Sorting products and changing their order

You can sort the products in your store in a certain order. You might prefer to show the newest or the most expensive products first.

In this article:

Default product order

To show the products sorted in a certain way you need to set the default order for them:

1. Go to your Ecwid Control Panel → Settings → General → Cart & Checkout.
2. Find Default Products Sort Order under Catalog Settings.
3. Select the variant you want to use:

There are 6 variants of the default sort order:

1. Defined by store owner. If this option is selected, your customers will see products in the same order as specified in your Ecwid Control Panel → Catalog → Categories.
2. Date added. If this option is selected, the newly added products will appear first. 
3. Price: low to high. This option helps to show the least expensive products first.
4. Price: high to low. This option helps to show the most expensive products first.
5. Name: A to Z. The products will be displayed sorted by names alphabetically.
6. Name: Z to A. The products will be sorted by names in reversed alphabetic order.

Changing the products order within a category

If you select the Defined by store owner option, your customers see products in the order set in the category in your Ecwid Control Panel. To change this order:

1. Go to your Ecwid Control Panel → Catalog → Categories. 
2. Click the necessary category. 
3. Go to the Category products tab. 
4. Drag and drop the products to sort them:

5. Save the changes.