05-04-2020 04:57 AM
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
05-04-2020 06:07 AM
@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.
05-04-2020 07:45 AM
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.
05-04-2020 08:20 AM
@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)
05-04-2020 08:30 AM
"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.