Install MerchDesk, create your first automated collection and add it to your storefront.
MerchDesk is in review with Shopify. The install link will be on the MerchDesk page once it’s approved.
Install
- Install MerchDesk from the Shopify App Store.
- Approve the permissions. MerchDesk reads your orders and products to rank them, and manages the collections it creates.
- Start the Standard plan. It begins with a 14-day free trial.
MerchDesk opens inside your Shopify admin, under Apps in the sidebar.
Create a collection
- Choose the collection type: Bestsellers, Trending or New Arrivals.
- Adjust its settings, like how many days a product counts as new for New Arrivals.
- Save. MerchDesk sets up the collection in your store but doesn’t fill it yet.
- Choose Refresh now. MerchDesk fills the collection and shows what it added and removed.
After that, the collection updates automatically. Run Refresh now any time to see changes right away.
Put it on your storefront
MerchDesk collections are ordinary Shopify collections. Add them to your theme the way you would any other collection: in a menu, a featured collection section on your home page, or a collection list.
Leave products out
Use exclusions to leave out products by tag, product type or vendor, such as gift cards, samples or shipping protection. Excluded products are skipped and the next product in line takes their place.
Drafts, archived products and products not published to your Online Store are always skipped.
Last updated October 8, 2026