Duh - I created my own search problem
I like many other sellers use a hyphen in some of my listings.
Stupid Arcane Product -For Weirdos
If I were to type this exact product name in any of the Ebay searches including my own store. It does not appear,
If I type any part of the product other than the hyphen, it will appear.
Then I remembered that when you use -XXX nothing is included in the results that contains XXX.
It has been years since I deliberately created a search which intentionally excluded a word in the results.
I was ready to start a thread or join an existing thread, complaining about how my products were being suppressed,
2 comments
eburtonlab
·2 years agoUsing a hyphen in a title is OK as long as you leave a space before the word following the hyphen.
Even your title with the hyphen as shown is really only a problem if someone copies the title and searches using the pasted title; something a buyer is unlikely to do, though the seller certainly might do that to check on the seller's own listings.
monster-deals
·2 years agoIn general, I make it a rule to never use any punctuation marks in any of my listing titles, even when it's suggested by eBay or in the actual product's title.
-AP