Listing Type Influence on Best Match Rankings: Business & Industrial Category

As the chart below indicates, most of the sub-categories under Business & Industrial favor the auction-style listing under the the Best Match search algorithm. The notable exception is the Packing & Shipping sub-category which provides a statistically significant boost to the fixed-price listing format. The Fuel & Energy sub-category also seems to lean towards providing an advantage to the fixed-price listing format in the search results.

Review the methodology in the first post of this series.