Template rules

Set it once. Every product, the right design.

Tell MerchUp which products get which design, by tag, type or vendor. New products follow too.

  • Match by tag, type, vendor, collection or price
  • Top rule wins, your default template catches the rest
  • New products follow your rules when they generate
  • Pause a rule, or limit it to a date range

HOW IT WORKS

One rule, every matching product

Write the rule, put your rules in order, then generate as usual. The right template is already chosen.

Write a rule

  • Tag, type, vendor, collection or price
  • Combine with AND, OR and “is not”
  • See how many products match
Set once

Put them in order

  • Drag a rule to change its priority
  • The top matching rule wins
  • Your default template catches the rest
Top match wins

Generate as usual

  • Every generation checks your rules
  • One product or a whole bulk run
  • New products included
No per-product picking
Rule types

Match on anything. One simple rule.

Build a rule from the details already on your Shopify products. Combine conditions, exclude what you don’t want, and see how many products match before you save.

  • Tag, product type, vendor, collection, category or status
  • Price, stock level and product title
  • AND, OR and “is not”, in any combination
  • Metafields and scanned trading cards too

PRIORITY & FALLBACK

A clear order, no surprises

Rules are checked top to bottom and the first match wins. Anything no rule catches gets your store’s default template.

Priority

Drag to reorder. Top match wins.

Your list order is the priority. A more specific rule beats the broader rule it refines, wherever it sits.

  • Drag any rule up or down the list
  • More specific rules win automatically
  • Pause a rule without deleting it
  • Limit a rule to a date range
Drag to reorder
1Tag is winterCrevasse
2Vendor is Aurum1–31 DecForge
3Tag is saleLumen
4Type is Gift cardCanvas
Hydrogen SnowboardTags: winter, saleCrevasseLumen
Test a product

Always a template. Never a guess.

Pick any product and see which rule wins. No match? It uses your store default, so nothing is left without a design.

  • See the winning rule for any product
  • Unmatched products use your default template
  • Only templates you can use are ever applied
  • Undo a change, or revert one from history
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Test a productProtein ShakeType: SupplementsLeather Court SneakerVendor: Aurum
Checked in order
Tag is saleNo matchMatch
Tag is winterNo matchMatch
Vendor is AurumNo matchMatch
Store defaultNot neededUsed
Writes inCanvasForge
New products

Add it tomorrow. Already designed.

Rules match on the product itself, so anything you add later that fits a rule is written in that rule’s template. Nothing to remember, nothing to pick.

  • Every generation checks your current rules
  • Works for one product or a whole bulk run
  • See each product’s template before you generate
  • Rules only choose the design. You decide when to generate.

DESIGNED TEMPLATES

Rules point at real designed templates

Every rule picks a designed template family, each with its own layout, type and brand art, or a template you built yourself in the editor.

Aura product description template — modern minimal, soft aurora gradient
AuraModern minimal, soft aurora gradient
Midnight product description template — cinematic aurora — premium & high-ticket
MidnightCinematic aurora — premium & high-ticket
Canvas product description template — airy minimal, centred reading column
CanvasAiry minimal, centred reading column
Forge product description template — black-forward studio, disciplined crimson
ForgeBlack-forward studio, disciplined crimson
Lumen product description template — editorial poster masthead, crimson-ruled
LumenEditorial poster masthead, crimson-ruled
Blueprint product description template — engineering-drawing, blueprint grid paper
BlueprintEngineering-drawing, blueprint grid paper
Kaizen product description template — japanese washi-paper, considered craft
KaizenJapanese washi-paper, considered craft
Crevasse product description template — fractured glacial-ice, faceted pressure planes
CrevasseFractured glacial-ice, faceted pressure planes
Torii product description template — vermillion shrine-gate, portal-frame craft
ToriiVermillion shrine-gate, portal-frame craft
Elixir product description template — botanical apothecary, deep-green & mint
ElixirBotanical apothecary, deep-green & mint
Sumi product description template — sumi-e ink painting, rice-paper grounds
SumiSumi-e ink painting, rice-paper grounds
Monarch product description template — maison luxury, black silk & gold
MonarchMaison luxury, black silk & gold
FAQs

Got Questions?
We're Here To Help.

Answers on scanning and listing products, template-driven descriptions, AI SEO, selling in person, plans and billing.

The Template Editor is where you design your product description layouts. You build sections and elements visually, and the AI writes into the right slots, so every product gets a consistent, designed description that's written specifically for that product.

Descriptions are written by the MerchUp AI Engine from your real product data (titles, variants, options and tags) into your designed template, so it doesn't invent specifications or prices, and structured facts like pricing stay locked. Choose a writing quality level (Standard, Polished or Premium), and review or edit everything before it's published.

Yes. The Template Editor gives you full visual control — start from one of our professionally designed template families or build your own layout with sections, elements, backgrounds, effects, and typography controls. Every part of a template can be restyled to match your brand, no code required.

Yes — MerchUp includes a library of professionally designed template families, each a genuinely distinct design system with its own layouts, typography, and artwork. Five families are free and included on every plan, and the rest can be bought individually at any time — there is no plan restriction on which ready-made templates you can use. Separately, your plan sets how many custom templates you can build and save in the Template Editor: Starter 1, Growth 5, Pro and Scale unlimited. That allowance applies only to templates you create yourself — it never limits the ready-made families available to you.

Descriptions are published to Shopify by MerchUp, so your storefront always reflects what you generated and approved. When you update a template, descriptions generated or regenerated from that point use the updated design — you stay in control of what gets pushed to your store.

You don't need to write CSS — the Template Editor exposes deep visual styling controls (layout, spacing, typography, colours, backgrounds, and effects) on every plan. The styling is baked into each description when it's published, so your designs render faithfully inside your Shopify theme.

GET STARTED

The Right Template,
For Every Product
Set Once

Rules match products by tag, type, vendor and more, so every product gets the right designed template.

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Any SignalTag, type, vendor, priceTop Match WinsDrag to set priorityStore DefaultCatches everything elseNew ProductsMatched when generated