Just speculating here ... I wonder if there are some shops they want to prevent self-assignment by inexperienced shoppers for some reason so they try to get "chosen" shoppers to take them with a bonus.
Seems like an odd thing to do unless they're trying to get experienced shoppers on certain shops.
Glad it's not just me. A shopping friend and I were talking about the dearth of shops the other day. I didn't check again to see if more came back.
I've hated their job board for over a year, ever since they "upgraded it" awhile back and now we have to play zip code roulette to find anything.
Time to build a bigger bridge.