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Shopify clusters products across millions of stores with tiered models and graph partitioning
Shopify’s catalog pipeline uses tiered matching models, graph partitioning, and learned cluster-merge decisions to group listings across millions of stores. The architecture shows how to build a unified product layer from inconsistent, large-scale merchant data.
- What
- Shopify's cross-store clustering groups listings for the same product across merchants under a global UPI.
- How
- Models compare listing pairs using titles, images, options, and metadata; accumulated matching evidence is used to build clusters.
- Why it matters
- Pairwise evidence and clustering address billions of listings without comparing every pair or relying on globally consistent model labels.
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