How results are ordered

01Matching your search comes first

City, category, listing type, service language, search and other selected filters determine the result set. Payment should not add a business that fails those conditions.

02VIP, Premium and ordinary places

In place lists, active confirmed VIP comes before Premium, then Free. This also applies to mixed place lists and saved places. Selecting a plan in an application does not provide priority: payment must be confirmed and the access period current.

Paid cards show Premium or VIP and a paid-placement notice. A separate position in a particular category and city may need further agreement. A listing belonging to the operator or a related business must not be understood as an independent assessment either.

03Ordering within a plan

Within one plan, the selected or section-specific order applies: search relevance, name, publication date or editorial selection. A sort choice therefore does not cancel VIP → Premium → Free priority.

Equivalent agreed VIP positions in a city and category may rotate. This changes their order within that group and does not guarantee one business a permanent first position.

04Events, jobs, housing and articles

These sections have their own rules: events depend on the selected period and date; articles depend on topic and editorial selection. A business plan does not automatically place every job, event or article by that business first.

Public reviews are not active, so average ratings and review counts do not affect ordering. Contact-action statistics are not public quality scores.

05Questions about results

If a position or label looks wrong, send info@whowhere.online the URL, city, selected filters and a short explanation. We will check it against these rules. Material changes to display factors will appear here and be communicated to business users where required.