• Adjust the weight distribution between the Sales Factor and Stock Factor sliders based on your current business priorities
• For a balanced approach, set both factors to similar high weights with less weight to other factors
• If preventing stockouts of popular items is a priority, increase the Stock Factor weight and configure it to favor products with healthy inventory levels
• For creating urgency, increase the Stock Factor weight but configure it to prioritize products with lower stock levels
• Use the Preview function to see how different weight combinations affect your product ordering before saving changes
• Consider seasonal adjustments – during high-demand periods, you might weight popularity higher, while during inventory clearance periods, stock levels might take precedence
• The “Low Stock Threshold” setting determines when products begin receiving modified scores based on inventory levels
• For fast-moving items, create a special tag and use tag weighting in conjunction with stock and sales factors
• Remember that popular items with low stock can create customer frustration if they sell out quickly
• Monitor the performance of your balance regularly and be prepared to adjust as your inventory situation changes

The ideal balance often changes throughout your business cycle – there’s no single perfect setting that works year-round for most stores.

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• Use the “New Products” weight slider to give preference to recently added items – the slider includes a “days” field where you can set the duration of the boost
• When you set the days field (e.g., to 10 days), the score boost follows a gradual decay pattern – 100% of the slider value on day 1, 90% on day 2, 80% on day 3, and so on until reaching 0% after the specified time period
• Create and use a specific “New Arrival” tag for all new products and increase the tag factor weight to boost visibility
• Dedicate a “New Products” category and increase its weight in your scoring configuration
• Balance new product promotion with sales data to ensure better-performing new items get more visibility
• The automatic decay of the new product boost ensures a smooth transition in rankings without manual adjustment
• Create a strategy preset specifically for new product launches that you can activate during major inventory updates
• Use the preview feature to test how your new products will display before implementing changes
• Consider combining new product prioritization with stock level weighting to prevent promoting items that sell out quickly
• For seasonal businesses, adjust the “days” field to match your typical seasonal cycle – shorter for fast-moving fashion items, longer for slower-moving goods

Experiment with different decay periods based on your specific business needs – shorter periods (5-7 days) work well for stores with frequent new arrivals, while longer periods (14-30 days) are better for stores that update inventory less frequently.

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• Create a specific tag like “Clearance” or “Sale” for all clearance products and increase the tag factor weight to 30-40%
• Adjust stock level weighting to prioritize products with higher inventory levels that need clearing (increase stock weight to 25-30%)
• For Pro users, create a custom field for “Days in Inventory” with your developer and give higher scores to this custom meta field – products that have been in stock longer
• Consider reducing the weight of the sales factor temporarily during clearance events to give less popular items more visibility
• Use the discount percentage slider to give priority to items with steeper discounts – increase this weight to make heavily discounted items appear higher in results
• Create a dedicated “Clearance” category and increase its weight during sale periods
• Combine inventory age and current stock levels in your formula to target slow-moving items with significant remaining inventory
• Test your clearance configuration with the preview feature before implementing

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• Use product tags like “summer,” “winter,” “christmas,” etc., and increase the weight of these tags during the appropriate season
• Create a dedicated “Seasonal” category with subcategories for specific seasons, allowing you to adjust category weights as seasons change
• In the Pro version, set up multiple scoring presets (like “Summer Strategy,” “Holiday Strategy”) that you can switch between as seasons change
• Combine tag-based seasonal indicators with stock levels to automatically promote seasonal items that still have healthy inventory
• Use WooRanker’s preview function to test how your seasonal strategy will look before implementing it
• Consider creating a manual “Featured Products” list that you can update seasonally
• For recurring seasonal events, document your successful configurations to easily reimplement them next year
• Balance seasonal factors with ongoing sales data to ensure popular items remain visible
• Adjust weights before and after seasonal periods to control product visibility

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• First, ensure your products have margin data stored in a custom field (often called “_profit_margin,” “margin_percentage,” or similar)
• Access the WooRanker settings panel and navigate to the “Custom Fields” section
• Add your margin custom field to the scoring factors
• Set a high weight for the margin factor (40-60% recommended if margins are your priority)
• Configure the custom field type as “Numeric” to ensure proper sorting
• Set higher values to receive higher scores (for percentage values)
• Consider combining margin data with sales data for a balanced approach
• Use the preview feature to verify that high-margin products are moving up in your listings
• Adjust weights until you achieve your desired balance between margins and other factors
• For variable products, ensure your margin custom field is properly set at the parent product level

For maximum effectiveness, pair margin-based sorting with promotional placement of these high-margin products in featured sections or with special highlighting to draw customer attention to these more profitable items.

Here are alternatives for prioritizing higher-margin products with the standard version:

• Use product tags to mark high-margin items (create tags like “high-margin” or “premium”) and increase the weight of these tags in scoring
• Categorize products by profit level (create categories for different margin ranges) and prioritize these categories
• For standard products with consistent margins by type, use the product type weighting to favor more profitable types

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