search problems, can not figure it out

[bashort]

I have a good selling item that I ran out of stock on for a week or so and a couple days ago I listed  more.

I was surprised that that there were no sales so I tried to search for the item now and I can use the first 6 words of the title which includes all the common key words and it will not show up in search while similar items will.

363878738795

any ideas?

[garydavisremix]

I have the same issue. Some items are shown, others are not. Even if I copy the exact wording from the listing title, some items still don't show up in a search.

[luckythewinner]

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@bashort wrote:

any ideas?

Your search criteria are a victim of eBay's category switching.  

A search for the first six words (200 amp lever bypass meter socket) automatically filters the results to the Business & Industrial > Electrical Supplies & Equipment > Electrical Boxes, Panels & Boards category.

This is where you items 125436820239 and 125435366060 are listed, so that is why it appears in the results. 

But your item 363878738795 is listed in the Home & Garden > Home Improvement > Electrical Supplies > Home Electrical Panels, Boxes & Circuit Breakers > Home Circuit Breakers category, so it gets filtered out when eBay tries to guess the correct category.  

This "category switching" is eBay's attempt to filter the results and direct buyers to what they need, but it is frustrating when it excludes good matches. 

[bashort]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@bashort wrote:

any ideas?

Your search criteria are a victim of eBay's category switching.  

A search for the first six words (200 amp lever bypass meter socket) automatically filters the results to the Business & Industrial > Electrical Supplies & Equipment > Electrical Boxes, Panels & Boards category.

This is where you items 125436820239 and 125435366060 are listed, so that is why it appears in the results. 

But your item 363878738795 is listed in the Home & Garden > Home Improvement > Electrical Supplies > Home Electrical Panels, Boxes & Circuit Breakers > Home Circuit Breakers category, so it gets filtered out when eBay tries to guess the correct category.  

This "category switching" is eBay's attempt to filter the results and direct buyers to what they need, but it is frustrating when it excludes good matches. 

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Thanks, what is odd though is that this listing used to show up

[bashort]

I just remembered how I came up with that category.

The item was in the ebay catalog and I used what it had

[donsdetour]

Idea is that if a buyer can not find your item to purchase it:you cant sell it.

eBay also loss of money>

Search mess is running purchasers else were and eBay don't care......

Makes on wounder what is going on internally with eBay for sure.

[bashort]

I have been trying different things and it is very odd.

All the keywords are in my title.

If I search " 200 amp lever bypass meter socket" my item does not show up

If I search "200 amp lever bypass socket" my item shows up

If I search "200 amp" my item shows up

If I search "lever bypass" my item shows up

For most searches the word "meter" in search will make the item not show up. It is really frustrating, anyone looking for this item will use the word "meter" and it kills the search for my item.