How Most-added-to-cart ranking works
Ranks by buying intent — the sum of add-to-cart events in the window — one step closer to checkout than a click.
Most added to cart ranks by the sum of add-to-cart events in the window. An add is a stronger signal than a view or a click — a shopper saying “I want this.” Products with no add-to-carts in the window are left out rather than padding the bottom.
1. The collection, unranked
A normal collection page. The order is whatever the catalog lists — the best performers could be buried on the second row where few shoppers scroll.
2. The ranking engine scores it
The engine sums each product’s add-to-cart events over the window. Views and clicks matter less here; the deliberate act of adding to cart is real purchase intent, one step from checkout — so the most-added product takes #1. Engagement signals measure in whole days, so an hours-based window counts as one day, and a Period or Snapshot window falls back to the last 30 days.
3. The front row gets discovered
The strongest products now fill the front row — the slots that get the most views and clicks. That’s the payoff: ranking turns your best products into the ones shoppers see first. If fewer products have add-to-carts than your Max products cap allows, the leftover slots are filled from the collection’s current order, below every product with real intent behind it.