Jack...money matters when you are talking about the % you are...meaning 99% down to about 50% ....in that percentile then of course the $ you "make" will affect where you move in that high %...but once you get down to the top 30% it has A LOT more to do with how many packages you shit...ie. how many orders you take..then ANYTHING else... If you send out a lot of orders...lets say 20 a day for 1 month...you will into the top 5 % if those orders are at least $100+. My only point...as were a lot of other vendor before my post..is the top 1% does not mean they sell the most product or make the most money. PERIOD. Nor does it mean they have the best feedback. As most are not even 100%. Here is the Wiki explanation on it---- To get the seller rank, we find the averages and standard deviations of the "percent positive feedback" and the log of the total weight of the reviews for all active sellers. We then average the number of standard deviations a seller has above or below the average with a 4 to 1 weight on their average feedback over their total weight. This is a seller's rating, and we rank everyone according to this rating. There are a few little details left out for brevity, but that's basically it. I just did above And my other point is that it is very confusing to newbies (as well as people here 2 years!) as the fact is as a vendor you would not really want to be at the top..as the target if there ever was going to be someone coming after you would be HUGE as compared to being in the top 50%. But actually all I care about...as I am sure most vendors do too...it that buyers realize they can get a great vendor that is in the 60% range...though they might be newish...the fact is the most important thing still is feedback...as a new vendor could be here only 1 month...sold only 50 things...and have perfect 100 score and be in the top 50% and he would still be worth it for the buyer to use. PERIOD. My other point..is that there explanation given in the Wiki is not clear...I mean it is..but it really is not..as there should be no vendor in the top 1% that has anything but a 100 rating IMO.