Merchandising Rules

Overview

Merchandising rules control which products appear first in your collections and search results. The goal is to surface products that are likely to convert — in-stock, popular, high-margin — while giving merchandisers manual control to pin hero products, hide out-of-stock items, and boost seasonal collections. Every major platform has some built-in sorting options; apps like Searchpie, Intelligems, or SearchPie add automated performance-based ranking.

When to Use This Skill

• When building product ranking logic for collection and category pages
• When creating automated (smart) collections based on product attributes, tags, or performance
• When implementing search result boosting and burying for merchandising control
• When adding pinning (manual placement) and slot-based merchandising to collection pages
• When measuring the revenue impact of different product ranking strategies

Core Instructions

Step 1: Determine your platform and choose the right merchandising tool