Source: https://daphnislabs.com/case-studies/pa-product-collection-sort

AI & Product Engineering

# PA: Product & Collection Sort

AI that shapes the order of a Shopify collection

Sales signals, stock levels and merchant rules help decide which products shoppers encounter first.

[View Shopify listing (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.shopify.com/pa-product-collection-sort) [Read the story](https://daphnislabs.com/case-studies/pa-product-collection-sort#story)

![PA — official Shopify app listing image](https://daphnislabs.com/images/projects/pa-product-collection-sort/listing-1.webp)

## The project

Daphnis built the Shopify application, its React merchant interface and Python backend. The AI engineering scope includes RFM algorithms and a self-hosted MegaBeam-Mistral-7B deployment.

### About these images

Product screens published in the official Shopify app listing.

**Industry**

Shopify merchant tools

**Our role**

Shopify app development RFM algorithms & AI

**Technology**

Shopify React Python MegaBeam-Mistral-7B

**Model deployment**

Self-hosted

## From AI sorting to the product grid

![Official listing — AI Sort in the strategy selector](https://daphnislabs.com/images/projects/pa-product-collection-sort/listing-5.webp)

### AI as a merchandising strategy

AI Sort ranks products using store sales and inventory signals. Merchants select it within a collection's sorting settings; other strategies support specific priorities such as new arrivals, bestsellers or available stock.

[Explore this page (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.shopify.com/pa-product-collection-sort)

![Illustrative product grid — sample products, not a merchant screenshot](https://daphnislabs.com/images/projects/pa-product-collection-sort/product-grid-example.svg)

### The order shoppers encounter

Collection sorting changes product placement within the browsing grid. This sample illustrates a pinned item holding the first position while the remaining products follow the selected sorting strategy.

![Official listing — pinned-product controls](https://daphnislabs.com/images/projects/pa-product-collection-sort/listing-4.webp)

### Reserve a position for a chosen product

Pinning keeps a selected item at the top regardless of the strategy used for the rest of the collection. The merchant can synchronise products and apply the selection from the same workspace.

![Official listing — tags and composite sorting rules](https://daphnislabs.com/images/projects/pa-product-collection-sort/listing-3.webp)

### Build rules around the trading plan

Advanced configuration lets merchants boost or bury products by tag and combine sorting rules. These controls give campaigns and catalogue priorities a place alongside automated ranking.

## The customer signals behind RFM

The project's RFM algorithms analyse purchasing behaviour across three dimensions.

1.  ### Recency
    
    How recently a customer has purchased.
    
2.  ### Frequency
    
    How often a customer returns to purchase.
    
3.  ### Monetary value
    
    The value associated with those purchases.
    

## Explore the project

[**Official Shopify listing** Explore the published app screens and feature descriptions. (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.shopify.com/pa-product-collection-sort)

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