Before search

What this does

Normally, the search box is empty until a shopper starts typing, showing nothing to guide them. Before search shows helpful starting points — recent searches, trending searches, categories, brands, or featured products — the instant a shopper opens search, before a single character is typed. This gives shoppers who don’t have a specific query in mind somewhere to go, instead of a blank box.

Steps

1. In the app, go to Search > Before search.
2. Turn on whichever sections you want to show, and set how many items each one displays. Drag rows under What appears, in order to change the order they appear in:
   • Recent searches — the shopper’s own past searches (per-device).
   • Trending searches — popular search terms.
   • Shop by category — your store’s product categories.
   • Brands — vendors from your catalog.
   • Featured products — a curated product list.
3. If Featured products is on, choose where those products come from, under Featured products come from: Best sellers, updated daily, Newest products, Specific products, or Specific collection.
4. If Trending searches is on, choose where that list comes from, under Trending searches come from: Automatic, from shopper search activity, or A list I choose — pick the manual option if your store doesn’t have enough search history yet.
5. Use the top-right switch to turn Before search on or off entirely.

Related pages

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• Enable instant search widget

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