Advanced Keyword Search Filters
We are always listening to customer feedback and we’ve heard some requests for more advanced keyword search options. We’ve recently added a bunch of wild card search options and OR search options. A full list of our supported search filters is as follows.
| To search for: | Do this: | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Items where two or more keywords are present | Enter the keywords with a space between them | new DVD player
searches for items with all three words in the title in any order |
| Items containing certain words in a particular order | Place quotation marks around the group of words, or join them with hyphens | “New York” or New-York
searches for items with titles containing New York in that order only, but not those containing just New or just York or the words York New |
| Items that don’t contain a certain word | Place a minus sign immediately before the word to be excluded (no space after the minus sign) | shirt blue -wool
searches for items with titles containing the words shirt and blue but not containing the word 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 put in parentheses | bowl -(black,green,purple) or bowl -black -green -purple
searches for items with titles containing the word bowl but not containing the words black, green, and purple |
| Items where one word or another is present | Enter keywords in parentheses separated by commas | (purse,handbag)
searches for items whose titles contain either the word purse or handbag |
| Items that contain words starting with a particular sequence of letters | Enter the letter sequence followed by an asterisk | book*
searches for items whose titles contain words starting with book, such as books, bookshelf, and bookmark |
| Items the contain words that follow a particular pattern | Enter the letter sequence with question marks where the letter may vary | li?e
searches for items whose titles contain words like like, line, and live |
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