Custom category recommendations don’t use additional data such as orders or page views. The products shown are entirely defined by the filters you set.
Before you start
Things you need to know:
This recommendation can generate a total of 10 results.
Create a custom category recommendation
Go to Content > Products > Recommendations.
Select CREATE RECOMMENDATION.
Hover over the Custom category block, and select SELECT.
How it works
The custom category is a general (non-personalised) recommendation. Filters defined in the recommendation builder produce a single product set. This product set is used for all targeted contacts.
The product set created only uses the filters you define. No extra data is considered.
Matching products are ranked in order of newest first.
Getting the best results
Custom category recommendations can cover key product areas, for example:
Budget snowboards for beginners
Bindings for Burton snowboards
Snow boots for children
These recommendations can then be used to quickly build targeted campaigns.
Why use this recommendation?
This recommendation type is a great way to build reusable dynamic content. It has no data dependencies other than a catalog.