# Merchandising rules

SmartSort AI · Sorting rules · Updated October 4, 2026

> Create rules that push products up or down by tags, vendor, type, price, inventory, sales, revenue, age, discount or margin.

Merchandising rules let you describe exactly which products deserve more — or less — visibility. Each rule has conditions and an action: **push to top** or **push to bottom**. Rules are part of the Growth plan and up.

## Create a rule

In **Sorting rules** (or a collection’s own settings), find **Merchandising rules** and add a rule:

1. **Name it** so you recognise it later, for example “Northwind in stock”.
2. **Choose how conditions combine:** products must match **all** conditions, or **any** of them.
3. **Add conditions** — a field, a comparison and a value.
4. **Choose the action:** push to top, or push to bottom.
5. Save. Use **Preview** on a collection to see which products the rule moves.

You can add up to 50 rules with up to 20 conditions each, and switch a rule off without deleting it.

## Fields

| Field | What it checks |
|---|---|
| Tag | The product’s tags. |
| Vendor | The product’s vendor. |
| Product type | The product’s type. |
| Title | The product’s title. |
| Price | The lowest variant price, in your store’s currency. |
| Inventory | Total inventory across variants and locations. |
| Units sold (lookback) | Units sold in your lookback period. |
| Revenue (lookback) | Revenue after discounts in your lookback period. |
| Days since created | How many days ago the product was created. |
| Discount % | The biggest discount from compare-at price among its variants. |
| Margin % | Margin from price and cost per item (0 when there’s no cost). |

## Comparisons

- **Text fields** (vendor, product type, title): *is*, *is not*, *contains*, *does not contain*. Upper and lower case are ignored.
- **Tag:** *is* means the product has exactly that tag; *contains* means one of its tags contains the text; *is not* and *does not contain* are the opposites.
- **Number fields:** *is*, *is not*, *greater than*, *at least*, *less than*, *at most*.

## How rules interact

- Products matching a **push to top** rule are placed after featured products, new arrivals and products with a push-to-top tag.
- Products matching a **push to bottom** rule are placed after products with a push-to-bottom tag, just before out-of-stock products.
- A product joins the group of the **first** rule it matches, in the order your rules are listed, and each group is ranked by your sort order.
- Out-of-stock handling, new arrivals and [tag priorities](https://help.fleekapps.com/smartsort-ai/sort-by-tags/) are checked before rules, so a sold-out product goes to the bottom even if a rule would push it up.

## Examples

| Goal | Rule |
|---|---|
| Feature a brand that’s well stocked | Vendor *is* Northwind **and** Inventory *greater than* 20 → push to top |
| Bury slow, old stock | Days since created *greater than* 180 **and** Units sold *less than* 1 → push to bottom |
| Protect margin | Margin % *at least* 60 → push to top |
| Sink low-value items | Price *less than* 5 → push to bottom |
| Promote deals | Discount % *at least* 30 → push to top |

> **Tip:** Rules apply to every collection that follows the store-wide rules. To use a rule in only one collection, add it in that [collection’s settings](https://help.fleekapps.com/smartsort-ai/collection-settings/).

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Source: https://help.fleekapps.com/smartsort-ai/merchandising-rules/