Tagalys

Most Shopify brands manage collection pages by hand. Someone drags products around in the Shopify admin, eyeballs the order, and hopes it matches what customers want to see. It works until you have 20+ collections and hundreds of SKUs. Then it becomes a full-time job nobody has time for.

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Tagalys automates visual merchandising on Shopify. It lets your team set rules (new arrivals first, bestsellers weighted, out-of-stock buried) and then sorts collection pages automatically. Your merchandising team can also override the automation and pin specific products to specific positions when campaigns require it.

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It also handles on-site search and product recommendations. Not as deep as Algolia on the search side, but significantly simpler to set up and manage. For theme-based Shopify stores, Tagalys covers the 80% of merchandising needs that matter most.

Automated collection sorting

Set rules based on revenue, margin, inventory levels, newness, or custom attributes. Tagalys re-sorts your collection pages automatically so high-performing products surface first. When stock runs low, products drop down. No manual reshuffling.

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Visual merchandiser

A drag-and-drop interface that shows your collection pages as a grid. Your team pins products, groups by colour or style, and previews changes before publishing. Faster than Shopify's admin and designed specifically for merchandising workflows.

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Search

Tagalys provides on-site search with autocomplete, typo tolerance, and synonym support. It's not as configurable as Algolia, but it's a meaningful upgrade over Shopify's native search for theme-based stores at a lower price point.

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Product recommendations

Cross-sells, upsells, and "frequently bought together" widgets powered by purchase data. We configure recommendation placements on product pages, cart, and post-purchase to increase AOV without annoying customers.

Different tools, different weight classes. Algolia is a search-first platform we use on headless Hydrogen builds where sub-50ms response times and deep faceting matter.

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Tagalys is a merchandising-first platform we use on theme-based Shopify stores where collection page management is the primary pain point. If your store runs on a Shopify theme and your team spends hours manually sorting collection pages, Tagalys solves that problem at a fraction of Algolia's cost and complexity. If you're headless and search is a core navigation pattern, Algolia is the better investment.

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Does Tagalys work with headless Shopify?

Tagalys is designed for theme-based Shopify stores. It integrates via app embed and works within Shopify's native collection and search infrastructure. For headless builds on Hydrogen, we use Algolia instead.

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How much does Tagalys cost?

Tagalys pricing is based on product count and monthly page views. Plans typically start around $199/month for smaller catalogues. It's significantly cheaper than Algolia for stores that primarily need merchandising, not advanced search.

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Can our merchandising team use it without developers?

Yes. That's the core value prop. After initial setup and rule configuration, your merchandising team manages everything through Tagalys's dashboard. Sorting rules, product pinning, search synonyms, recommendation placements. No code, no developer tickets.