How the market decides what you see first

The market is not one fixed list. What lands first shifts with your search area, what you typed, and where you are looking — but it follows the same order every time, so a stand does not move around at random between visits.

Your search area goes first

If you have set up a search area, anything inside it is boosted ahead of everything else — that split is what "In your area" and "Farther out" mean on the market page. Nothing outside your area disappears, it just sorts after what is close.

A stand near a stop on your route, not just your home circle, gets the same boost and is labeled by the reason: "On your way home," "On your way to work," and so on, depending on which stop it sits near.

Turning off "Only my search area" in the filters removes this boost entirely and mixes everyone together.

A search term ranks by match next

Typing something into the market search — a listing name, a category, a subcategory — layers a relevance ranking on top of the area boost. The closer your words match a listing, the higher it lands, but it still respects the in-area split above it.

Distance breaks remaining ties

After area and (if you searched) relevance, listings are ordered by distance — either from a place you typed into the location search, or from the anchors of your search area if you have not typed a place. The nearer stand wins the tie.

What's left is shuffled, not alphabetical

Once area, relevance, and distance are accounted for, there is nothing left to sort by that means anything to you — so the remaining order is shuffled. It stays stable while you scroll or load more, but it reshuffles on your next visit. Nothing in the market is ranked by how new a listing is, how much it costs, or how much stock is left.