Complementary products
The Complementary products section displays products that complete a look or purchase: shoes with a dress, a frame with a print, a candle with a vase. Unlike algorithmic recommendations, these are curated manually for each source product.
Settings
- Heading — The section heading. Default:
Complete the look. - Subheading — Optional supporting text.
- Heading alignment — Options: Left, Center, Right.
- Maximum products to show — Cap on how many products to display.
- Columns on desktop — Range: 2 to 5.
- Color scheme — The color scheme applied to the section. Default: scheme-1.
Curating complementary products
To select complementary products, install the Shopify Search & Discovery app from the Shopify App Store. With it installed:
- Open
Shopify admin > Apps > Search & Discovery > Product recommendations. - Pick a source product.
- Add the products you want to recommend as complementary.
- Save.
Pave fetches these manual recommendations with intent: complementary. If no complementary products are configured for a source product, the section is hidden automatically on that product’s page.
Tips
- Curate for top sellers first. You won’t have time to set up complementary picks for every product. Start with the products that drive most traffic.
- Three to four products is the typical sweet spot. Above four, the section becomes a generic grid rather than a curated complete-the-look.
- Cross-collection picks — The most powerful complementary picks bridge collections. A coat from outerwear paired with a scarf from accessories drives multi-collection purchases.
Related
- Product recommendations — Algorithmic, related-style recommendations.