How the store review works
How Social Autopost picks products, collections and articles worth a post
Autopost starts from your store, not from a blank page. Every day Social Autopost reviews your catalogue and blog and keeps a list of what is worth a post right now, each with a reason. Those reasons become the badge on each proposal in the Queue ("New in", "Back in stock", "20% off").
What the review looks for
- New arrivals - Active products added in the last 30 days
- Bestsellers - The 10 best sellers in each of your 5 most recently updated collections
- Back in stock - Products that had sold out and are available again. They stay news for 14 days.
- On sale - Products with a compare-at price above their price. The badge shows the percentage off.
- Collections - Your 5 most recently updated collections, with their own image or, if they have none, a product photo
- Blog articles - Your published blog posts, with the article's own link. Recent articles rank higher.
Each review looks at your 50 newest products, your 50 most recently updated products, the best sellers above and your 20 latest blog articles. An older product you have not changed in a while is only picked up as a bestseller.
When an item fits more than one reason, the strongest one leads: a restock comes first, then a new arrival, a sale, a bestseller, an article and a collection. Items with several good photos rank a little higher, and items without any photo rank lower.
What is never proposed
- Draft and archived products
- Products that track inventory and have none left
- Anything you have not ticked under What should we post about? on the Autopost page
- An item proposed or posted in the last 60 days, or skipped in the last 30 days
- Blog articles on the Free plan
When the review runs
The review runs every morning, before the day's proposals are written. While Autopost is on, it also runs about 15 minutes after you change a product in Shopify, so a restock or a new price is ready for the next proposals and shows in Next posts on the Autopost page. To review the store and write proposals straight away, click Propose posts now on the Autopost page.
Just before an automatic post goes out, Social Autopost checks the product once more. If it has sold out or is no longer active, the post is not published and shows why in Posts.