Product filters

To turn on product filtering for your shop:

1. From your shop admin, proceed to Settings → Product filters.
2. Click Enable filters:

That’s it! The shop enables a list of filters that are most pertinent to your catalog based on the information about your products like price, stock level, category, options, and attributes:

For instance:

• If you utilize categories for categorizing your items, you’ll get a Categories filter.
• If your products have discounted prices and stock levels specified, On sale and In stock filters will be enabled.
• In the event your products have common options like sizes and shades, the shop will generate Size and Color filters for you.
• If you have incorporated brand names as product attribute values, they will become a Brand filter.

1.-The activated filters manifest within your own categories.

2.- Visit a product category and click on the magnifying glass "Search items" to view the filter panel.

3.- Activated filters are accessible to your customers in the search page of your shop:

Adding new filters

When you activate product filtering, filters that are most pertinent for navigating through your catalog are automatically generated. The prominence of a filter in the list increases with the number of products that meet its filtering criteria. However, you might wish to incorporate additional filtering alternatives.

To integrate a new filter into your store:

1. From your store administration panel, navigate to Settings → Product filters.
2. Select Add Filter Criteria. Here, you might discover filters that match fewer products but could still prove beneficial to your customers.
3. Click Add, then activate the newly added filter:

If no filters are recommended on this page, it signifies that the store couldn't identify additional filtering criteria for your items. Consequently, you'll need to establish them by incorporating new product attributes or options.

Let's suppose you vend books with various covers, yet haven't delineated their types yet. To institute a Cover type filter, follow these steps:

1. Access your store administration panel, then proceed to Settings → Product Types.
2. Create a product attribute shared among your products:

3. Navigate to your Catalog and select Edit for the product requiring filtering by this attribute.
4. Access the Attributes tab, input values into the attribute field for each product, then save these adjustments:

5. Proceed to Settings → Product Filters and select Add Filter Criteria.
6. Incorporate the established attribute as a new filter:

A compilation of checkboxes featuring the attribute values is now accessible to your customers in the filters panel.

As you generate new attributes and options for your products, additional filtering alternatives will become accessible to you on the Product Filters page.

Managing filters

You have the ability to modify and organize filters to create an optimal filtering tool for your customers.

To temporarily deactivate an active filter:

1. Navigate to your store administration panel, then go to Settings → Product filters.
2. Toggle the switch to the Disabled state for the filter:

To permanently remove an unnecessary filter, click Actions → Delete for the filter:

To rearrange the sequence of filters on the storefront:

1. Click Actions → Sort for the filter.
2. Drag and drop filters to arrange them:
   
3. Click Sort by adjacent to a filter and choose how you want selections for this filter to be sorted: in ascending order (e.g., alphabetically) or by descending number of products with this selection.

The order of filtering options will be updated both in your store's Control Panel and on the storefront.

Broadening filters in categories

By default, the filter panel is collapsed, and customers need to click Refine by to view the list of category filters in your online store. You have the option to expand filters and display the panel directly on the category page. This allows customers to view all the filters at once, facilitating quicker product discovery.

The expanded view is particularly beneficial for apparel shops, enabling customers to search for specific clothing items more efficiently. It also provides customers with a comprehensive overview of products within the category, stimulating their shopping experience and suggesting additional items they might consider purchasing.

Here's an example of how the expanded filter panel would appear when a customer accesses your category:

To expand product filters:

1. Navigate to Design.
2. Scroll down to Storefront navigation & colors.
3. In the Product filters section, select Expanded.

The changes will be saved automatically.

Utilizing filters to enhance sales

By activating product filters, you gain a versatile tool for enhancing your customers' shopping experience and increasing your sales effortlessly.

Filters in your store utilize an intelligent algorithm that:

• Indicates the number of products falling under each filter and updates this count each time a new filter is applied,
• Automatically conceals unavailable options as your products are sold out to prevent searches yielding zero results,
• Allows customers to select multiple options simultaneously for better product comparison.

With these features, your customers will appreciate the breadth of your catalog, as they can effortlessly navigate it and promptly discover products they desire.

When necessary, you can cater to a customer's specific needs by providing them with a link to a page containing pre-filtered results. For instance, you can provide a link to all Dresses in size L available in your store. To obtain such a link, navigate to the search page in your store, apply the necessary filters, and copy the link from your browser's address bar. Here's an example of such a link to dresses in size L: https://www.example.com/store/search?categories=20671019&keyword=dress&option_Size=Large.