merchandising-rules

Automate product ranking with scoring, pins, and boost/bury rules.

14|3|Updated Mar 22, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/tomtoto757/ecomm-ai-skills-hub --skill merchandising-rules-tomtoto757
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Skill: merchandising-rules
Source: https://github.com/tomtoto757/ecomm-ai-skills-hub/tree/main/skills/catalog-inventory/finsilabs/business-operations/merchandising-rules
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tomtoto757/ecomm-ai-skills-hub --skill merchandising-rules-tomtoto757

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Merchandising rules help merchandisers surface high-margin and in-stock items, control hero placements, and automate collection ordering to optimize revenue and relevance.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Automated product ranking across collections and search results based on performance, inventory, and recency.
  • Manual pinning and burying of items to enforce hero placements and seasonal strategies.
  • Handling out-of-stock gracefully by ranking them lower but keeping them discoverable for SEO and wishlists.
  • Use Case: A retailer pins a new sofa to slot 1 for two weeks and dynamically boosts in-stock high-margin items.

Quick Start

Configure your scoring rules, run the ranking, and review the resulting product order.

Frequently Asked Questions about merchandising-rules

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I automate product ranking and merchandising for my ecommerce collections?

Automated product ranking uses a scoring pipeline that combines sales velocity, revenue, conversion, margin, recency, and inventory to output a final ordered list with pin flags for your collections.

Can I pin hero products and bury discontinued items on Shopify or WooCommerce search results?

Yes, you can manually pin hero products to specific slots and apply boost or bury rules to search results and collection pages across Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and headless stores.

What is the best way to keep out-of-stock items discoverable for SEO without hurting conversion rates?

Merchandising rules handle out-of-stock items gracefully by ranking them lower in the collection order while keeping them discoverable for SEO and wishlists.

How does the product scoring pipeline apply boost and bury rules to sort collections?

The scoring pipeline calculates baseline product scores from performance and inventory metrics, then applies boost, bury, pin, and exclusion rules in a defined order to generate the final sorted list.

Does this merchandising approach work with headless ecommerce stores?

Yes, the merchandising rules and automated product ranking pipeline are designed to be applied to collection pages and search results across headless stores and major platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce.

How do I exclude discontinued items from my dynamic collection sorting?

You can configure exclusion rules within the merchandising pipeline to automatically remove discontinued items from the final ordered product list before it is output.