I really used to enjoy searching eBay. I'd use it for information, research, keeping abreast of trends and prices, casual browsing, etc. I use to have fun browsing and looking stuff up on eBay. But over the past year or two, the search function has gotten progressively worse. They've tweaked the algorithm in such a way that it makes the website and searching not only unfun but, honestly, barely useable. It seems like each month, I get more and more junk results not related at all to what I'm searching for. My save searches don't work correctly anymore. I can't exclude words reliably anymore. I can't narrow my searches in any meaningful way.

On top of that there's just some really odd stuff going on in general. Here's some things I noticed:

Word order matters a lot. If I search for "Black Lotus MTG" right now, I get 381 results. But, if I search "MTG Black Lotus" I get 503 results. How the hell is this even possible? It's the same keywords. It's the same damn search.

Sorting by Lowest Price, Highest Price, etc. changes everything as well. If I change the 503 "MTG Black Lotus" search to sort by lowest, it turns from 503 results to 118 results. Are you kidding me?

Also, in those searches, I'm getting a fair amount of Pokemon cards, Yugioh, even One Piece in my search results... and there are not even any keywords like Black or Lotus in their titles or descriptions.

Really hoping eBay changes back to a more reasonable search function. Collectors are pretty particular, and they can't find what they want to buy easily anymore. They certainly don't want to have to sort through a wall of sponsored junk to do so.

Any ideas why I can only see my purchase history from either the past 60 days, or from 2022, or 2021? I'd like to if possible, see back further. I know for certain my account is just over 10 years old. If anyone has a method to see purchases from beginning to end, I'd like to know. My dad wants to know so he can pay me back for everything I've ever gotten off there for him.

Ok so im selling in-game items on ebay. its my first time doing so. I listed the items as “shipping” because i notice other people do it when i buy from them for ingame items. But now my funds are on hold. its been like that for 1 1/2 weeks. Is it because I did it as shipping and there isnt a tracking number? Did I completely screw myself up? Or is it just gonna take a while. Im sorry im new to this. I dont wanna continue selling if Im not gonna be getting anything because i work hard for this. Should I have listed it as a pickup item instead? because i have also noticed in-game resellers that i had to provide a pickup code with. But that was rare. Please help!!

I just made my first sale today on Ebay. I printed the shipping label as soon as it sold, but now I want to go back and print a packing slip as well. I cannot for the life of me find this in the app. It seems like it should be in the "Sell" tab, but this tutorial is all I get when I go there. Help please!

All I see is options for year 2015, 2014, and 2013. Nothing else.

On my iPhone ebay app, my purchase history is visible but when I log in the same account(I've connected it with my Google account) on safari, no purchases are shown. Please advise as I need an invoice number for customs