Search Features and Functionalities

Search Box 

• The search box, search bar, and search field is a single-line text box or search icon to help people find what they are looking for. 
• Position of the search box is important- Usually the search box in the header of the website  
• The search box could immediately show a drop-down of products based on the item search 

Filters  

• While entering a search term and selecting a category, then the customer can filter out their selection using filters. 
• The user must be able to filter results using the parameters on the page 
• Must be able to filter by colour, price, and size. brand 
• A proper validation message must be displayed for invalid filter search 

Sort function 

Users must be able to sort results by 

• Best selling 
• Relevance 
• Price, Low to High 
• Price, High to Low 
• Name asc/ desc 
• Release Date ASC/desc 

Facet options 

1. Help users quickly to refine their options without losing their way and ending up scrolling through pages when they are in search of something very specific. 
2. Users must be able to refine results by 

• Colour (icons, swatches) 
• Price (Slider) 
• Size (X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large) 
• ​Brand (Multiple Selec

Breadcrumb trail 

1. Breadcrumb shows a user’s location on a site. 
2. Breadcrumb help the users for finding answers to the following questions 

• Where am I? 
• Where can I go? 
• Should I go there? 

Infinite scrolling 

• It is a technique  continuously as the customer scrolls down the page, eliminating the need for pagination 
• A search results/category page with more results than can fit on the first page by default and how further results are loaded below the default results (without the need to click a pagination link to load the next page). 

The single match goes to PDP 

• If a keyword search returns just one result, the customer should be redirected to that product detail page (to save them a click). 

Product Information 

1. The search result must show the following information that the users may want to know before making a purchase 

• Name 
• SKU 
• Image 
• Price 
• Quick View link 
• Stock level (In/Out of stock) 
• Review Ratings 

Product Badge icons 

1. It’s a way to highlight some products. Highlight the products as a Best seller or special offer or to highlight the new products. 

• Number of products per page 
• Nothing Found(No Result)