Hi Everyone -
I hope everyone is having a very happy & healthy New Year.
As you probably already know, last year we introduced a new search experience to the site. In the New Search Experience, left hand refinement is even better than before. More areas have refinements available and you can multi-select the values that are important to you. We also offer the snapshot view where you can window shop for items as well as a more robust set of customizable options from which to choose. And soon, we will be able to offer refinement on the Seller's added Item specifics in certain areas! If you have not had the opportunity to look at the New Search, you can opt in to the experience by clicking the link at the top of the search pages to try it now.
We wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that over the coming months we will be rolling out some key features to the New Search Experience that you have been requesting.
These features include but are not limited to:
- Adding the "Get More results in Other eBay areas" you can see currently at the bottom of the classic search pages as well as the Tools Section
- Upgrading the Category selector on the Advanced search pages to reflect any subcategories you may have used in your browse path
- Including a new customize your preference function so that you have more control over what you see in the left navigation
- Updating the drop downs to change your sort and view to make them easier to use
- Creating a more user-friendly experience when your search returns 0 items.
- Supporting the ability to do a negative search in a lower level category
Last but not least, we wanted to let you know that we will continue our ongoing efforts to incrementally increase the site speed.
Once these features are available for you in the New Search we will start taking steps to discontinue Classic Search. We also plan to follow up with a more formal post on the Announcement boards in the coming weeks.
Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to let us know how you feel about the New Search Experience. We hope you continue to let us know your questions, comments and concerns.
I will continue to report your issues back to the team so that we can take all of your suggestions into consideration for future enhancement to eBay's Search Experience.
Best Regards,
MarniSue
MarniSue
eBay Classification Team