Using keywords

Keywords refine your Filtered notifications and populate the 'Filtered' page with relevant items. Here's how to use them effectively:

Keyword Management

• Head to the 'Settings' page.

• Tap the 'Manage My Keywords' button to open the keywords management page

• Navigate to the Settings page and scroll down to the Keywords section

On your first visit to the 'Keyword' creation page you will be greeted with the 'Keywords Crash Course' guide - We urge you to read this to ensure you fully understand how to utilise keywords. You can access this guide whenever you desire via the 'Help' icon located next to the 'Back' arrow.

Below is a screenshot of a 'Keywords' page which is already populated with keywords. As you can see, the list is in alphabetical order and includes a little counter that shows the number of unique keywords being tracked for that specific store.

You can delete keywords by tapping the 'x' icon besides each keyword or you can long-press on the keyword group itself to delete all.

When you tap the create keyword icon you will be greeted with the 'Create Keyword' page which consists of a input field for your keyword, a three-tab menu, a search stores field and of course all the stores inside MerchVault.

Three Tab Menu:

• The 'Enabled' tab shows you a list of the stores you have 'Enabled' which occupy your Unfiltered Feed/Unfiltered Notifications.

• The 'Disabled' tab shows you a list of all other (Disabled) stores, with the 'Disabled' tab you can create keyword tasks for stores you do not wish to enable to avoid them populating your Unfiltered Feed or providing Unfiltered Notifications. This is mainly to help you reduce any unwanted notifications/spam from stores such as record labels/independent vinyl stores which may release 100s of products a day that you do not care for.

• The 'Popular' tab simply shows you all stores you already have keywords created for.

You can multi-select stores via the check boxes to create keywords for numerous stores in one tap.

To create a keyword please follow the below instructions.

• Keywords are not case-sensitive and are be comma-separated (e.g., signed, vinyl).

• Each keyword must appear in either the product title or product URL in order to be considered a match. All keywords in your keyword group will need to be present for example if your keyword is signed, vinyl then any product which contains signed AND vinyl in either the title or URL will be a match. You should avoid inputting keywords without commas such as "signed vinyl" as this would mean the words signed and vinyl must appear EXACTLY in that position/layout, side by side, separated by a space in the product title or URL which will lead to the products not being matched.

• We suggest trial and error to find the best combinations for your needs but things such as signed or limited are simple yet effective keywords for finding restocks of signed and/or limited items.

• Quick Keyword Feature (Experimental): Look for the quick keyword button (beside the share icon) on any feed item inside your unfiltered feed to instantly create a keyword for that specific product on that specific store.

Keyword Examples

As seen on the 'Keywords Crash Course';

Below are some additional examples of how to create keywords. The first screenshot shows creating a keyword for signed,vinyl under Taylor Swift UK.

And here's how our Taylor Swift UK keywords are looking with various unique entries;

The next example shows us creating a keyword which will show only items that match sabrina,carpenter,signed on Independent Vinyl Stores (US).

And here's how our keyword list is looking for Independent Vinyl Stores US;

Similarly to the Independent Vinyl Stores example, you could do the same for stores like A24 Music, Polydor Records, Onrpt, Capitol Records, Republic Records, The Sound of Vinyl, uDiscover, Impericon, Nuclear Blast and many more stores which release various artists.

Top tip: As mentioned further up, you can create your keywords for the 'Disabled Stores' to make your 'Unfiltered Feed' extremely streamlined to cater for stores such as Blood Records who may release absolutely anything and then in this case you are reserving your 'Filtered Feed' for specific items/keywords only. This also means you do not need to enable stores who may release a lot of products (Such as the independent vinyl stores and record labels) and therefore reduce your number of unfiltered notifications significantly. A powerful feature offered only with MerchVault.

Some popular keyword examples include:

• signed

• signed,vinyl

• signed,cd

• limited,vinyl

• cardigan

• eras,book

• lovers,paris,vinyl

• your,favourite,artist,name

• your,favourite,record,name

• exclusive

• limited