Create and Manage SmartQ

Table of Contents

What is SmartQ?
SmartQs List
Post Details
Post Captions
Template Settings
Shorts (Video) Settings
Long (Video) Settings
Classic Video Settings
Collage Settings
Product Settings
Network Settings
Extras Settings
Save SmartQ

What is SmartQ? #

SmartQ is a tool that helps you automate the creation and sharing of products, collages, and Videos on social media networks.

Benefits of SmartQ

Saves time, since creation and posting happens automatically
Posts are randomised and diverse, which ensure higher engagement and less monotony.
Posts are not repeated – unless specified. This creates a more interesting social media experience for your audience.

When you signup, Outfy creates a default SmartQ for you. It is there to familiarise you with SmartQ. It runs daily so that you get acquainted with it’s smartness and intelligence of auto creation & posting. You may turn it off anytime you wish to.

Find SmartQs

When you log in, you will find SmartQ to your left. The screencap shows you exactly where.

SmartQs List #

The SmartQ list shows you your existing SmartQ tasks. The SmartQs you add or remove are reflected in this list. You can edit or delete your SmartQs on this list.

SmartQ status

The SmartQ status shows you if your SmartQ is ON or OFF. Press the button to do or undo the needful.

Create SmartQ

The button to the right of your screen is to get you started on creating your own SmartQ.

Post Details #

Name Your SmartQ

This is where you name your SmartQ. A meaningful name helps you easily identify your task later.

Example: Morning Collage

Note: Please do not use special characters in the name such as apostrophes, exclamation marks, commas, full stops, etc.

Select Categories / Collections

Here you choose the Categories or Collections SmartQ will use to select products for posting.

SmartQ will only pick products from the selected Categories/Collections and create content using them.

Product Selection Preferences

Choose how SmartQ should select products for your posts:

Latest / Newly added products to the store
SmartQ will always pick your newest products first. Best if you want to promote fresh arrivals quickly.
Latest first and then random products from the store
SmartQ will prioritize your latest products and, once they are used, will rotate through other products randomly. This keeps your content fresh while still promoting new items.
Random products from the store
SmartQ will randomly select products from your entire store. Ideal for balanced promotion of all products without prioritizing new ones.

This setting helps you control whether new products get priority or if your posts rotate evenly across your store.

Set Post Counts

Here is where you set your post counts. You can post up to three of each kind of content per day. For example, one Collage, one Long video, one Classic Video, one Product.

Note: Your plan may limit certain post types. If your plan does not support a type, you will see an upgrade option.

Posting Schedule Settings

Here you control when SmartQ should publish your posts.

Select Posting Days

Choose the days of the week when SmartQ should post.
By default, all days are selected: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

You can turn off any day if you do not want posting on that day.

Select Posting Time Preferences

Set the time range during which your posts will be published.

For example: if you can instruct SmartQ to post only between 9am to 9pm (which is 21:00 hours in 24 hours format), SmartQ will schedule your postings only between 9am to 9pm only.

Time Zone Settings

Outfy automatically shows your default time zone based on your profile. You can change it if needed.

Example: If your profile time zone is EST (New York) but you want your posts to be scheduled according to PST (Los Angeles) time, simply select the PST time zone. SmartQ will then publish all posts based on that selected time zone.

These settings together ensure your posts go out on the right days, at the right time, and in the correct time zone.

Note: Between Time works on 24 hours time format. 1pm equals 13:00 hrs and 12am is 24:00 hrs.

Post Captions #

Use AI-generated captions

Use Outfy’s most powerful feature – AI generated captions and hashtags for your posts. These captions are generated using OpenAI’s services – the industry leader in artificial intelligence.

Customize how your captions are created by setting the following options:

Language Selection:

Select the language for caption generation based on your target audience.

Supported languages include:
English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Hungarian, Danish, Greek, Turkish, Romanian, Slovak

For example, if you want to post in French to target users in France, just select “French” as your AI caption language.

Include Product Price:

Enable this option if you want to automatically include product prices in your captions.

Benefits:

Makes pricing transparent for customers
Boosts click-throughs by showing affordability or discounts upfront

Example: “Grab this cozy sweater today for just $29.99 – perfect for the chilly season!”

Hashtag Settings:

Automatically add relevant hashtags. You can choose between 1 to 10 hashtags from the dropdown menu.

Benefits:

Increases your reach and discoverability
Helps your content appear in trending or niche categories

Example: “Stay stylish with our eco-friendly tote bag #SustainableStyle #EcoFashion”

Allow this setting to boost your visibility with AI-generated hashtags.

Include Emojis:

Make captions more expressive. Select an emoji range like 2–4 or 5–8 based on your tone preference.

Benefits:

Captures attention
Makes posts more relatable and expressive
Enhances visual appeal
Example: “Unwind after a long day with our lavender soy candles

Enable this setting if you want emojis to be automatically added in your captions.

Call to Action:

Add a CTA (Call to Action) like “Shop Now” to encourage clicks.

Product URL Placement:

Decide where product URLs should appear using the dropdown options:

All Networks
All Networks except Instagram (since Instagram doesn’t support clickable links)
Do Not Include
Add a Custom URL (for all or selected networks)

Benefits:

Directs users straight to your product page
Increases click-throughs from posts

Note: Instagram doesn’t support clickable links in captions, so it’s best to exclude URLs for Instagram.

Hashtag Clouds:

Create custom Hashtag Clouds tailored to your brand.

When selected, Outfy will automatically and randomly add up to 5 hashtags from the chosen cloud, based on the social network.

Custom Hints:

Custom hints help the AI generate more relevant captions.
You can also enable the Product Category hint to better align captions with your product and brand.

ou can include:

Highlights
Guidelines
Prohibited terms
Tone instructions
Special product features

Examples:

“Our products are freeze-dried.”
“Do not use terms like ‘Animal leather’; all our leather is vegan.”
“Our candles are made from pure soy wax for a cleaner burn.”
“We use eco-friendly packaging only.”
“Avoid words like cheap or lowest.”
“Use a professional and minimalist tone.”

If you’d like the AI to follow such rules, enable this option and write your instructions in the box provided.

Otherwise, you can leave it disabled.

Tone Selection:

Choose a tone to guide how your AI-generated captions sound — such as friendly, professional, persuasive, casual, or funny. This helps match your brand voice across all posts.

Note: Make sure to review the final caption to ensure the tone fits your style.

Custom Prompt For AI

Use Outfy’s Custom Prompts AI to create captions your way. Enter your own custom prompt and have full control over the style and content of your captions

How to Use Custom Prompts for AI in SmartQ:

Select Custom Prompt for AI

In the Generate Caption Using dropdown, select “Custom Prompt for AI.

Turn Off All AI Caption Options

To ensure only your custom prompt is used, turn OFF the following options:

Include Product Price
Include Hashtags
Add Product Tags
Include Emojis
Include CTA text (Shop Now)

Enter Your Custom Prompt

Scroll down to the Custom Prompt section and type your preferred prompt.
Wherever you want the product name to appear, use <PRODUCT_TITLE>. The system will automatically replace it with the actual product title when generating captions.

Use Post Templates

If you are not using AI powered captions, you can use the regular templates for generating captions.

Templates

We have a separate Templates Guide to help you understand Templates fully.

For Templates, you can define which caption template you want to use. You can either select a template OR ask SmartQ to choose randomly from your defined caption templates.

Use a particular template if you want all your post templates to have a single type of caption

Use random templates if you have created more than one template and you want SmartQ to choose randomly among them.

Select Hashtags

Outfy allows you to create multiple hashtag clouds to use in postings. A hashtag cloud is a group of similar hashtags that could be related to your product, category or store. There is a separate user guide for how to set up and manage hashtag clouds. In this setting, you can tell SnartQ how to use your hashtags.

You can choose which hashtag cloud SmartQ will select hashtags to add to your postings. In hashtag clouds, there is a way to map your hashtag clouds with your product categories. You can use that mapping. In this case, SmartQ will pick the hashtags from the correct board, based on the category of the product.

If your product is in more than one category, SmartQ can choose the hashtags from any category randomly.

Template Settings #

You can customize each content type according to your needs, adjusting the layout, style, and settings to match your brand and posting goals.

Shorts (Video) Settings #

Media templates

Here is where you decide which video template you want to use. The pull down menu shows you your options.

Background music

Here is where you decide which music you want to use. The pull down menu shows you your options.

Custom colors

Turn this ON if you want to change the default video colors and set them according to your brand. In each video, a set of 5 colors are used. You can change any or all of the colors.

Ending text

Each video is accompanied by an ending text which acts as the CTA (call to action). By default, it is set to “Shop Now” for videos. You can change it to something else like “Buy Now” or “Get it Today”.

AI captions

Turn this option ON to get some amazing and dynamic captions in your videos. These video captions are generated from your product title and description.

Shop name and url

Here is where you put in the name and url of your store. The screencap shows you this exactly.

Store logo

Here is the button you press to decide whether or not you want your logo to appear.

Save Your Task

Once all settings are configured, click Save Changes.

That’s it! Your Short Video automation is now active and will run based on your schedule.