How Best match sorting and search find opportunities
Sort sets the order of the list: Best match uses your business facts, and a search adds Most relevant, which ranks by your words.
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Last updated 21 days ago
Sort sets the order of the list. Best match puts the opportunities that fit your business first. A search adds one more order, which ranks by the words you typed. On the Pilot plan, the Opportunities page is locked. See Why an opportunity or Hunter action is locked.
The sorts on each tab
The Sort button shows the current choice. For example: Sort (Best match).
What Best match uses
Hunter scores each opportunity against your trade codes, your place, your set-asides and your past work. See What an opportunity match score and fit label mean. Best match puts the highest score first.
What a search changes
When you type words in the search box, a new sort appears at the top of the menu: Most relevant. The button then reads Sort (Most relevant). It ranks by two things:
- the exact words that you typed, found anywhere in the notice;
- the meaning of your words, so a close word can still find a match.
An opportunity that fits on both counts comes first. When you clear the search, your earlier sort returns. A sort that you chose yourself stays.
Example
You search "roof repair". The top results hold both words in the notice. Further down are notices about related roof work.
What the sort cannot know
- A sort does not check if you can win.
- Biggest first uses the buyer's estimate. A notice with no estimate may sit at the end.
- Best match is only as good as your business facts. See Which business facts affect opportunity matches?.
✅ What to do next: To search with words, read Search opportunities by words from the notice.
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