Website Search Autocomplete – Suggest Products as Shoppers Type
When shoppers have to type a full search and hit enter to find anything, they slow down, mistype, and sometimes give up. This module adds live autocomplete suggestions to your Odoo website search: as a visitor starts typing, matching product names appear instantly, so they reach the right product in fewer keystrokes. It’s the search experience customers already expect from every major online store.
What Does This Module Do?
This module adds autocomplete suggestions to the search box on your Odoo eCommerce website. As a visitor types into the shop search, matching product names are suggested live beneath the box, so they can pick a product straight from the dropdown instead of typing the whole query and loading a results page. It brings the familiar “suggest as you type” behaviour – the kind shoppers see on the biggest online stores – to your Odoo website search, helping customers find products faster and more accurately.
Why Do You Need It?
Search is one of the most important paths to a sale on any eCommerce site, and visitors who search tend to buy more often – but only if they find what they’re looking for quickly. A plain search box with no suggestions leaves shoppers guessing at exact product names, mistyping, and landing on empty results, and every bit of that friction costs conversions. Autocomplete has become a web convention precisely because it removes that friction: it guides shoppers toward products that actually exist, cuts down typing and typos, and gets them to a product page in fewer steps. Adding it to your Odoo shop makes search feel modern and effortless, which means happier visitors and a better chance of turning a search into a purchase.
When Should You Use This Module?
This module is for any business running an Odoo eCommerce website that wants its product search to feel as smooth as the big online retailers. It’s ideal for shops with large or growing catalogues where customers can’t be expected to know exact product names, for store owners who want to lift conversions by making search easier, and for anyone on Odoo Community who wants the kind of search suggestion experience associated with premium storefronts. If visitors to your shop rely on search to find products, this makes that search quicker and more forgiving. It builds on Odoo Website and eCommerce, so it fits straight into your existing online store.
How This Module Works in Practice
Setup needs no technical knowledge and no configuration – just install it and autocomplete is active on your website search. When a visitor begins typing in the shop search box, matching product names appear in a suggestion dropdown in real time; the shopper can click a suggestion to go straight to that product. Designed to work on standard (“vanilla”) Odoo, it drops into your existing storefront and starts improving search from the moment it’s installed. If you use a custom eCommerce theme, small adjustments may be needed for a perfect fit – and we’re happy to help with that.
Product Screenshots
Search Suggestions on the Shop – matching product names appear live as the visitor types
Key Benefits at a Glance
Suggest as you type: matching product names appear live in the website search box.
Faster to the product: shoppers click a