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How we rank rental offers

When you search on Mietrix, offers are sorted by “Recommended” by default. Here we explain which main parameters count and how they are weighted (§ 5b (2) UWG).

Main parameters in order of importance

Each offer is assessed using the following main parameters; the order shows their relative weighting. The exact calculation is a trade secret of Mietrix.

  1. Relevance to your search very important
    How well name, category, technical data and description match your search term.
  2. Satisfaction and reliability important
    Reviews from previous customers, cancellation rate and response time of the lessor.
  3. Economic value for Mietrix important
    Expected commission or, for Mietrix’s own rental items, Mietrix’s margin. Offers with a higher value for Mietrix may therefore appear higher up.
  4. Demand and booking history important
    How often an offer is actually booked in relation to its views.
  5. Quality and timeliness of the offer important
    Completeness of images, description and technical data as well as up-to-date prices and availability.
  6. Proximity and delivery supplementary
    Distance to the postcode entered and whether the offer can be delivered there.

Important: The economic value for Mietrix – i.e. the expected commission or, for Mietrix’s own rental items, the margin – is taken into account in the ranking. Offers with a higher commission may therefore appear higher up. A higher commission is an indirect consideration paid by the lessor.

Other influences

  • Recommendations by Mietrix: Mietrix can manually recommend individual offers. They receive an advantage in the ranking and are marked “Recommended”.
  • Preferred lessors: No lessors are currently given special preference.
  • Your input: If you specify a rental period, we only show available offers; if you enter a postcode, we take the distance into account.
  • Other sort orders: You can sort by price, distance or newest at any time. The factors above then do not apply.

Paid placements

Lessors can book placements for a fee. These appear exclusively in separate sections or marked Ad and do not change the order of the regular search results.

  • Highlighted offer: Highlighted in colour in the search results
  • Top placement: Ad section above the search results
  • Category recommendation: Recommendation at the top of the category page
  • Home page placement: Offer in the “Recommended” section of the home page

Product recommendations and notes

On item pages, in the cart and at checkout we show matching extras, add-on options and more powerful alternatives. The selection is based on: manual recommendations by lessors or Mietrix (shown first), items actually booked together, category links maintained by Mietrix, shared uses, and price and category. Only items available in the selected rental period are recommended; items from the same lessor are preferred (one contract, one handover). Where suitability is equal, the economic value for Mietrix is taken into account – as in the ranking.

Notes such as “Only 2 available”, “Booked 5 times in the last 30 days” or “Popular in this category” are calculated exclusively from real data (actual availability, confirmed bookings, page views, joint bookings) and updated automatically. They are never invented or generated artificially; below fixed minimum values no note is shown. The data basis of each note is shown when you hover over it.

Reviews

Only customers who actually booked via Mietrix and whose rental has been completed can leave reviews. Mietrix checks reported reviews and hides inadmissible content. Reviews are never created or changed in return for payment.