This post was updated on October 25, 2019
The fastest and the most feature-rich search for your online store.
The Live Search add-on is a free-of-a-monthly-fee alternative to cloud search services.
Clustering caching system provides maximum search speed in stores with a large number of products.
The search history will help to analyse the search activity in your store, add suggestions and recommendations displayed in the search results, and get rid of the zero search results.
Customizable look and feel of the Live Search will make the search simple and convenient, and your clients will see only relevant search results thanks to the fine search conditions tuning.
Cart-Power “Live Search” - Product search is easy.
What the Live Search Add-on does
Not just searches products but pushes the customer to purchase.
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An animation in the search bar motivates to enter a search query.
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When you enter a search query, the Suggestions with possible search queries are shown.
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The Featured products section in the search results increases the chance to sell them.
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The Add to cart / Add to comparison list / Add to wish list buttons right in the search results reduce the number of steps to the purchase.
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For products with options, instead of adding to the cart, a preview window opens to select options.
Makes the search results more relevant to the clients request:
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Can search by all textual data about a product (Name, Short description, Full description, Meta keywords, Options, Features, Languages, Search words, Stop words, Product code, Meta description, Price, Time of creation, Status, Popularity , Product code for combinations of options, Vendor name).
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Searches by words or phrases.
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Suggests corrected spelling of the search request if no products found, and there are no search phrases set for the query.
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6 variants for sorting products in the search results (by date of creation, popularity, priority fields, price Low to High, price High to Low, product name A-Z).
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Stop words for products to exclude product from search.
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Setting priorities for search results allows you to flexibly customize how search results are displayed.
Makes the life of the administrator easier
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Automatically caches changes when you create / update / delete products.
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Records search history for analysis and work on bugs.
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Can automatically generate search suggestions from the search history;
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Import / export stop words in CSV format.
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Separate page and CRON script for generating the Live Search cache on a schedule.
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Access restrictions for user groups to view and manage Live search.
Saves your server resources
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You can set a Search delay - giving your client time to type in a search phrase.
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Uses Ajax technology (sends only one request after the buyer completes entering the search phrase).
Increases search speed
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Use of the Cache.
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Index the product data (for the stores with a large product database only).
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The search request is sent automatically when the buyer completes the search phrase.
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You can disable search by full and short descriptions to speed up the search.
Fits your website design.
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Choose elements to include in the search results: product images, product code, new and old price, taxes, categories, brands, suggestions, featured products.
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Set colors for the elements so that they do not stand out from the design of your site.
Compatibility
CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor version 4.3.6 and higher.
How to Upgrade?
If you have a license with an active upgrade subscription — download the distribution package of the new version from the detailed order page in your personal account.
If the subscription has expired — renew it in your personal account on store.csrt-power.com system.