# Getting Started

✨This quick guide gives you a high-level summary of what the Smart Product Filter & Search app offers and how it can help improve your Shopify store's shopping experience.

### 🔍 What It Does

Smart Product Filter & Search empowers your store with:

* Customizable product filters on collection and search pages
* Enhanced search capabilities with instant suggestions and typo tolerance
* Filter support for tags, variants, price, availability, metafields, and more
* Fast and responsive performance optimized for all store sizes

### 🎯 Who It’s For

Ideal for a wide range of stores, including:

* Fashion stores (filter by size, color, brand)
* Electronics shops (filter by specs, features)
* Automotive and parts stores with a built-in Year-Make-Model (YMM) filter system
* Marketplaces with large, complex catalogs

### 📘 What You’ll Learn in the Full Guide

The full user guide will walk you through:

1. Installation & Setup
2. Creating Filter Trees
3. Customizing Search
4. Styling & Layout Options
5. Advanced Features (like metafields, YMM, synonyms, etc.)
6. Troubleshooting & Support

### ✅ Requirements Before You Begin

* Use a Shopify Online Store 2.0 theme (for app block support)
* Make sure your product data (tags, types, vendors, etc.) is clean and structured
* After setup, remember to publish the app in your theme

### 💡 Tips for Success

* Start simple — apply filters to your most popular collections
* Use product tags or metafields to create powerful, specific filters
* Sync your product data to make sure the latest data is up-to-date

💬 **Need Help?** Contact us at **<contact@globosoftware.net>** – we’re happy to assist! 😊