Why does DSRWatch report a different number of ratings than what eBay shows?
DSRWatch retrieves data from eBay, which is currently returning a different number of ratings than those displayed on their site. For example, as of this writing, the ‘designerathletic’ ‘Item as described’ DSR is reported on eBay as 22,716. DSRWatch has 31,716 — that’s a difference of 9,000 ratings. We have asked eBay about this and will update the FAQ when we have an authoritative answer. At this time, we have two theories. The first theory has to do with orders that come from cross-border trade. In the designerathletic example above, eBay may not be counting 9,000 non-US based customers that have left feedback for DSRs. Our second theory is that eBay is counting only unique ratings (i.e. the number of ratings left by different people), whereas DSRWatch is reporting the total number of ratings left.
