How Scoring Works

Every listing that reaches your results feed gets a score out of 10, an action (ALERT, WATCH, or SKIP), and a one-sentence verdict explaining the decision. Here's what's behind each.

The verdict thresholds

• ALERT (score 7+) — matches your criteria and the price is fair. This is "tell a friend about it."
• WATCH (score 5–6) — close, but something gives pause: pricing near your ceiling, a low-feedback seller, or a minor spec mismatch.
• SKIP (score 1–4) — wrong product, scam signals, overpriced, or missing critical info.

Nothing is skipped silently. A SKIP lands in your results feed with the verdict so you can see why it missed — usually a criteria or pricing problem you can fix.

The seller-risk rule

One rule overrides the score: a listing from a seller with zero feedback, a brand-new account, or a rating below ~95% can never be an ALERT. The seller risk caps it at WATCH no matter how good the price looks. If a deal feels too good to be true and the seller is anonymous, that's the system doing its job.

What's checked before scoring

Before a listing is even scored, it passes through a filter stack. A listing is dropped early (as a SKIP) when it:

• Doesn't match the hunt's category
• Fails keyword or source rules
• Priced above your ceiling, or has a broken/missing price
• Is a duplicate you've already seen
• Scores below the relevance floor (a weak match is discarded before the full scoring pass)

Bundles and lots aren't hard-rejected — they're flagged so you can judge the math yourself.

What the score reads

The scorer looks at the listing title, price, description, and your hunt's context — brand, capacity, and condition tolerance — and checks three things:

1. Is it the right product? Right spec, right generation, right capacity.

2. Are there red flags? Wrong spec, vague listing, new seller, implausible price.

3. Is the price fair? Anything above your ceiling was already filtered out before scoring — the score weighs whether the price is reasonable for what you're getting.

The verdict is one plain-language sentence: "Matches spec, $60 under the median, established seller." Read the verdict, not just the score — it's why the number is what it is.

The price facts

Your ceiling is the only price number the filter uses — anything above it is dropped. Your target is your own act-fast reference; it doesn't change the score. If you want more (or fewer) results, adjust the ceiling and the criteria, then let the next scan re-evaluate.