: how to sort collections, get search results in the right order, run recommendation rows you control, and prove a change worked. New notes publish regularly, grouped by topic below.
Sorting how-tos
Step-by-step answers for sorting Shopify collections by sales, inventory, price, reviews, metafields, and more.
Merchandising concepts explained
Plain-English definitions of the metrics and ideas behind collection merchandising.
Troubleshooting and symptoms
Why your collection is behaving the way it is, and how to fix it.
Sort strategy by collection type
The right sorting approach for new arrivals, sale, seasonal, clearance, and other collection types.
Measuring and testing
How to measure collection performance and prove that a sorting change worked.
Merchandising at scale
Running merchandising across many collections, teams, and client stores.
Variants, swatches and edge cases
Product options, combined listings, bundles, back in stock, and other tricky cases.
Search that sells
Getting Shopify search results in the right order: re-ranking, hiding sold-out items, the predictive dropdown, and measuring search conversion.
Recommendations and post-purchase
Product recommendation rows you control, from the product page to the cart to the thank you and order status pages.
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