What is "sort by best selling"?

[nativechina]

When searching a gig sorted by best selling, we will find a lot of gigs from zero selling sellers ahead of ours. I am not a native English speaker, so I don’t completely understand the realy definition of “best selling”? Any talent can help? Thank you!

[uk1000]

You could ask CS as I don’t think they’ve said how it works anywhere.

It definitely doesn’t seem to work as people would expect it to as a sort. It might take order price into account not just number of orders but even then it seems wrong. eg. it’s showing a gig with 20 reviews and $10 start price ahead of a gig with 400 reviews and a $40 start price.

Also it’s more than a sort because it also filters (it normally shows a lot less gigs than the recommended sort).

So for a proper answer maybe ask CS but they might not tell exactly how it works due to some of their algorithms being secret. But I’d really say it’s kind of a bug since it obviously doesn’t work how it looks like it should (it doesn’t sort by number of orders/reviews or seem to by order price (eg. a package price * reviews).

They may automatically be taking into account more things like seller stats. eg. showing those with a low cancellation rate above those with a high cancellation rate.

[vickiespencer]

I have one gig that I sell more of than any other. Perhaps the sort by best selling shows buyers the best selling gig that each seller has that is related to what you are searching for? :thinking: