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Recommendation engine

Recommendation algorithms, tuned to your site.

A recommendation engine that combines crowd wisdom, predictive models, each visitor’s own history and AI that understands what every product and article is about, so each visitor sees what they are most likely to want next, in product recommendations and content recommendations. It adapts to your kind of site on its own: outfits in a fashion store, accessories that fit in electronics, the next read on a news site.

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Tuned to your kind of store

Product recommendation algorithms, tuned to what you sell.

Personyze reads your catalog, works out what kind of shop it is and adapts its algorithms to it. A fashion store gets outfits, an electronics store gets the accessories that fit, a pet store gets the refill before the bag runs out. Nothing to configure.

Fashion

Complete the look, Similar style, In your style

Personyze reads each product’s picture and title once and records its look: the kind of item, colour, pattern, style, occasion, season and who it is for. It weighs that with what your shoppers bought and viewed, so every row reads as “this goes with that” or “more like this”.

  1. Complete the lookPieces of other kinds that go with the item on screen. A navy bomber gets a sweater, a beanie and sneakers, never twelve more jackets.
  2. Similar styleThe same kind of item in a matching style, for shoppers still choosing.
  3. In your styleAcross the site, items ranked by the looks this shopper has browsed and put in the cart.

See it on a store: a fashion site, personalized · personalization for fashion websites

Electronics

Accessories that fit

Cases, chargers and cables that work with this exact product, in the same brand ecosystem. After someone buys a TV, they see the soundbar and the wall mount, not more TVs.

  1. Made for this productOnly accessories that fit the model on screen or in the order.
  2. Alternatives at a similar priceOn a product page, other models stay in the same price band.
  3. After the purchaseWhat completes it, on the thank-you page and in the follow-up email.

The algorithm behind it: customers who bought this also bought · the benefits of bundle sales

Home & furniture

Complete the room

A sofa gets a coffee table, a rug and a lamp in the same style, read from each product’s picture: the wood, the colours, the period. A shopper furnishing one room sees one room, not three styles at once.

  1. Other kinds, one styleThe pieces that complete the room, never another twelve sofas.
  2. Learned from real ordersWhat your shoppers furnished together, cleaned up by each piece’s look.
  3. Priced below the piece on screenAdd-ons cost less than the sofa they go with.

More on it: product recommendations, an example

Beauty, grocery & pets

Time to restock

Products come back to a shopper when they typically run out, learned from how often people rebuy each item. A serum, a bag of coffee and a sack of dog food each keep their own rhythm.

  1. Learned per productFrom how often your shoppers rebuy it, not one rule for the whole store.
  2. On the site and in emailOn the home page, in the cart and in your recommendation emails.
  3. Not before they need itUntil then, what they bought stays out of their recommendations.

In the library: Buy it Again · recommendations in email

Sports & outdoor

Gear for the same activity

Trail shoes get running socks, a bottle and a headlamp; a tent gets a sleeping bag, a pad and a lantern. Personyze keeps each row to one activity: running, football, camping, ski.

  1. One activity per rowNo tent next to running shoes, no ski wax next to a football.
  2. From the picture and the ordersWhat the gear is for, and what your shoppers bought for the same trip.
  3. Add-ons for lessEvery piece costs less than the shoe or the tent it goes with.

More on it: recommendations on an ecommerce site

Content sites

More on this topic, Go deeper

Personyze reads every article once: its topics, the people, companies and places in it, news or guide, beginner or expert, and whether it stays relevant. A story published an hour ago has related reading before anyone has opened it, and the list is always full.

  1. More on this topicThe same subject from another angle.
  2. Go deeperThe natural next step: from the news story to the explainer, from a guide to a case study, and on to the page that converts.
  3. For youArticles matched to the topics and kinds of content this reader reads.

More on it: content recommendations · the content recommendations playbook

How it decides

Two signals for every product. The balance shifts by itself.

For each product, Personyze weighs what shoppers did with it and how it looks. A bestseller is recommended mostly from real purchases; a new arrival mostly from its look, so it gets good recommendations the day it is added.

It learns which looks go together

Not only which items. If shoppers who buy black sporty hoodies also buy black track pants, a hoodie added yesterday is matched the same way.

Pairs that cannot be an outfit are dropped

The same item in another size, children’s items next to adults’, and things bought with everything, such as gift cards.

Ranked by how many shoppers made the pair

A combination many people bought leads one that two people happened to buy.

Articles work the same way

What readers did, and what each article is about: its topics, the people and places in it, news or guide. More on content recommendations.

Nothing to configure. Automatic includes Complete the look on product pages for shops with look data. Reading product pictures is one switch in Recommendation settings, and before you turn it on you see the estimated AI credits for your own catalog.

Match the visitor

The algorithm picks. The rules put what fits them first.

Add Match the visitor to any algorithm: brand and size from the shopper’s own history, their gender, and a price like the ones they look at. The algorithm still chooses the products; the rules decide which come first.

The shopperBack for more Northline

Bought a Northline jacket in size M last winter, and browses men’s jackets at around $130.

The rules, in the order you set
  1. 1Brandfrom their own historyNorthline
  2. 2Sizefrom their own purchasesM
  3. 3Genderunisex matches everyoneMen’s
  4. 4Price like theirswhat they usually look atAround $130
The algorithm still leads

The rules re-order its own top picks. They never fill the row with random items.

A first visit keeps its order

With no history yet, every rule comes up empty and the algorithm’s order stands.

Wherever recommendations run

On your site, in recommendation emails, in the JSON API and in feeds.

Match the visitor on the recommendations page · how it works, with recipes for each kind of site

Better for every shop

Five things every list gets right. Built in.

Whichever algorithm a widget runs and whatever you sell, these hold for every row of recommendations.

Never what they just bought

A shopper who bought the tan sneakers yesterday is not offered them again today.

Each product once

One jacket in three colours and six sizes takes one place in the row, not nine.

Alternatives at a similar price, add-ons for less

A $129 jacket gets other jackets near $129, and add-ons priced below it.

Lists always full

When one source runs thin, the next fills in, so a row never shows an empty slot.

Measured per source

Clicks and purchases are counted for each recommendation source, so you see which one sells.

Automatic

One widget for every page. It picks the algorithm itself.

Put Automatic on every page and it works down one order: the page’s own algorithm first, then what this visitor is likely to want, then what is popular where they are and what is trending — and the newest products last, so it is never empty.

Recommended

Automatic: one widget, every page

In the panel, Automatic is the first card when you set up a widget, and a new widget starts on it; pick All algorithms beside it to choose one yourself.

Popular near youAustin, TX · first visit
A merino watch capMerino Watch Cap$39A low trail running shoeTrail Runner Low$89A canvas weekender duffel bagWeekender Duffel$119A mustard knit beanieKnit Beanie, Mustard$45

A first visit: nothing personal to go on yet, so it shows what is popular where they are.

In this order — the first with something to show servesOn a product pageOn a category pageWith something in the cartOn every pageSo it is never empty

Every algorithm in the panel is one of five kinds: predictive and popular, crowd wisdom, their own items, what just changed, your rules.

On a content site the order is Read Next, then Similar Content (AI) on an article page; then Content Recommended for You, Popular in the Visitor's Country and Trending Now on every page; and the newest articles last, so it is never empty.

In a store with look data Automatic also shows Complete the look on product pages, and every step is tuned to your kind of shop. By kind of store ↑

The algorithm library

Every recommendation algorithm, by what it learns from.

Five kinds: what each visitor is likely to want and what is popular, crowd wisdom around one item, their own items, what just changed in your catalog, and your own rules. Pick one to see what it shows, the page it fits and what it needs.

Predictive and popular8

What this visitor is most likely to want, and what everyone is viewing.

PredictiveRecommended on the home page

Personalized Recommendations

Predicts what each shopper is most likely to buy next, learned from the shoppers who behave like them.

Best on
Home — and any page, starting from the product, cart or order on it
Needs
Visits
For articles
Content Recommended for You
Merchandising

Sales Falling

Spots the products selling less than the week before and puts them back in front of shoppers before they go stale.

Best on
Reviving slow movers; the same for every visitor
Needs
Orders
For articles
Products only
PopularRecommended on the category page

Best Sellers

Your most purchased products, across the store or in the category being browsed — the strongest signal on a category page.

Best on
Category
Needs
Orders
For articles
Products only
Popular

Most-Added to Wishlist

The products shoppers save most — a strong signal of intent for retargeting and cart emails.

Best on
Retargeting and abandonment emails
Needs
Wishlist tracking
For articles
Most Liked Content (favorite or wishlist)
Crowd wisdom

Inspired by Past Purchases

Learns from shoppers who bought the same things: what they went on to view and buy next.

Best on
Home, for past buyers
Needs
Orders
For articles
Inspired by Reached Goals
Crowd wisdom around one item10

What your shoppers view, buy and open next around the product on screen.

Crowd wisdom

Others Who Viewed Also Viewed

The classic “customers also viewed”: what other shoppers viewed in the same visits as this product.

Best on
Product page
Needs
Product views
For articles
Visitors Who Read This Also Read
More on Others Who Viewed Also Viewed →
Crowd wisdomRecommended on the product page

Viewed Next

Where shoppers actually go next from this product, learned from the order of views in each visit.

Best on
Product page
Needs
Product views
For articles
Read Next
Crowd wisdom

What Others Viewed Then Bought

What shoppers who viewed the same products went on to buy — a step closer to the sale than “also viewed”.

Best on
Product page, Cart
Needs
Orders
For articles
What Readers Went On to Convert On
Crowd wisdomRecommended on the cart and the thank-you page

Cross-Sells

What goes with it: the products your shoppers bought together, learned from your own orders.

Best on
Cart, Thank-you page
Needs
Orders with several items
For articles
Products only
More on Cross-Sells →
From your catalog

Inspired by Category

More from the category or interest being browsed, so the next good find is one click away.

Best on
Product page, Search results
Needs
Categories in your catalog
For articles
More From This Topic
From your catalog

Up-Sells

One step up: higher-priced alternatives to the product viewed or in the cart, to raise the order value.

Best on
Product page, Cart
Needs
Prices in your catalog
For articles
Products only
AI

Similar Items (AI)

AI reads your catalog’s titles, brands, descriptions and categories, so a brand-new product has matches from day one.

Best on
Product page
Needs
Switched on in Catalog settings (uses AI credits)
For articles
Similar Content (AI)
Your rules

Managed Cross-Sells

Your own pairs, uploaded to the catalog, for the times you know exactly what goes together.

Best on
Product page, Cart
Needs
An uploaded cross-sell list
For articles
Managed Related Articles
Crowd wisdom

Cross-Sells for Last Item Added to Cart

What goes with the one product they just added, while they are still at the cart.

Best on
Cart, right after an add-to-cart
Needs
Add-to-cart tracking and orders
For articles
Products only
Crowd wisdom

Last Bought Item: Those Who Bought This Also Bought

What goes with the product they just bought — on the thank-you page and in the follow-up email.

Best on
Thank-you page; post-purchase email
Needs
Orders
For articles
Products only
Their own items5

Back to what this visitor viewed, saved or bought before.

Their history

Buy it Again

What they bought before, back in front of them — made for refills and everyday things.

Best on
Refills and consumables; after a purchase
Needs
Orders
For articles
Reached Goal
Their historyRecommended on the search results

Matches Their Search

Products matching their last search, on your site or at the search engine that sent them.

Best on
Search results; Home after a search
Needs
A search
For articles
The same name
Their history

Recently Viewed

An easy way back to the products they were considering.

Best on
Home, Cart; returning visitors
Needs
Product views
For articles
The same name
More on Recently Viewed →
Their history

Items in Cart

What is in their cart right now — a reminder on any page, or in an abandoned-cart email.

Best on
Any page as a reminder; abandoned-cart email
Needs
Cart tracking
For articles
You Commented
Their history

Your Wishlist

The products this shopper saved, back in front of them when they return.

Best on
Returning visitors
Needs
Wishlist tracking
For articles
Content You Liked
What just changed3

Cheaper, back in stock or new since their last visit.

What’s new

Price Dropped

Products cheaper now than on their last visit — a reason to come back.

Best on
Returning visitors; email
Needs
Prices in your feed
For articles
Products only
What’s new

Back in Stock

Products that came back after selling out — recently, or since their last visit.

Best on
Returning visitors; restock reminders
Needs
Stock in your feed
For articles
Products only
What’s new

New in Stock

What is new in your catalog, or new since their last visit.

Best on
Home, for returning visitors
Needs
A catalog feed
For articles
Recently Published
Your rules1

Any products, filtered and ordered your way.

Your rules

Any products

Any products you choose, narrowed by your own rules and ordered your way.

Best on
Anywhere a fixed selection is wanted
Needs
Nothing
For articles
Any Articles (custom filter)
Predictive and popular8

What this reader is most likely to read, and what everyone is reading.

PredictiveRecommended on the home page

Content Recommended for You

Predicts what each reader is most likely to read next, learned from the readers who behave like them.

Best on
Home — and any page
Needs
Visits
For products
Personalized Recommendations
Predictive

Content Recommended for You — Published Since Last Visit

For a returning reader: what they are likely to read among the articles published since their last visit.

Best on
Home, for returning readers
Needs
Visits, and publish dates in your catalog
For products
Articles only
Popular

Most Liked Content (favorite or wishlist)

The articles readers like and save most — the ones they want to come back to.

Best on
Home, Category
Needs
Likes or saves
For products
Most-Added to Wishlist
Popular

Most Commented

The articles with the most comments in a period — where the conversation is.

Best on
Home, Category
Needs
Comments on your articles
For products
Articles only
Crowd wisdom

Inspired by Reached Goals

Learns from readers who reached the same goals: what they went on to read.

Best on
Home
Needs
Goals set in Conversion Tracking
For products
Inspired by Past Purchases
Crowd wisdom around one item7

What your readers read and open next around the article on screen.

Crowd wisdom

Visitors Who Read This Also Read

What other readers read in the same visits as this article.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Article views
For products
Others Who Viewed Also Viewed
Crowd wisdomRecommended on the article page

Read Next

Where readers actually go next from this article, learned from the order of reads in each visit.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Article views
For products
Viewed Next
Crowd wisdom

Visitors Who Read This Also Read — From Current Category

The same crowd wisdom, kept to the category of the article being read.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Article views and categories
For products
Articles only
Crowd wisdom

What Readers Went On to Convert On

What readers of the same articles read on their way to your goal — a sign-up, a subscription or a purchase.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Goals set in Conversion Tracking
For products
What Others Viewed Then Bought
From your catalog

More From This Topic

More on the topics of the article being read.

Best on
Article page, Search results
Needs
Topics or categories on your articles
For products
Inspired by Category
AI

Similar Content (AI)

AI reads your titles, topics, authors and descriptions, so a story published an hour ago has related reads before anyone has read it.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Switched on in Catalog settings (uses AI credits)
For products
Similar Items (AI)
Your rules

Managed Related Articles

Your own pairs of related articles, for the coverage you want read together — our support team loads them for you.

Best on
Article page
Needs
Your pairs, loaded by support
For products
Managed Cross-Sells
Their own items5

Back to what this reader read, liked or commented on before.

Their history

Reached Goal

The articles this reader reached a goal on — a finished tutorial, a recipe they completed.

Best on
Returning readers
Needs
Goals set in Conversion Tracking
For products
Buy it Again
Their historyRecommended on the search results

Matches Their Search

Articles matching their last search, on your site or at the search engine that sent them.

Best on
Search results
Needs
A search
For products
The same name
Their history

Recently Viewed

Back to the articles they were reading.

Best on
Home; returning readers
Needs
Article views
For products
The same name
Their history

You Commented

The articles this reader commented on — the conversations they are part of.

Best on
Returning readers
Needs
Comments on your articles
For products
Items in Cart
Their history

Content You Liked

The articles this reader liked or saved, back in front of them.

Best on
Returning readers
Needs
Likes or saves
For products
Your Wishlist
What just changed1

Published since their last visit.

What’s new

Recently Published

Your newest articles, or those published since their last visit.

Best on
Home, Category
Needs
Publish dates in your catalog
For products
New in Stock
Your rules1

Any articles, filtered your way.

Your rules

Any Articles (custom filter)

Any articles you choose — by category, topic, publish date or your own fields — ranked within your selection.

Best on
Anywhere a fixed selection is wanted
Needs
Nothing
For products
Any products

Every widget runs one algorithm, and can keep others behind it to fill any empty slot. On top of these, Automatic tunes itself to your kind of store: Complete the look, Similar style, In your style, Accessories that fit, Complete the room, Time to restock and Gear for the same activity (by kind of store). How each family works, in plain words: recommendation algorithms explained.

Page by page

Which algorithm on which page, and what fills in.

Each page in the widget editor opens with one algorithm marked Recommended. If your store has no data for it yet, the mark moves to the next in line — and every widget keeps fallbacks behind its algorithm, so a row is never empty.

HomePersonalized RecommendationsWho they are and what they did before — and for a first visit, what is popular where they are.No data for it yet?Popular in the Visitor's CountryTrending Now
CategoryBest SellersThey have told you what they are browsing.No data for it yet?Most Popular
Product pageViewed NextWhere shoppers go next is the strongest signal on a product page.No data for it yet?Others Who Viewed Also ViewedSimilar Items (AI)Most Popular
CartCross-SellsCompletes what is already in the basket.No data for it yet?What Others Viewed Then BoughtTrending Now
Thank-you pageCross-SellsAdd-ons to what was just bought.No data for it yet?Last Bought Item: Those Who Bought This Also BoughtTrending Now
Search resultsMatches Their SearchThey just told you what they want.No data for it yet?Personalized RecommendationsMost Popular
On a content siteArticle pageRead NextKeeps a reader reading.No data for it yet?Visitors Who Read This Also ReadSimilar Content (AI)More From This Topic
Watch it done

Choose the algorithm, then keep the row full.

Two walkthroughs in the real panel: one widget built properly, with a filter, a fallback and a title for each algorithm — and Matches Their Search putting what a visitor searched for on the home page.

Common questions

Product recommendation algorithms, answered.

What teams ask most when they choose an algorithm. Got something else? Bring it to the call.

Every algorithm in the help center →
What is a product recommendation algorithm?

The rule a recommendation widget uses to choose which products to show each shopper: what shoppers like them bought or viewed, what goes with the product on screen, what looks like it, their own history, or what just changed in your catalog. Personyze has 27 algorithms for products and 22 for articles; every widget runs one and keeps others behind it to fill any empty slot.

What are the main types of recommendation engine algorithms?

Collaborative filtering learns from what shoppers did together: Cross-Sells, Others Who Viewed Also Viewed and Viewed Next. Content-based algorithms match products by what they are and how they look: Similar Items (AI), Complete the look and Similar style. Popularity shows what everyone wants: Best Sellers, Trending Now and Popular in the Visitor's Country. History brings back the shopper’s own items: Recently Viewed and Buy it Again. And your own rules choose any products you like. Personyze weighs the collaborative and the content signals together for every product.

Which recommendation algorithm should I use on each page?

The one the widget editor marks Recommended: Personalized Recommendations on the home page, Best Sellers on a category page, Viewed Next on a product page, Cross-Sells in the cart and on the thank-you page, and Matches Their Search on search results; on an article, Read Next. If your store has no data for it yet, the mark moves to the next in line.

How does Complete the look work?

On a product page it shows pieces of other kinds that go with the item on screen: a navy bomber gets a sweater, a beanie and sneakers, never more jackets. It comes from what shoppers bought together, cleaned up by each product’s look, so the same item in another size, children’s items next to adults’ and things bought with everything are dropped. Similar style comes from what shoppers viewed together: the same kind of item in a matching style.

How do you recommend a brand-new product with no sales yet?

From its look. Personyze reads each product’s picture and title once, so a new arrival is recommended mostly from how it looks on the day it is added, and more from real purchases as they build up; the balance shifts by itself. Similar Items (AI) reads titles, brands, descriptions and categories too, and New in Stock puts what was just added in front of returning visitors.

Do the algorithms adapt to my kind of store?

Yes. Personyze reads your catalog, works out what kind of shop it is and tunes the algorithms to it: Complete the look in fashion, accessories that fit in electronics, Complete the room in home and furniture, Time to restock in beauty, grocery and pet stores, gear for the same activity in sports and outdoor, and the next step on the same topic on a content site. Nothing to configure.

Can recommendations match each shopper’s size, brand and price?

Yes. Match the visitor puts what fits each shopper first: brand and size from their own history, their gender, and a price like the ones they look at. The algorithm still picks the products and the rules only change the order, so the row is never filled with random items.

What does Automatic do?

One widget for every page that chooses what to show on each page by itself, from your own data, in one order: on a product page Viewed Next, then Similar Items (AI); on a category page the best sellers in that category; with something in the cart, cross-sells for what is in it; then on every page Personalized Recommendations, Popular in the Visitor's Country and Trending Now; and the newest products last, so it is never empty. In a store with look data it also shows Complete the look on product pages. In the widget editor it is the first card, marked Recommended, and a new widget on your site starts on it.

What is the difference between “customers who bought this also bought” and “customers who viewed this also viewed”?

Bought together shows what goes with the product, learned from orders: shoppers who buy together are building an outfit or a set, so it feeds Cross-Sells and Complete the look. Viewed together shows alternatives, learned from visits: shoppers who view together are comparing, so it feeds Others Who Viewed Also Viewed and Similar style. More on customers who bought this also bought and customers who viewed this also viewed.

Can I see which algorithm sells more?

Yes. Every widget counts times shown, clicks, click rate and purchases within 7 days of a click, for each recommendation source and each product, and an A/B test can put two widgets with two algorithms against each other.

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The right algorithm on every page — learning from every sale.

Self-learning recommendations, powered by machine learning on your shoppers’ behaviour: every view, search, cart and order goes into the next build of the picks, so what you show keeps up with what sells.

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