Ok, I’m new, but this isn’t rocket science, right? So…when I search available sits I enter the city, country & our dates. Often only a handful show up. However, when I go in via Google and enter for ex. Paris, France housesitting-THS is one of the 1st sites to appear and when I enter it that way there are many more listings to choose from. What’s up with that? Thanks!
Marketing to get people to get sitters join the site - when you look online there appears to be more available sits than there are in reality.
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Those are the ones in “reviewing applications” status, I think. It is what THS shows to browsers that are not logged in. It is a way to advertise.
New sits will show up. You can set up a Saved search for Paris and you will get notifications of new dates. But most of those will be gone within minutes.
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People who aren’t members aren’t able to sign in and see what’s going on in real time, which includes sits that go into review. Review is the stage when a sit has at least five applicants and is automatically put into pause stage for host review and stays that way till the host unpauses (or chooses a sitter).
There has to be a division between what members see vs. what nonmembers see — they are two different views.
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This also happens on a site called housesit search, and it’s super annoying. You type in dates you’re searching for, and it looks across all pet sitting sites on the web for you. A lot of them are from THS, but when you click on them, those listings are no longer available or active. Every single time 
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Thanks for the explanation!
If indeed you are looking for a sit in Paris, it’s normal that there aren’t many at any given time because they literally go like hot… croissants!
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Yep, I was using Paris as an example only 