By setting rules in which you determine the matching, all products are matched at once. Products that are added to the catalog later will also be matched directly for the answers for which matching rules have been set. This is the fastest and most scalable way of matching. If you are unable to match an answer using rules, you can of course also match manually.

Rules use product data, the more data is available, the easier and more specific you can set the rules. You can read how to add more product data to your product feed here.

Follow the step-by-step plan below to match your products with rules.

1. In the Matching section, go to the Bulk match tab.

2. At the question you want to set a rule for, click the 'Rule' icon:

3. In the pop-up that follows, start a rule for the first answer by clicking the Add a matching rule button.

4. After this, complete the rule by indicating:

a. which product attribute (column) from your feed you want to use

b. which values from your column then fit that answer.

In the example below, we enter a rule to give all hiking boots with a price less than €100 a perfect match on the answer 'Less than €100'. We selected the column price from the product feed. We chose the Less than rule and entered a value of 100.

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5. Check the result of your rule by clicking Preview this rule. In the case of the above rule, we get the following result, which we know is correct:

6. For the products that do not yet have a matching score to the answer, you can add a new rule with Add a rule or give a matching score directly.

7. Are you done setting the rule? Click Save & Apply and continue setting a rule for the next answer.

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You can make rules as elaborate as you want. For example, by combining multiple product attributes from your feed that lead to a perfect match. You do that by adding a Condition or a Condition group. In the example below, hiking boots suitable for 'Medium to Rough terrain' and for 'Rough terrain' both get a perfect match.

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Have fun!