Introduction to Sort Ranking
Your sort ranking is the single most important driver of your success on RVshare. Why? Because, just like Google, the higher you rank on the search results page for your area, the more likely renters will see and book your RV. The sort ranking algorithm’s job is to find the best possible match for a renter and is constantly adjusting and learning from both owners’ behavior as well as what the renter is looking for.
How can I improve my sort ranking?
- Responsiveness: Response Rate is how often you respond, and Response Time is how quickly you respond to renters. To improve your sort ranking, respond within an hour and respond to ALL messages and requests.
- Acceptance rate: The percent of total booking requests you accept. Try to achieve an accept rate above 90%.
- Cancellation rate: The percentage of confirmed bookings you have canceled. Try to never cancel a confirmed booking.
- Expiration rate: The percentage of booking requests you have allowed to expire without either accepting or declining. The goal is never to have a booking request expire.
Review your Responsiveness, Acceptance, Cancellation, and Expiration metrics in your Dashboard, or Learn more.
Other things that impact your sort ranking could include:
- Booking Value in the Past 12 months: The more bookings you have had and the revenue you have gained, the better your listing will be placed.
- Reviews: Provide an excellent renter experience and get 5 star reviews
All of these factors can help boost your position in search and in turn offer an excellent user experience.
Other things that make your listing more attractive, but do not impact your sort ranking
- Cancellation policy: Offer a flexible cancellation policy
- Owner verification: Ensure you verified your ID on RVshare
- Instant Book: Enable Instant Book, where renters can automatically book your RV without sending a request to book
- Photos: Have 20+ photos so renters can decide if your RV is the right one for their trip
- Delivery: Offer delivery