"Trending" as default... why? (CLOSED) (CLOSED)

As the title says. Most of the time, when one comes to the shop, they'll want to see what's new. What does a "trend" matter, in a shop where people buy what they need, can look it up with the search? I don't thin they'll go "Oh, this is fashinable so I'll buy it". We buy assets because we have a reason to. Seeing what's newest in the shop, on the other hand, is a good way to stay on top of things.
Is there a way to *always* get the new items first? When I manually change that on the shop page, in the next few days it will automatically revert to "trending". If there isn't a way, we really need one

There are several reasons...

Most users feel the opposite as you do. 
They've told us (in words, and with their behavior) that they like the trending sort order as the default. 

Most marketplaces are set up with a version of "trending" or "best match" sort order as the default - and not by newest. 
I just checked CGTrader, TurboSquid, Sketchfab, ArtStation, Amazon, Walmart, etc... They're all that way. 

Trending as the default sort order simply makes business sense. 
The algorithm is driven by user behavior: sales, likes, add-to-collections, wishlist adds, conversion rate, and other metrics. 
If the metrics indicate that people like a certain thing, it makes sense to show it to more people. 

With that said, the system is set up to remember your last selection for as long as possible. 
As far as I know, it should be at least through the current session or as long as your latest login is active. 
I'm not one of the coders, but I think it's also tied to the cookie. Clearing cookies might reset your sort order. 

In any case, sorting by "newest" really is one click away. I do apologize if the way it's set up is not convenient for you. 

Lastly... The next big website update will be adding more sorting and filtering options throughout the marketplace. 
Hopefully, the coders can include a way to make the users' preferences remain more consistent. 

Thank you for your feedback. I have added a link to this thread to our internal notes regarding the site update. 

Thanks a lot, Foxy. The link trick did the trick. More sorting filters will be good 
too, but at least now the site will behave better for me

Mine's been set to "newest" for as long as I can remember, both for gallery and the marketplace. I would have thought that's how most people do it (we want the next big shiny!), but there have been times when I've flipped to "trending" and seen something I liked that I may have missed.

I am anti-algorithm, so I always prefer such things to be sorted the way I intend them to be sorted. "Popular" content often isn't the best content. Algorithms just feed the cycle.