One of the most overlooked areas of [tag]eBay[/tag] is the link to [tag]Advanced Search[/tag] tips near the search box on any eBay page. You'll find valuable [tag]search tips[/tag] here that can help you narrow your search to just what you're looking for. Once you use the tips (see below) and land on the search results page, you can save the search to your [tag]Favorite Searches[/tag] in your My eBay page. That way you won't have to create a complicated search from scratch each time. You can set your favorite searches to email you whenever a new item appears on eBay that matches your search.
Why are these tips necessary?
Lets say you're trying to [tag]source products[/tag] on eBay to buy in large lots and break them up for individual sale. Just search for "case of" or "pallet of" - with the quotation marks as shown - and you'll force eBay to search for those words in that particular order. Try it here.
| To search for: | Do this: | Example: |
|---|---|---|
| Items using two or more keywords | Enter the keywords with a space between them | new Bose headphones returns items with all three words in the title in any order |
| Items containing certain words in a particular order | Place quotation marks around the group of words | "case of" returns items with titles containing case of in that order only, but not those containing just case or just of or the words of case |
| Item titles that do not contain a certain word | Place a minus sign right before the word to be excluded (no space after the minus sign) | shirt green –polyester returns items with titles containing the words shirt and green but not containing the word polyester |
| Items that don't contain several words | Place a minus sign before the list of words separated by commas (with no spaces after the minus sign and the commas) and put in parentheses | bowl -(wooden,fish,super) or bowl -wooden -fish -super returns items with titles containing the word bowl but not containing the words wooden, fish, and super |
| Items where one word or another is present in the title | Enter keywords in parentheses separated by commas (no space after the commas) | (poster,print) returns items whose titles contain either the word purse or handbag |
| Items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters | Enter the first several letters followed by an asterisk | book* returns items whose titles contain words starting with , such as books, bookkeeping, and bookmark |
| Items that contain only a specific spelling of a word Note: In some cases, eBay expands your search to include a plural and/or an alternate spelling of your search word(s). For example, if you were searching for book, you would receive search results with items containing the keyword book or the keyword books. Searching for grey would bring back items containing the keyword grey or the keyword gray. Use this command when you want an exact match. | Enter the keywords or phrases in quotes | "book" returns only items with the exact word book and not items with the word books |
| Items that match the exact words Note: In some cases, eBay automatically expands your search to include items based on the intent of your search rather than matching the exact keywords provided.If you do not want eBay to do this, then all you need to do is to put quotation marks around one of your keywords. For example, if you were searching action DVDs, you might type the keywords sinatra DVD. This may bring back items that have both keywords sinatra and DVD, as well as items that have the keyword sinatra and are in the DVD category. If you entered "sinatra" DVD, your results would include only items with the exact keywords sinatra DVD and not the additional items in the DVD category with only the keyword sinatra. Use this command when you want to match exact words. Note: To see which keywords are associated with specific categories, see Keyword Search [tag]Category Expansions[/tag]. | Place quotes around any single keyword | "sinatra” DVD returns only items with the exact word sinatra and DVD sinatra “DVD” returns only items with the exact word DVD and the word sinatra. |
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