To search by: |
Usage: |
From the Advanced Search page, do this: |
Bidder |
Use this option to see a list of the items that a particular bidder has bid on or bought.
Notes: To search for items by bidder, for privacy reasons, you must know the member's User ID. If you know the eBay member's email address, you can find their User ID by using Find a Member. To protect bidder privacy, not all items that this member has bid on may be displayed.
Although you can use search by bidder to view your own current auction listings or history, eBay recommends you use My eBay instead. My eBay has many more functions to manage your bidding and buying activities. |
On the left side of the page under Search, click the “Items by Bidder” link. In the Enter Bidder’s User ID box, type the bidder’s User ID. To include completed listings, select the check box. (Learn more about Completed Listings.) Choose a bidder option. Select the number of results you want per page. Click the Search button.
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Category |
Use this option to quickly search for items in a specific area of the site. You can search within a category in a basic or advanced search, or your search results.
Note: Some categories also include Product Finders to help you narrow your search by characteristic, for example, by colour, size, or condition. Learn more about Product Finders. |
From the In this category list, select a category. Select any additional search options, as needed. Click the Search button.
Note: You can also search by category from a basic search or your search results.
You can also search by category in a basic search in the same way, or you can search by category from your search results by selecting a new category from the list to the right of the Search box, and clicking Search. |
Completed Listings |
Use this option to see what a particular item has sold for—maybe so you can decide how to price a similar item you want to sell or to see what you should bid or pay for a similar item. (Learn more about bidding on eBay.) Searching by completed listings gives you listings that have ended within the last 15 days. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. Select any additional search options, as needed. Select the Completed listings only check box. Click the Search button.
Note: If you are not currently signed in, you will be prompted to do so before you can see your search results. |
Country or Region |
Use this option to find items located in another country, for example, dishes from Italy, jewellery from Indonesia, or paintings from Japan. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. Scroll down to Location and choose an option.
Note: For detailed information about the each option, click the “Learn more about search locations” link below the options. Click the Search button.
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Currency |
Use this option to find items listed in a particular currency, for example, US dollar, Euro, or Swiss franc. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. Scroll down to Currency and choose an option from the list. Click the Search button.
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Saved Searches |
Use this option to search for your favourite saved searches. Learn more about saving searches
Notes: You must be signed in to see a list of your Saved Searches. You can run 3 of your most recent Favourite Searches from the Advanced Search page or the main Buy page. You can see all of your Saved Searches (up to 100) in My eBay. |
From the Saved Searches
menu, select the Saved Search you want to run and click the Go button.
You can also search by Saved Search from My eBay and from the main Buy page.
To search by Saved Search from My eBay:
Go to My eBay. Do one of the following:
On the left side of the page, under Organise, click the Save searches
or To quickly run the search from the Summary or Buying pages, scroll to the bottom of the page and find the search you want from the list in your Saved Searches.
3. Click the search name you want to run.
Learn more about viewing and running Saved Searches. |
Item Number |
Since item numbers are unique, use this option to give an exact match, saving you the time of having to scroll through multiple listings. You can find the Item Number on the item’s listing page, to the right of the listing title. The item number is also included in any email that you receive about the listing. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type the item number. Click the Search button.
Note: You can also enter the item number in any search box. |
Keyword in Title/Description |
Use this option to search using words that describe the item you're looking for. By default, eBay searches for these keywords in the title of the item listing.
In addition to searching the title of the item listing, you can choose to also have eBay search the description of the item listing.
In some cases, eBay will automatically expand your search to include items based on the intent of your search rather than matching the exact keywords.(Available for US, Canada, UK and Germany) |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. To search both the item title and description, select the Search title and description check box. Select any additional search options, as needed. Click the Search button. Optional: To narrow your search results, use search commands.
Note: You can also search by keyword in any search box. |
Seller, Single Seller |
Use this option to see items listed by a particular seller. When you search by seller, you enter the seller’s User ID, and eBay displays the exact match as well as any close matches. In addition to accessing the seller’s items, you can also access the seller’s member profile and eBay Store. |
On the left side of the page under Search, click the “Items by Seller” link. In the Enter seller’s User ID box, type the seller’s User ID. Select or clear any of the check boxes, as needed. To sort your search results by time or price, from the Sort by list, select your sort option. To choose the number of results you want to display on a page, from the Results per page list, select a number. Click the Search button.
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Seller, Multiple Sellers |
Use this option to see items listed by a group of sellers. When you search by seller, you enter the sellers’ User IDs.
Notes: You can search for up to 10 sellers at one time. You can also exclude up to 10 sellers from your results. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. Scroll down to From Sellers, and select the From specific sellers option. Enter the sellers’ User IDs (not the store names) in the box. Do one of the following:
To search for all matching items offered by the specified sellers, select Include from the menu. To search for all matching items except those offered by the specified sellers, select Exclude.
5. Click the Search button. |
Seller, My Favourite Sellers |
Note: For privacy reasons, you must know the member's User ID to use this feature. If you know the eBay member's email address, you can find their User ID by using Find a Member.
Use this option you can search among favourite sellers. |
In the Enter keyword or item number box, type your keywords. Scroll down to From Sellers and select the From My Favourite Sellers option. Click the Search button.
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