Best sellers Product datasource not what I expected

So we were getting some different data with the Best sellers Product datasource.

I think I have figured it out and that it is using total $ amount sold not total qty sold of items.  Anyway to switch this to use best sellers by qty sold not $?  One expensive item is causing our best seller items not to show.

Hello,

Yes, you are correct. The Best Sellers data source will sort the products by price rather than quantity.
However, I do see your point about the data source. We are thinking of implementing a new data source that will sort the Best Sellers by quantity sold in the near future.

Thank you for your suggestion.

Great!  Any idea on time frame?  I have been putting off attempting to write my own custom datasource when it seems like a pretty easy mod to your current bestsellers data source.  Glad you will soon have both options available.

Hello,

We are currently working on improving our JCarousel plugin. This is a project that will bring many  new features to the plugin. We have planned to implement the new Best Sellers data source in the new JCarousel and we`ll release the data source with the release of the new JCarousel.