# Sort

The “sort by” dropdown usually appears on the product list page (category and search results page), and can be configured to give customers the option to sort in an alternate order.

### **If I don't apply a sort setting, what is the default sort order?**

Collections with no curations and/or global boost rules will have a default sort order as per the native Shopify collection.

### Default sort settings

The following must be set as the 1st/default option so that curations will apply and search results behave properly.

* **Search** `Score`
  * This setting ensures that your default relevance setting applies across search, and that search results pages and instant search match.
* **Collection** `Collections Position`
  * This setting ensures that your collection curations apply.

Merchant typically name the sort option for **Collections Position** as "Best Sellers" or "Featured".

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