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# Getting Started

Smart Product Filter & Search adds advanced product filtering, an instant search widget, and product recommendations to your Shopify store — without touching your theme's code.

With the app, shoppers can:

* Narrow down collection and search results using filters such as price, size, color, availability, and any product attribute or metafield you choose.
* Get instant search results and suggestions as you type, including typo-tolerant matching.
* See related, trending, and best-selling product recommendations across your store.

All of it installs as a theme app extension, so none of it touches your theme's Liquid code, and it can be turned on or off from the Theme Editor at any time (see [Integrate app to theme](/getting-started/integrate-app-to-theme.md)).

It works on any Shopify theme and is commonly used by stores with large or highly varied catalogs — fashion, electronics, auto parts, furniture, and multi-brand marketplaces — where customers need more than a plain collection page to find what they want.

## What you'll set up

Getting the app fully running involves five steps, which you can complete in any order:

1. **Sync your product data** — see [Sync Product Data](/getting-started/sync-product-data.md)
2. **Set up your filters** — choose which product attributes shoppers can filter by, see [Configure filter sidebar](/filters/configure-filter-sidebar.md)
3. **Customize search** — turn on the instant search widget and configure what it searches, see [Enable instant search widget](/search/enable-instant-search-widget.md)
4. **Enable the app on your theme** — see [Integrate app to theme](/getting-started/integrate-app-to-theme.md)
5. *(Optional)* **Set up Vehicle Finder** — if you sell parts or products that fit specific vehicles, see [Set up Vehicle Finder form](/vehicle-finder/set-up-vehicle-finder-form.md)

The app's **Home** dashboard gives you an at-a-glance view of app embed status, sync status, and search/filter performance once you're up and running:

![App Home dashboard](https://2009335375-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FKmtdB4I84W3J8hc91H4S%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d9288b5d4cc482c286f5615831cfe253801e64c7%2Fhome-dashboard.png?alt=media)

## Before you begin

* The app needs at least one full product sync to know what's in your catalog before filters or search will show any results.

## Tips for a smooth setup

* Start with a small number of filters (2–4) that matter most to your shoppers, then expand once you see how customers use them in [Filter Analytics](/analytics/view-filter-analytics.md).
* Re-sync your product data after large catalog changes (bulk edits, CSV imports, new metafields), so filters and search stay accurate.
* Roll changes out on a duplicate/draft theme first if you want to preview the app before making it live to customers.

## Need help?

Contact us at <contact@globo.io> if you get stuck at any step — we're happy to help you set things up.