Items where two or more keywords are present

Items containing certain words in a particular order

"New Delhi "

New Delhi in that order only, but not those containing just New or just Delhi or the words Delhi New

Items that don't contain a certain word

shirt blue –wool

Items that don't contain several words

Place a minus sign before the list of words separated by commas (with no spaces after the minus sign and the commas) and put in parentheses

Items where one word or another is present

returns items whose titles contain either the word purse or handbag

Items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters

returns items whose titles contain words starting with book, such as books, bookshelf, and bookmark

Items that contain only a specific spelling of a word

Note: In some cases, eBay expands your search to include a plural and/or an alternate spelling of your search word(s). For example, if you were searching for book, you would receive search results with items containing the keyword book or the keyword books. Searching for grey would bring back items containing the keyword grey or the keyword gray. Use this command when you want an exact match.

Results that contain all the words you enter

Enter the keywords with a space between them

new DVD player
returns items with all three words in the title in any order

Results that contain the exact words you typed in a particular order

Place quotation marks around the group of words

"Mumbai"
returns items with titles containing Mumbai in that order only, but not those containing just New or just York or the words York New

Results that do not contain a certain word

Place a minus sign immediately before the word to be excluded (no space after the minus sign)

shirt blue –cotton
returns items with titles containing the words shirt and blue but not containing the word cotton

Results that don't contain several words

Place a minus sign before the list of words separated by commas (with no spaces after the minus sign and the commas) and surround by parentheses

bowl -(black,green,purple) or bowl –black –green –purple
returns items with titles containing the word bowl but not containing the words black, green, and purple

Results that contain either of the words

Enter keywords in parentheses separated by commas (no space after the commas)

(purse,handbag)
returns items with titles containing either the word purse or the word handbag

Results that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters

Enter the letter sequence followed by an asterisk

book*
returns items with titles containing words starting with book, such as books, bookshelf, and bookmark

Results that contain only a specific spelling of a word

Enter the keywords or phrases in quotes

"book"
returns only items with the exact word book and not items with the word books in the title

Keyword to Keyword

Modifies your keyword query to search for either your original keyword, or a synonymous keyword from our dictionary

Searches for red shoes will return items that have the words red and either shoe or shoes in the title.

Keyword to Category

Modifies your query to search for items that have a specific keyword in the title or live in a specific related category.

Searches for Harry Potter DVD will return items that have Harry Potter in the title and have either DVD in the title, or live in the DVDs category.

Keyword to Item Specifics

Modifies your query to search for items that have the keywords from the original query in the title, or have particular item specifics used in the item description.

A search for Nike Golf will return items that have golf in the title and either have Nike in the title, or have Brand=Nike specified in the item specifics section of the description