Enable instant search widget
The instant search widget shows live product, collection, and query suggestions as a shopper types in your storefront's search box — no page reload needed.
What this does
With the default theme search, a shopper has to type a full query and press Enter, then wait for a new results page to load before seeing any matches. With the instant search widget on, results start appearing directly under the search box as soon as the shopper starts typing — for example, typing "keds" surfaces matching products, collections, and suggested queries in a live dropdown/panel within the same page, with no reload and no need to press Enter.
Turning this on doesn't remove the regular search results page — shoppers can still press Enter to see the full results — it just adds the live, in-place suggestions on top of it.
Turn it on
In the app, go to Search.
Turn on the SEARCH WIDGET switch at the top of the page.
The widget replaces your theme's default search box behavior wherever your theme renders search, without any code changes. From here, the Before search, During search, and No results pages each control what shows at a different stage of the search experience.
Matching
Under Search > Settings, in the Matching section:
AI-powered search — "Reads the meaning of a search, so a query like 'something warm for winter' finds coats." Matches shoppers' intent even when their exact words don't appear in your product data. Requires the Professional plan.
Typo tolerance — "Still finds results when a shopper misspells a word, like 'snekaers'." On by default.
Turning Typo tolerance off makes search stricter (exact-text matching only).
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