Dashboard Tutorials · July 2026
Stop Re-Sorting Your Search Results: Set Your Defaults Once
Sort order, island, view and map style — set them once in Account Preferences and every search opens the way you work.
Based on Mercala data, July 2026

Angelo J. Willems MSc. FI
Founder, Mercala
The problem
If you use Mercala every day, you probably have a routine: open the listings page, switch the sort order to price high-to-low, filter down to Aruba, and then start working. Every session. Every time.
One of our users — a real estate agent who works exclusively with Aruba listings — told us she was changing the result ordering to descending price every single time she opened the dashboard. That's a few wasted clicks per session, dozens of times a week.
Here's the thing: you can set both of these permanently. Mercala remembers your search defaults on your account, so every new search opens already sorted and filtered exactly the way you work. Set it once, and it follows you across every device you log in on. Here's how.
Step 1: Open your Account Preferences
Log in to Mercala and click your profile avatar — the round picture (or your initials) at the right end of the header buttons.

A dropdown opens showing who you're logged in as. In that dropdown, click Account Preferences. This takes you to your Preferences page.


