A fixed-panel view of the supplier score fields buyers see on 1688

One headline score does not describe every service component

The composite-service field had a median of 4.5/5 across 3,119 numeric observations. In the same panel, 1,291 logistics observations fell below 3.5. These fields should not be collapsed into one supplier verdict without knowing how the platform defines and weights them.

For a live order, ask for the package facts, dispatch terms and written supplier answer that matter to that shipment. A marketplace score is context; it is not the evidence file for your goods.

The panel stays fixed so movement cannot be manufactured by reselection

The 120 internal offer IDs were selected once on 6 August 2026. The same set was queried on every day in this issue. New high-scoring listings were not swapped in, and low-scoring records were not removed from the denominator.

The trade-off is deliberate: a fixed panel can show how one defined shelf changes, but it cannot describe the entire marketplace. Future issues must keep that distinction visible.

Availability has a narrower meaning than a listing being gone

No observation in this issue was explicitly marked offer_not_returned. If that status appears in a later issue, it will mean only that the read-only detail call did not return the offer on that run.

Collection errors are a separate state and never count as unavailable. This prevents a network or API failure from becoming a false delisting claim.

The stated limits, in full

All 10 of them travel inside the evidence file, so they stay attached to the data after it leaves this page.

1. 1.This is a fixed, non-random panel selected from the first page of 12 deliberately chosen English searches; it is not representative of all 1688 listings.
2. 2.The 120 panel items were not de-duplicated by seller. They are not 120 distinct suppliers, factories, companies or ownership groups.
3. 3.The 3,120 private observations repeatedly measure the same 120 panel items across 26 days; they are not that many unique products.
4. 4.Scores are numeric fields returned by the platform. They are not independently audited service performance, warehouse evidence or buyer outcomes.
5. 5.The 3.5 threshold is a descriptive comparison point chosen before calculation. It is not a supplier approval rule.
6. 6.An explicit offer_not_returned response is not proof of permanent delisting, stockout, business closure or unavailability to every buyer.
7. 7.Collection errors are kept separate from explicit non-returns and never counted as unavailable.
8. 8.A returned product-detail row can still omit one or more score fields; score denominators therefore travel with every figure.
9. 9.No order, checkout, payment, supplier contact, message, shipment or after-sales case was observed.
10. 10.Nothing here says 1688, a platform operator or any seller has done anything wrong.