> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.abtasty.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.abtasty.com/commerce/getting-started.md).

# Getting started

Welcome to **AB Tasty Commerce**. Commerce brings catalog management, ranking rules, recommendations, merchandising, and search together in a single app. This page mirrors the in-app **Get started** onboarding so you can go from an empty account to a live, data-driven catalog.

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**What changed:** Commerce is the successor to the former **Recommendations & Merchandising** and **Search** products. The underlying concepts (strategies, rules, ranking blocks, RECO/MERCH ids) are the same, they are now unified under one **Commerce** app and navigation.
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### The Getting started checklist

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The onboarding screen presents a checklist organized into three groups. Each group shows its own progress (for example, `0/3` or `2/2` completed). Work through them top to bottom.

#### 1. Connect your catalog

Bring your products into Commerce. This group has three steps:

| Step                           | What you do                                                                   |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connect catalog source**     | Choose where your product data comes from (see below).                        |
| **Set catalog basics**         | Define the core settings for how your source catalog is imported.             |
| **Import your catalog fields** | Map the product fields you want available for rules, filters, and strategies. |

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Once your catalog source is connected and the first synchronization completes, your products appear under **Catalog** (the header shows the product count and the last update, for example "Last update: about 8 hours ago from Shopify").
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#### 2. Unleash algorithmic power

Feed performance data into Commerce so the ranking algorithms can use real metrics such as views, purchases, and revenue:

| Step                                   | What you do                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connect analytics source**           | Link your analytics tool.                                                                                   |
| **Enrich catalog with analytics data** | Attach behavioral metrics (for example `pageviews_last_30_days`, `revenues_last_30_days`) to your products. |

#### 3. Unleash personalization power

Enable the front-end signals that make recommendations and merchandising personal:

| Step                              | What you do                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Install JS tag**                | Add the AB Tasty tag to your site so visitor events are collected.                                |
| **Set visitor context variables** | Define the dynamic context (such as page type, category, viewed items) passed to your strategies. |

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Groups can be completed in any order, but connecting the catalog first is recommended, most other steps build on the products it imports.
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