Improve Shopify Collection Merchandising with SortWise

What Can SortWise for Shopify Do

What makes SortWise for Shopify stand out is its depth and flexibility. It's more than a basic collection sort tool—it's a comprehensive solution packed with features no other Shopify collection app offers, giving you full control to showcase the right products to the right customers at the right time. Here are some of the key features available:

Flexible Definition of "New" Products

Every brand has its own rhythm—and SortWise for Shopify respects that. Instead of relying on a basic "newest first" setting, SortWise lets you define what "new" means to your store. You can choose:

1. Publish Date
2. Update Date
3. or any other custom date from your product metafields

Even better, you can specify the exact number of days a product should be considered "new." Want to spotlight new arrivals for 7 days? 14? 30? It's entirely up to you.

This feature gives you control over your merchandising strategy, allowing you to highlight fresh inventory in a way that fits your launch cycles and promotions.

Automate Collection Sorting with Custom Strategies

Unlike Shopify's basic sorting presets, SortWise for Shopify lets store owners create tailored sorting strategies. These strategies combine attributes such as product availability, inventory levels, publish dates, sales performance, customer engagement and more. If the attribute is in Shopify then SortWise can sort on it!

Merchants can set up rules to automatically push in-stock or newly added products to the top of a collection while demoting sold-out items to the bottom. These sorts run automatically on a schedule, reducing the need for manual updates and ensuring collections always reflect real-time business priorities.

Boost Sales with AI-Driven Merchandising

SortWise for Shopify uses intelligent merchandising by incorporating performance data into sorting logic. This includes product views, order frequency, and revenue generation. With this information, high-performing products are surfaced to top positions where they are more likely to convert.

By aligning product order with actual consumer behavior, ecommerce sites can drive higher engagement and better conversion rates. Merchandising based on data insights is proven to influence product visibility and purchasing decisions.

Highlight Key Products with Pinning and Drag & Drop

Beyond automation, SortWise includes manual override features that allow for visual merchandising flexibility. Merchants can pin featured products to the top positions in a collection or use a drag-and-drop interface to fine-tune layout.

This gives marketing teams direct control when spotlighting new launches, seasonal campaigns, or high-margin items—without disrupting automated rules for the rest of the collection.

Automatically Push Sold-Out Products to the Bottom

Maintaining a professional and relevant storefront is critical. SortWise automatically detects inventory changes and moves out-of-stock products to the bottom of collections. This improves the customer experience by prioritizing purchasable items, reducing bounce rates and frustration.

Leverage Product Metafields for Advanced Sorting

SortWise for Shopify supports metafield-based sorting, enabling merchants to build sorting rules using unique custom fields. This is particularly valuable for large or complex catalogs where internal tags, or Metafields influence merchandising strategy.

Analyze Collection Performance with Built-In Analytics

Understanding which products and collections perform best is essential for merchandising success. SortWise for Shopify provides built-in analytics to track views, conversion rates, and sales metrics. These insights help merchants evaluate which sort strategies are driving results and where adjustments are needed.

Real-Time Analytics and Collection Reporting

Here's where SortWise for Shopify truly stands out from every other Shopify collection app: analytics and reporting on your collections.

That's right—SortWise doesn't just help you sort products; it helps you understand them. You'll get detailed insights into how your collections are performing, what products are getting attention, and what needs improvement.

Use this data to:

1. Identify top performers
2. Spot underperforming products
3. Make informed decisions about promotions, stock levels, or feature placements

Data-backed sorting means you're not guessing—you're making decisions with confidence.

When to Use SortWise for Shopify

SortWise is ideal for merchants who:

1. Need to automate collection organization to save time
2. Want to drive more sales through performance-based merchandising
3. Are managing large catalogs or frequently updated inventories
4. Use metafields or custom data to influence product sorting
5. Want full control over how products appear while minimizing manual effort

Smaller stores with few SKUs and minimal merchandising needs may find Shopify's default sorting adequate. However, for stores with ambitions to scale or improve efficiency, SortWise for Shopify is a clear upgrade.