Make Life Easier Technologies review for AI Search & Product Filter |SB

May 28, 2024

I am updating my October 2023 review in May 2024, with further positive feedback (as can't submit multiple reviews). Following on from the previous brilliant work by the team last October 2023, helping us to stylize the collection /filter pages (we have a lot of info to display), we'd found that that the format wasn't working well for mobile users. I sent the team a mock-up diagram of how I would like the content to display, including the need to embed information pulled from external apps/plugins. Literally 24 hours later, the team had rendered the changes, fixed the formatting, fully tested and deployed working. WOW!! We are in start-up mode and despite offering to pay towards development fees, the team did the work free of charge - pro-bono to help get us up and running. I have spent much time researching different Shopify filter and search options - this solution stands head and shoulders above others on flexibility, performance, features, metafield use, price and just brilliant support. Businesses at our stage of growth depend on suppliers being flexible and responsive and we will look to keep good relationships with the team as we grow and continue to utilise their apps and services wherever possible. A big thank you! :) :) :) ORIGINAL REVIEW - October 2023:- If I could rate this developer 10 stars versus 5, I would. If you are working with sorting and filtering collections based on custom metafields - look no further, this is the app to go for. Here's why..... Firsty, the App is the only one that makes sorting collections by custom metafield not only possible, but intuitive to set up and immediately working, including the possibility to override front-end default collection sort settings and set the order of default sort priorities. Wow. Then you get into the business of these filtering apps all rendering their own collection-product template, which overrides your installed collection template and any customisations you've done in Liquid. Here's the 10 stars bit - firstly the filter template looks native without having to make a bunch of additional custom settings (believe me I've tried several other apps where this was a nightmare to get things looking "normal"). Secondly, the developers went out their way to create a Javascript render of my liquid customisations - which included a table rendering custom metafields, so the collection template looks exactly the way I developed it in Liquid. And all sorted in 24hrs. And another major point - the filters look great out the box, and have a nice set of customisation features including colouration of the ranges and can handle custom metafields. Just all-'round brilliant product and support. Thank you.