Searching by category is an excellent way to narrow down a specific search or to find items not easily found by the listing description. It's not as easy as it used to be, but it's still possible. Here's how!
So, what is search by category?
Search by category is using Ebay's search functionality to limit search to a specific category.
For example.. Let's say you have an obsession for Porcelain Cat Figurines and want a porcelain figurine of a "Persian Cat". You search "Persian Cat Figurine", but you might miss some listings - i.e. listings where it does not say "cat" or maybe something is misspelled. What you'd really like to do, is search the category Ebay -> Collectables & Art -> Animals -> Cats -> Figurines for different keywords.
However, when you go to the category, Ebay's Search defaults to "All Categories".
However, you can work around this problem by smart use of the Ebay search URL.
Step 1: Find the category you want to search.
Browse to the category you want to search. When you get there, look at the browser bar and note the Category Number after the name. In the case of porcelain cat figurines, this is category 37855.
Step 2: Build your search URL.
Using the category, you can build your search URL:
Part1 : The Ebay Search command : https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?
Part2: Your Search term i.e. "Persian" with _nkw= in front of it.: _nkw=Persian
Part 3: Your category i.e. "37855" with &_sacat= in front of it : &_sacat=37855
So, your search URL is :
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Persian&_sacat=37855
Step 3: Paste it into the browser
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