How we rank stones

When you search with a photo, these decide the order, most important first:

• How closely it looks like your photo. We compare your photo with the slab photos of stone in stock: colour, veining and pattern. This counts far more than anything else. Stones that look the same, or nearly the same, are shown first as Best matches; the rest follow as Similar looks. A slab in a clearly different colour is moved down.
• Where the stone is. If you chose a city or “Near me” before the search, we show stock in those places. You can switch to all of India in one tap.
• In stock. Stone marked in stock counts for more than limited stock, and limited stock for more than stone on order.
• Recently updated. Stock the supplier listed or updated recently counts for more. Anything the supplier hasn’t updated for 30 days is not shown.
• Real photos and complete details. Listings with real photos, sizes, thickness and finish filled in count a little more.

When you type a search or use filters, these decide the order, most important first:

• How well it matches your words. The stone’s name and trade names, common misspellings and Hindi words (“safed”, “kala”), and what the stone looks like.
• Your filters and preferences. Filters you pick (colour, stone type, finish, use, thickness, city) are strict: only stones that match are shown. Things you type, like a colour or a use, count as preferences: stones that match them come first.
• Where the stone is. When you name a city (“white marble in Udaipur”), stock there counts for more.
• In stock. Stone marked in stock counts for more than limited stock, and limited stock for more than stone on order.
• Recently updated. Stock the supplier listed or updated recently counts for more. Anything not updated for 30 days is not shown.
• Real photos and complete details. Listings with real photos, sizes, thickness, finish and a description count a little more.

“Best match” is the order above. You can sort by “Recently updated”, “Most stock” or “Newly listed” instead.

• In “Best match” order, each further stone from the same supplier counts a little less, so one supplier can’t fill the page.
• Sold stone, and stone the supplier no longer lists, is not shown.
• Tiles never appear in marble and granite results.
• When nothing matches everything you asked for, we loosen the search one step at a time and tell you what we loosened.