Admin Guide
This guide covers everything you need to know about installing Facetify, managing your subscription, and configuring filters and sorting options for your store.
Installation
Install Facetify from the Shopify App Store and wait for your products to sync. Most stores are ready to go in under 5 minutes.
Step 1: Install from App Store
Find Facetify in the Shopify App Store and click "Install". You'll be asked to approve the following permissions:
- Products - To index and search your catalog
- Orders - To rank products by sales data
- Markets - To support multi-currency and localization
Step 2: Subscribe to billing plan.
Go to the billing section in the facetify app and subscribe to the pay as you go billing plan. Here you can set a cap limit for your maximum monthly cost. You can raise this amount at a later time.
Facetify will stop to work if your usage exceeds the selected cap limit for a month.
Step 3: Wait for Product Sync
After installation and subscribing to the billing plan, Facetify automatically syncs your products. This happens in the background and you can track progress on the dashboard.
| Catalog Size | Typical Sync Time |
|---|---|
| Under 1,000 products | 1-2 minutes |
| 1,000 - 10,000 products | 2-5 minutes |
| 10,000 - 50,000 products | 5-15 minutes |
| 50,000+ products | 15-30 minutes |
Once sync is complete, you'll see "All products synced" with a green checkmark on the Facetify dashboard.
Subscription & Billing
Facetify uses simple pay-as-you-go pricing. You only pay for what you use, with no upfront commitments.
Pricing
Usage is billed at $0.25 per 1,000 requests and $0.01 per 1,000 documents/day
- Search requests - When customers search or filters
- Autocomplete - Search suggestions as customers type
- Recommendations - Product suggestions
- Product indexing - Keeping your catalog synced in real time
Usage Cap
Set a monthly usage cap to control your spending. Choose from $25, $250, $500, or $1,000 per month. You'll receive alerts when approaching your cap.
View detailed usage, adjust your cap, or manage your subscription in the Facetify app under Apps → Facetify → Billing.
Filter Configuration
Facetify automatically detects your product attributes and creates filters. You can customize which filters appear, their order, and add translations.
Managing Filters
Access filter configuration at Apps → Facetify → Filters.
Reorder Filters
Drag and drop filters to change the order they appear on your storefront. The topmost filter appears first in the filter sidebar.
Enable/Disable Filters
Use the toggle switch next to each filter to show or hide it. Disabled filters won't appear on your storefront but remain available to re-enable later.
Edit Filter Labels
Click on a filter's label to edit it inline. This changes how the filter name appears to customers.
Adding Metafield Filters
Beyond standard filters (vendor, product type, tags, options), you can add filters based on your product or variant metafields.
Filter Translations
If your store supports multiple languages, you can translate filter labels for each language.
Value Grouping
Sometimes product data contains variations of the same value (like "White", "Wht", "WHITE"). Value grouping lets you merge these into a single canonical value that customers see.
If your products have colors like "Wht", "White", "WHT", and "white", create a group called "White" and add all variations. Customers will see only "White" in the filter, but it will match all the underlying values.
Sort Configuration
Configure which sort options appear and in what order. You can also set the default sort and add translations.
Managing Sort Options
Access sort configuration at Apps → Facetify → Sorting.
Reorder Sort Options
Drag and drop to change the order sort options appear in the dropdown. The topmost option appears first.
Enable/Disable Sort Options
Toggle sort options on or off. Disabled options won't appear in the sort dropdown on your storefront.
Set Default Sort
Click the radio button next to a sort option to make it the default. This is the sort order customers see when they first visit a collection.
Exactly one sort option must be set as the default. You cannot save without selecting a default.
Sort Translations
Click the "Translate" button on any sort option to add translations for each language your store supports.
Next Steps
Now that your admin configuration is complete, set up the theme blocks:
- Theme Configuration Guide - Enable the app embed and add Facetify blocks to your collection, search, and product pages