Shopping Like Dating manual.

This manual shows how to enable the swipe experience, choose the mobile presentation and set up the intro popup, favourites button and sharing.

System requirements

Shopware 6.7 with an active storefront. The plugin is part of the Stone & Water plugin suite and needs a valid licence token bound to your domain.

Installation

Upload the plugin through the plugin manager, install and activate it, then clear the cache. The first time you open the settings you will be asked for the licence token.

Activating the licence

The settings dialog shows a field labelled „Enter licence token". On activation the plugin checks the token against the licence server and binds it to the calling domain.

Licence inactive
The token exists but is disabled. Get in touch with us.
Key not found
Typo or wrong token.
Different domain
The token is registered for another domain. Staging or test systems need their own entry.
No domain stored
The licence has no domain assigned.
Server unreachable
Temporary network issue, try again later.

Opening the settings

The settings live in the admin under their own Shopping Like Dating menu entry, split into three areas: general, mobile presentation, and intro and favourites.

General

Enable swiping
Master switch. Without it the listing stays unchanged.
Hide already rated products
Products the customer has swiped left or right no longer appear in the listing.
Load next automatically
After a swipe the next product moves in straight away, with no action from the customer.

Mobile presentation

Two presentations are available on mobile devices.

Standard listing
The familiar listing stays in place, swiping is available on top of it.
Full slider
Only one card is shown at a time - the presentation people know from dating apps.
Choosing between them: The full slider has more impact but changes the shopping experience considerably. For ranges where customers want to compare, the standard listing is usually the better choice.

Intro and favourites

Show intro popup
Explains what the heart and the X mean the first time around.
Floating favourites button
Shows a heart button that opens the favourites at any time.
Button position
Six positions: top left, top right, middle left, middle right, bottom left, bottom right.

Sharing

Customers can optionally share their favourites via WhatsApp or e-mail. That suits ranges where people decide together - gifts, furniture, fashion.

How customers swipe

Swiping right or tapping the heart means „I like it", swiping left or tapping the X means „not for me". When no products are left, a short notice appears.

The intro popup explains both on first use and points out that favourites are always reachable through the heart button.

The favourites list

The favourites show every product the customer swiped right, including a count. If the list is empty, a note with a link back to the home page appears instead of a blank screen.

Where ratings are stored

The plugin creates its own table for product preferences. Ratings are kept there per visitor so that rated products can be hidden and favourites shown again.

Troubleshooting

Nothing happens in the listing

First check that swiping is enabled and the licence is valid. Without an active licence the feature stays locked.

The licence is rejected

The most common cause is a different domain - the token is valid for exactly the domain stored with it. Staging systems need their own entry.

Products keep reappearing

Then „hide already rated products" is not enabled.

The intro no longer appears

It is meant as a one-off explanation and is not shown again after being confirmed.

Support

We are happy to help with licence questions or theme integration. Get in touch via the contact page or write to info@stoneandwater.online.

Through the store or directly from us.

Two routes, the same feature set - pick whichever suits your setup.

Directly from Stone & Water

Available right now

Monthly4,99 €
Half-yearly24,99 €17 % cheaper
Best valueYearly44,99 €25 % cheaper

All prices net, plus VAT.

You buy the licence directly from us and get an invoice from us. Install by upload in the admin without SSH, updates through our licensing platform, support straight from the developer.

Ask us directly +49 2555 9997342

Shopware Store

In preparation

The plugin will be listed in the official Shopware Community Store. Installation and automatic updates then run through the plugin manager, billing through your Shopware account. We will link it here as soon as it is live.

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