I have that happen a lot when using my Seller Hub "Active Listings" list doing a search. Since we have over 6000 listings it is necessary when new batches of cars come in to be able to search through Active Listings to see if that particular release is listed instead of going to each bin to check if there is a physical item.
An example that we noticed did not work for several days was using the Search Term "Jurassic World" since we have some Matchbox cars with that theme and title. Well when typed together "Jurassic World" the results showed "0" - now I knew there were some since I had pulled one the day before from that bin. I tried again making sure the spelling was correct and still "0" - I then used just "Jurassic" and items showed up, also just using "World" brought up items but always "0" when used together. I tried the same in our eBay Store and got the same results, so any potential Buyer searching our Store would only get "0" as I tried from a different account also.
I'm not sure if this is an intentional attempt by eBay to regulate or throttle the search results, but kind of odd that I can't find the results in our own Seller Hub. Over the years, I have had this happen in the Active Listings search and always thought maybe I just typed it wrong in a hurry and never investigated further.
Anybody that wants to try our Store with this experiment, there is still a term that I know doesn't work since I just tried it again before posting - try Ferrari California - It won't bring up the 1 car we have listed with that title but will bring it up if you just search "Ferrari" or "California" - some gremlins behind the scenes or intentional search avoidance?
evry1nositswindy • seller since 2013
