Automation with a human override
Data-driven ranking is the default. Campaign weeks are not. A new colorway, a lookbook, a wholesale exclusive, or a founder pick still needs to sit in slot 1 regardless of yesterday’s revenue. SortWise gives merchandisers a visual layer on top of the strategy instead of forcing a choice between autopilot and a spreadsheet.
Pin to a position
Lock specific products to the top of a collection — or to exact slots — while the rest of the grid continues to sort on your rules. Pins survive hourly re-sorts. Optionally drop a pin when the product sells out so the hero slot never becomes a dead end.
Use pins for launches, paid-social landing collections, and gift guides. Use the strategy for everything else. The result is a collection that still feels curated, even when inventory and demand keep changing underneath it.
Drag-and-drop when the grid needs a hand
Sometimes the right merchandising move is visual, not a formula: two reds should not sit next to each other, a campaign set should read as a story, a slow mover needs one week in row two. The drag-and-drop editor lets you rearrange products in the collection and keep that order until the next automated pass — or until you pin the ones that must stay.
Works with grouping, not against it
Pin a hero, then let grouped rules fill the next rows — new arrivals, then bestsellers, then the long tail. Combine visual control with inventory merchandising so a pinned sold-out product does not waste the fold.