---
title: "Boost products in search results for Commerce"
slug: "boost-products-in-search-results-for-commerce"
abstract: "How to boost products to the top of the search results list."
---
# Boost products in search results for Commerce

You can influence how search results are ranked and displayed by defining boosting rules. This can be useful, for example, when you want to promote or feature a particular brand, category of products, or a specific product. When a customer selects a sort order based on relevance, boosting rules are used to determine the order of the search results.

> [!note]
> Commerce uses the standard [SXA boosting functionality](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/sxa/103/sitecore-experience-accelerator/boost-search-results-for-sxa-site-queries.html) but adds commerce-specific fields to the index such as brand, manufacturer, and type of good. Boosting rules work only with the Commerce Search Results rendering and SXA Search Results rendering. They do not work with the Product List rendering.

For example, if you use the following boosting rule:

*where the _displayname field contains Furry adjust boost by 100*

when you search for *headphones* on the SXA Storefront and use the *Relevance* sort order option, you see the Furry Friends products, which were boosted to the top of the list.

> [!important]
> Boosting is only used with the Relevance [sort order](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-commerce/create-and-configure-a-sort-order-for-a-list-of-products.html "Create and configure a sort order for a list of products") option.

![Boosted products in Storefront search results](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-commerce/images/FurryFriends.png)

> [!important]
> Boosting rules work only with the Commerce Search Results rendering and the SXA Search Results rendering. They do not work with the Product List rendering.

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<summary><h2>Create a boosting rule</h2></summary>

You can create a boosting rule that is used locally for a particular item, or one that is part of a [Commerce search scope](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-commerce/commerce-search-scopes.html "Commerce search scopes"). In this case, you are creating a boosting rule that is part of the Habitat catalog scope.

To create a boosting rule:

1. In the Content Editor, go to *\\sitecore\\Content\\<tenant>\\<site>\\Settings\\Scopes* and click *Habitat catalog scope*.
2. On the **Content** tab, in the **Boosting** section, click **Edit rule**.
3. In the **Create rule** dialog box, in the **Fields** section, click **where the specific field compares to specific value** and, in the **Indexing & Search** section, click **adjust boost by select**.

    ![Create rule dialog box](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-commerce/images/BoostingRuleCreateRule.png)

4. In the **Edit rule** box, click **specific** and, in the **Message** dialog box, enter *_displayname* and click **OK**.
5. Click **compares** and, in the **Select Comparison** dialog box, click **contains**, and then click **OK**.
6. Click **specific value** and, in the **Message** dialog box, enter *Furry*, and click **OK**.
7. In the second part of the rule, click **select** and, in the **Message** dialog box, enter *100* and click **OK**.

    Boost values greater than 1 lift results to the top while boost values less than 1 move results to the bottom.

    ![Create rule dialog box showing example boosting rule](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/103/sitecore-experience-commerce/images/BoostingRule.png)

8. In the **Create rule** dialog box, click **OK** and, on the ribbon, click **Save** and then publish your changes.

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