Shortlists at Squadhelp are made up metrics, so to be fair I completely ignore them. The only purpose of the so called shortlists is:
(1) to make potential buyers believe that the name they’re looking at is very popular and in high demand which is meant to create a sense of urgency in the buyer, and potentially trigger a quicker purchase;
(2) to keep sellers on the platform by making them believe that something is happening and their names are being seen and liked by potential buyers.
My theory has always been that Squadhelp platform uses a special bot to periodically distribute shortlists among names listed on their PREMIUM marketplace. The proof for that is that STANDARD listings never get any shortlists (Shortlists=ZERO), no matter how good the names are, or how long they’ve stayed listed on the platform. Somehow magically only premium listings ever get shortlisted. Not to mention that I’ve observed glitches with the whole shortlists thing on multiple occasions that made it more than clear that those shortlists cannot be technically likes from real people.
Shortlists are just another way for SH to justify their high commissions, so if I was you I’d completely ignore them.