Shopify Redirect Mapping

Turn a list of 404ing URLs into live 301 redirects on a Shopify store using type-aware fuzzy matching with a manual review queue for the leftovers. The job is reclaiming search equity and rescuing lost visitors, not building a perfect 1:1 map. For bulk apply through a spreadsheet instead of the API, hand the final map to the sibling shopify-matrixify skill's Redirects sheet.

The one rule that matters: recall over precision

A wrong-but-related redirect beats a 404. A visitor who lands on a close product or the right category still converts; a visitor who hits a dead page leaves. Google keeps some of the old page's equity when the 301 points somewhere topical; it keeps none when the URL 404s. So tune for coverage, not for a flawless match, and let a human review pass catch the misfires.