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Ranking and Impartiality Policy

Factors used and not used in organic store ranking.

Organic ranking

By default, stores are ordered by first publication date, newest first. This order is not a statement about quality, reliability, popularity, sales volume, customer satisfaction or a GrowShop recommendation.

Factors that do not affect ranking

  • Profile completeness or number of photos
  • Profile views or link clicks
  • A relationship with a particular brand or the platform operator
  • A personal or commercial relationship with platform management
  • Current or future professional-profile features

First publication date

Profile updates do not change the first publication date or move the store to the top. Deleting and re-adding the same business does not create a ranking advantage.

User-selected filters

A–Z, city, district, distance, open-now, category and brand filters selected by the user are shown clearly. Sponsored placement is not currently enabled and is not mixed into organic results.