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Do you search by Sport on EBAY?

SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
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I'm wondering if anyone actually searches for an item on ebay by using the detailed search by sport, year, graded, or whatever search criteria there is? I don't bother switching the category when I'm listing multiple Items in different sports. Am I missing potential buyers by not taking the extra time?

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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I try to do my searches as detailed as possible. Less irrelevant stuff I have to look at on the Bay.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
    Yeah....but do you seach it by sport or do you just type in exactly what you are looking for?
  • hankcaddyhankcaddy Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i usually do break it down by sport, less wasted time .
    i try to get as focused as possible
    currently collecting baseball of
    2004 spx
    1989 topps psa 10
    1959 phillies
    Phillies of the 70's
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I search several ways for items I am interested in....pretty much never just surf it.

    Mark
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    It is probably best to list within the narrow categories
    offered on the listing menu.

    BUT, when most buyers are searching they do so, for example, by:

    player name

    The next request adds:

    year model

    The next adds, if applicable:

    grader name

    (Or, some other product specific term.)

    eg: Rose 1975 PSA

    The new search scheme - "Best Match" - is likely
    to have an impact on how folks search. The BETA
    does NOT work correctly. Users may try work-arounds
    that will stick and have to be adopted by sellers when
    they keyword their titles.

    ("Best Match," as far as I can tell, will not have a great
    impact on cards and most collectibles. The problems
    are primarily in the fashion categories.)

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • Post25Post25 Posts: 206
    I quite often search by sport and browse. I never know when there will be a great impulse buy.
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
    Thanks for the input.....I think it will only benifit me to take the extra time and get my items listed in the right catergory. When I search for my items to buy.....I search like Storm888 detailed: 1988 Michael Jordan PSA. I admit....I have never gone into the detailed search and searched for 1988 Michael Jordan PSA in the basketball catergory. hmmm....?
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324


    << <i>I quite often search by sport and browse. I never know when there will be a great impulse buy. >>




    LOL....missed my point but thanks anyway.
  • torctorc Posts: 341


    << <i>I'm wondering if anyone actually searches for an item on ebay by using the detailed search by sport, year, graded, or whatever search criteria there is? I don't bother switching the category when I'm listing multiple Items in different sports. Am I missing potential buyers by not taking the extra time? >>


    Yup, always use the detailed search
    as another poster said, too much garbage to sort through.
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
    Okay Torc....question for you then: When you login to ebay....do you search for your items by just typing in what you are looking for. (with as much detail as you see fit) Or do you use the ebay search tools (filters) that they provide?
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>I'm wondering if anyone actually searches for an item on ebay by using the detailed search by sport, year, graded, or whatever search criteria there is? I don't bother switching the category when I'm listing multiple Items in different sports. Am I missing potential buyers by not taking the extra time? >>



    To answer the original question, no
  • jdip9jdip9 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭
    For better or worse, I never use the search tools on Ebay....

    if I'm searching for a player, I generally "Larry Bird PSA", and add a year/brand if I need to get particular.

    I think there is a benefit to including the sport in the auction title (assuming space is available) for high grade commons or less well known players. If I was building a graded 1975 topps basketball set, instead of typing in "1975 Topps PSA" and weed through all the football and baseball cards too, I'd try "1975 Topps Basketball PSA" first to see what came up. Unfortunately, I'm not sure too many sellers list their cards that way.
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
    Jdip....that's the same way I search....thanks!

    My question was actually in regards to using the filters that EBAY provides. It doesn't appear that very many people use the filters under "advanced search" when looking for cards.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It doesn't appear that very many people use the filters under "advanced search" when looking for cards. >>



    I rarely do.

    Ironically, when I get a steal, it's normally because the Seller used the wrong so-called tags (ie listing a 55 TAA PSA under modern nongraded).
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doob,

    As mentioned above, I get specific. e.g. If I am looking for auctions for 2008 Topps Heritage Baseball Hobby boxes, I will drill the categories all the way down to Cards- MLB - Boxes/Cases. I will then type in Heritage seach and then click on the 2008 if the search results in several different years.

    Sometimes the results are limited, so it will then list these same items in Ebay stores.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    I like to use the Baskeball search, then cards and then by year and so on, it makes it easy to find what your looking for, because otherwise you would get a million searches that are not what your looking for.

    Giovanni
  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>For better or worse, I never use the search tools on Ebay....

    if I'm searching for a player, I generally "Larry Bird PSA", and add a year/brand if I need to get particular. >>


    That's typically my method, too.

    << <i>If I was building a graded 1975 topps basketball set, instead of typing in "1975 Topps PSA" and weed through all the football and baseball cards too, I'd try "1975 Topps Basketball PSA" first to see what came up. >>


    I have also done that, from time to time. Usually, anything I'm looking for specifically will come up with a year, name and "PSA", but if you have a common name as your search, that can cause problems. When I was looking for a Larry Brown for my 72 Football set, I kept getting hits for the Larry I was looking for, the guy who played for the A's and the UNC guy who was playing in the ABA at the time.
    My Sets
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    After I search for something (if it's something that I will likely search for again), I save each link in my favorites so I can just click each search I have saved whenever I want to. I think ebay has it's own built in thing to save searches, but I just save mine in Internet Explorer. Not really what you were asking, but I figured I would share it anyway image
  • SteviedoobieSteviedoobie Posts: 324
    I appreciate everyones insight....It will help me to list my future items better!
  • bigfischebigfische Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    yes i do
    My baseball and MMA articles-
    http://sportsfansnews.com/author/andy-fischer/

    imagey
  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    My two searches:

    1977 topps psa 9

    1985 topps psa 9 -mcgwire -clemens - puckett
    There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
  • hofautoshofautos Posts: 1,934
    I use the hell out of the minus key to filter, and use parenthesis and commas to expand.


    Here is a typical search for me

    (84,1984,rc,rookie) don mat* (sig*,auto*) -(8x10,photo,mag*,topps,no)

    I would use that for a donruss 1984 autographed card of don mattingly.

    It takes into consideration the following
    some people use 84, some use 1984
    some people will put rookie or rc, but not even put a year
    some people spell mattingly wrong
    some people use auto, autograph, autographed, sig, signature, signed
    i don't want photos or magazines
    it ignores people that say "NO AUTO"

    If you want me to make you a search, give me a challenge...

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I use the hell out of the minus key to filter, and use parenthesis and commas to expand.


    Here is a typical search for me

    (84,1984,rc,rookie) don mat* (sig*,auto*) -(8x10,photo,mag*,topps,no)

    I would use that for a donruss 1984 autographed card of don mattingly. >>



    You need to add a - sign to MATHIAS because this auction came up using your search.

    06 MATHIAS KIWANUKA DON. CLASSICS AUTO(RC)#D/499 GIANTS
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
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