Start with your collection
Open a Shopify collection and bring its existing products onto the canvas.
The collection studio
Build the collection, not just its order.
Give products and editorial content their own place on the canvas. Work with the catalog you already have, introduce a story or campaign image, and check how the composition reads on desktop and mobile.
- Mix products, images, video, text, spacers and shoppable content.
- Resize cards and reposition images without changing the source file.
- Use drag-and-drop or Earlier and Later controls to move a card.
- Keep save, preview and publish as separate decisions, with undo and saved versions.
INSIDE Collections
Start with the collection itself. Compose products and content on the canvas, curate the order, and bring selected social moments into the story. Keep the wider collection library close when it is time to launch.
02 / CURATE THE ORDER
See what your rules will actually do.
Choose what should lead, what follows your starting order, and what belongs at the end. The sorting workspace previews the resulting product positions, so you can compare the order before applying it to your draft.
- Build a clear sequence: Show first, Everything else, Show last.
- Use sales, stock, tags, collection membership and supported product details in your strategy.
- Compare Before and After using the collection’s real card layout.
- Pin and unpin deliberately; moving a product does not silently pin it.
- Apply a proposed order to the draft before saving or publishing it.
04 / YOUR COLLECTION LIBRARY
Every collection. A clear next step.
Move from an overview to the right task without opening every collection. The working list keeps the cover, status, product count and last update together, with direct editing and performance actions.
- Switch between a compact list and an image-led gallery.
- Search, sort and filter by Live, Draft or Scheduled.
- Publish or unpublish selected collections after reviewing the changes.
- Schedule a release or open performance details for an individual collection.
A SIMPLE STARTING POINT
Make it part of your workflow.
Arrange the story
Move products, add content, choose manual or automatic sorting, and check the desktop and mobile views.
Preview, then publish
See the collection in your theme before making it live. Keep working privately or choose a release time.
BEFORE YOU BEGINA little
A little
more detail.
Will editing a collection immediately change my storefront?
No. Collection changes remain in a draft until you publish. Preview lets you check supported changes in your actual theme without making that draft public.
Can I combine automatic sorting with chosen placements?
Yes. Use sorting rules for the wider collection and explicitly pin products that need a fixed position. Moving a product does not automatically pin it.
Does MerchCanvas replace my Shopify theme?
No. MerchCanvas works with your collection and a Shopify theme app extension. Your storefront needs the MerchCanvas layout integration enabled; we can help check your theme during setup.
A MORE CONSIDERED KIND OF COMMERCEYour next collection
Your next collection
deserves a better canvas.
Tell us about your store. Let’s see what you can create.
Let’s talk MerchCanvasFor Shopify merchants. Built by Black Pear Studio.
Bring the campaign into the collection.
Place selected social content beside the products it helps explain. An Instagram moment or a TikTok video can add context to the edit without turning the collection into a separate social feed. Use only content you have permission to feature.
Add social content by link. Connected-account browsing and Instagram imports are not generally available. TikTok embeds may contact the provider before Play; account for this in your storefront consent setup.