Using advanced search

Finding items

Here's how to find an item using advanced search:

Click the Advanced Search link, located next to the search box at the top of most eBay pages.

Tip: If you've already started searching and just want to narrow your search, click the Advanced search link located above your current search.
On the left side of the page, in the Items section, choose one of these options.

To find:	Select this:
Items for sale, based on specific criteria	Find items
Vehicles, parts, and accessories on eBay Motors	On eBay Motors
Items for sale by a particular seller, if you know the seller’s user ID	By seller
Items an eBay member has bid on, if you know the bidder’s user ID	By bidder
A specific listing, if you know the item number	By item number

Finding eBay Stores and items in Stores

After you've clicked the Advanced Search link, located next to the search box at the top of most eBay pages:

	To search items in eBay Stores, choose Items in Stores in the Stores section on the left side of the page. You can find items in Stores using specific criteria.
	To find a specific eBay Store, choose Find Stores. Learn more about searching eBay stores.

Finding members

After you've clicked the Advanced Search link, located next to the search box at the top of most eBay pages:

	To find an eBay member, click Find a member in the Members section on the left side of the page. You can find a member's Feedback Profile, any items that member is selling, and that member's eBay Stores.
	To find the contact information for a member, click the Find contact information link. You can only get contact information for members if you are involved in a recent transaction with them.

Advanced search criteria

All words, any order	Searches for item titles that contain all the words you entered (or variations of them), no matter what order they appear. For example, searching for "Sony DVD player" would find items that had any of these titles: "DVD players Sony", "Sony DVD players", "Sony player for DVDs." Note: To find more matches, we automatically expand your search to include words with the same meaning as the ones you entered.
Any words, any order	Searches for item titles that contain any of the words you entered that appear in any order. For example, searching for "Sony DVD player" would find items that had any of these titles: "DVD player", "Sony player", "Sony DVD", "DVD", "Sony", "player", and many others.
Exact words, exact order	Searches for item titles that contain the exact words you entered, in the exact order you entered them. For example, searching for "Sony DVD player" would only find items had the words "Sony DVD player" in the title, in that order. For example, "Sony DVD player in box" or "Sony DVD player used" would be matches, but "Sony player DVD" would not.
Exact words, any order	Searches the item titles for the exact words you entered, in any order. For example, searching for "Sony DVD player" would find titles that contained the exact words "Sony", "DVD" and "player" but in any order. For example, "New Sony in box DVD player" or "DVD player, new Sony" would be matches, but "Sony DVD players" or "Sony DVDs player" would not.

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