Hi @Silverfox. I just wanted to say thanks for sharing. It’s rare to see much real data. 50 applicants for one listing sounds amazing! Popularity is like a rose, thorns and all?
You’re obviously very experienced on THS both as sitters and PPs (7 years!), but I wonder how you could tweak your listing to encourage more experienced sitters to apply? I’d offer my two cents, but your forum profile has a link only to your sitter profile.
It is surprising to me that 90% of your 50+ applicants had 0 reviews. I recall the post below by @Ruckusfan.
Their estimate was 31% of sitters had 0 reviews.
Perhaps PPs are writing fewer reviews?
I really have no idea what could be causing such a discrepancy, especially as it sounds like you’ve been able to get sitters with reviews in the past. For example, before the 5-app rule, you might’ve still gotten 50 applicants, but more than 5 would have at least one review?
How does unpausing actually work for you? Do you just decline one and then unpause? Or decline all 5 and then unpause?