Smart Collections setup guide

Replace static Shopify collections with dynamic, customizable collections powered by AI

Transcript

Let's set up Rebuy Smart Collections to give you full control over your Shopify collections pages with no-code customization and optimization tools. Smart Collections lets you customize how your products are displayed on your collections pages, lets you schedule campaigns to go live, and just gives you a better customer experience for your shoppers, all without touching a line of code. Here's how to get started. First in the Rebuy Admin, hit Search and Collections in that left-hand menu, then click Smart Collections. Now we're gonna click Get Started right here. And if you get this message at the top of our screen, all we have to do is click settings in this configure your settings banner, or go to Templates and Settings in the left-hand menu. Then let's toggle on Collections Enabled and hit Enable. Now we're gonna head over to the Shopify Admin. From here, click Online Store in the left-hand menu. Then when this pops up, we're gonna click Edit Theme to open the theme editor. Within the theme editor, we're gonna select the dropdown menu at the top of our screen here, and then we're gonna select a collections page. You can choose any collection here. And then Smart Collections is gonna apply this to all of the collections pages globally. Now under Templates in the left-hand menu, let's click Add Section. Now we're gonna navigate over to Apps. We're gonna scroll down here and we're gonna add the Rebuy Smart Collections block. Great. Now we can't see it just yet. We will by setting it live in one moment. But first, to avoid any confusion, let's disable Shopify's collections right above it here in the theme editor so we don't have this doubling effect. So let's scroll up just a little bit here. We're gonna click on Product Grid and see that little eye that appears. Let's just click the eye to hide the product grid from the page. Awesome. That looks great. So now we're gonna re-click that Rebuy Smart Collections block. Then over on the right-hand side, we're just gonna set this live. Awesome. Looks good. We're just gonna hit Save in the top right corner. And now why don't we check this out on our store to make sure it's set up correctly and yep, there it is on the collections page. Our Rebuy Smart Collections has been set up successfully, but now I wanna show you how you can customize this even further. Now we're back in the Rebuy Admin and we're just gonna run through pretty quickly some of the ways we can customize this Smart Collection. So I'm gonna select Edit here on the right in this Collections Template Editor block. And now I'm in the template editor. So first off, if I click Edit at the top here next to Layout, I can decide if I want this to be a sidebar-looking style or if I want to have dropdowns. And here's how that looks over on the right-hand side. Okay, now let's navigate back to the main menu. And I could have a hero description and a hero image if I wanted to. Let's go to Filters and Sorting. And there's lots of other customization options available for me to play with here. Let's navigate back and go over to Product Display. I can personalize how I want these products to look by adjusting all of these different settings here. From the image ratio of the product cards to column spacing, to how the column break will look on mobile, tablet, and desktop. Navigating over to Pagination. We can change how many products we want displayed by default and also the dropdown options. We could even have a continuous scroll if we would like. Now over in Integrations, any of these we could activate to add reviews and ratings to our collections over on the right-hand side. And lastly, we can add an Add to Cart button beneath all of these products and customize the copy for those actions if we so choose. Now, however you've chosen to customize this, just remember to hit Save in the top right, and that's it. You are now officially set up with Rebuy Smart Collections. Remember, if you have any questions along the way, you can reach out to our Rebuy support team by hitting the Rebuy logo in the bottom right corner. Thanks so much for watching this video, and we'll see you in the next one.

Step-by-step

Step 1: Enable Smart Collections in Rebuy

  1. In the Rebuy Admin, click Search and Collections in the left-hand menu

  2. Click Smart Collections

  3. Click Get Started

  4. If prompted, click Settings in the configure banner or go to Templates and Settings

  5. Toggle on Collections Enabled

  6. Click Enable

Step 2: Add the App Block in Shopify

  1. Go to Shopify AdminOnline Store

  2. Click Edit Theme to open the theme editor

  3. Use the dropdown menu at the top to select a Collections page (any collection will apply globally)

  4. Under Templates in the left-hand menu, click Add Section

  5. Navigate to Apps and add the Rebuy Smart Collections block

Step 3: Disable Native Shopify Collections

  1. In the theme editor, locate the default Product Grid

  2. Click the eye icon to hide it from the page

  3. This prevents duplicate collections from displaying

Step 4: Activate and Save

  1. Click on the Rebuy Smart Collections block

  2. Set it to Live on the right-hand side

  3. Click Save in the top right corner

  4. Refresh the page to confirm Smart Collections is working

Step 5: Customize Your Collections (Optional)

  1. Return to the Rebuy Admin

  2. Click Edit on the Collections Template Editor

  3. Customize options:

    • Layout – Sidebar or dropdowns

    • Hero – Add description and image

    • Filters and Sorting – Configure filtering options

    • Product Display – Adjust image ratio, column spacing, mobile/tablet/desktop breakpoints

    • Pagination – Set products per page, enable continuous scroll

    • Integrations – Add reviews and ratings

    • Add to Cart – Add buttons beneath products

  4. Click Save to apply changes

FAQs

  • A free trial begins immediately after initial install. Rebuy offers an industry-best, 21-Day trial and money-back guarantee. After the trial period, standard billing applies and the first invoice will be calculated by your store's OPM (orders per month) count and the aligning tier. Future invoices will also take into account RGR (Rebuy generated revenue).

  • Rebuy guarantees a positive ROI (return on investment) for all customers using our products. A positive ROI is calculated by taking the amount spent on the Rebuy platform compared to the additional revenue driven by Rebuy.

  • RGR is all revenue driven by Rebuy within a given period. RGR is only applied to sales driven directly by a Rebuy widget, link, search, or recommendation workflow.