How we rank listings
The default order of the listings is neither random nor purely chronological: every listing gets a score computed from the parameters below. We publish these parameters so you know why one listing appears before another.
Main parameters
Plan boost (paid influence)
Paid plans can receive a boost to the score, set by Kavo Car for each plan. When a listing receives that boost, it carries the Sponsored label on the card. A store with overdue payments gets a zero boost. While no plan has a boost configured, this parameter is zero for every listing and does not influence the order.
Commercial highlight (paid influence)
A store can buy time-boxed highlights for specific listings. While the campaign is live, the listing carries the Featured label and may add points to the ordering. When the window closes, the highlight drops on its own and the score returns to normal.
Listing completeness
Listings with more photos, a detailed description, mileage, year, trim, options, reference price and city filled in score higher. It depends only on the listing itself and carries the most weight.
Publication freshness
Recently published listings score higher, in age bands (up to 3 days, up to 7, up to 30 and up to 90 days). The band is re-evaluated once a day.
Relevance to your search
When you search by text, the similarity between what you typed and the vehicle data enters the order — only within that search result.
Tie-break
Listings with the same score are ordered from newest to oldest. You can change the order at any time in the “Sort by” selector, including seeing only the most recent ones, with no influence from the score.
Paid influence
Two parameters of the score can be bought: the plan boost and the commercial highlight, both described above. Both are always disclosed on the card — with the Sponsored label and with the Featured label. No other ordering factor is for sale: we do not sell individual positions, we do not accept payment to push competitors down, and the vehicle price does not change any listing's score.
Where the data comes from
The parameters use only data from the listing itself — photos, specs, reference price and city entered by the seller — and the plan the store subscribes to. We do not use your browsing history or your personal data to rank. The location you choose on the site filters which listings appear, but does not change any listing's score.
Human oversight and changes
Each listing's score is stored with its components kept separate, which lets us audit any position. Regardless of the score, a listing can be unpublished by a human decision from our moderation team (a report, fraud or incorrect data) or because the store did not pay. Relevant changes to these parameters are published on this page.