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Commerce marketingReviewed September 7, 2026

What is Merchandising?

Ecommerce merchandising is the deliberate selection, ordering, grouping, and presentation of products to help shoppers decide what to buy.

Who this applies to#

  • Merchandising applies anywhere product order, grouping, or proof changes what shoppers notice first

What Merchandising requires#

  • Choose the ranking logic for the shopper's context instead of showing one universal product order
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Product Recommender supports ranking logic including best selling, trending, similar items, and frequently bought together

What this does not require#

  • Merchandising does not require changing the product catalog or inventory record

Common mistakes#

  1. Treating merchandising as decoration
  2. Using one ranking for every placement

Merchandising checklist#

  • Name the shopper context
  • Choose the ranking rule
  • Check stock and relevance
  • Measure clicks and orders

Official sources#