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How can I search for more then one item at once?

I would like to know how can I search for more then one item at once?

 

For example,  if I wanted to search  "beaded handbag " and "beaded purse " how do I enter it in the search bar?

 

Or "antique purse " and "vintage purse "

 

Thank you 

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How can I search for more then one item at once?


@moojamariah wrote:

For example,  if I wanted to search  "beaded handbag " and "beaded purse "

 

Or "antique purse " and "vintage purse "


If each pair of words have to be together in that order, then:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=(beaded-handbag,beaded-purse) 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=(antique-purse,vintage-purse) 

 

Otherwise, if each pair or words can appear in any order:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=beaded(handbag,purse)  

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=(antique,vintage)purse 

 

Use the links, and then you can modify the search bar.

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How can I search for more then one item at once?

@moojamariah 

 

Unfortunately, ebay.com has removed the help pages that describe search commands.

 

Here is a link to an older page on eBay Ireland:

 

https://www.ebay.ie/pages/help/search/search-commands.html

 

One of the examples actually mentions searching for purses or handbags.

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How can I search for more then one item at once?


@moojamariah wrote: I wanted to search  "beaded handbag " and "beaded purse " how do I enter it in the search bar?

 

Or "antique purse " and "vintage purse "...


beaded (handbag, purse)

 

purse (antique, vintage)

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How can I search for more then one item at once?

"beaded purse" (no quotation marks) is probably your best bet.  When you use a Boolean operator  such as ( ), - etc. it turns off the search expansion algorithms that also searches categories, item specifics, plurals/singulars and synonyms.  I'm guessing purse and handbag are on the list for the last expansion.

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