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Search Tips
When creating a JumpBid search, it's important to write the best search possible in order to avoid getting lots of false matches.
Here are a few of the advanced search options you can use to make your searches more efficient:
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Suppress words and phrases where needed:
If, for example, you are searching for a table, but keep getting matches for a table saw, try searching for the word table and suppressing the word saw.
If you keep getting false matches, see if you can find some word in their title that they have in common, then suppress that word.
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Put quotation marks around phrases that must appear together:
Quotation marks indicate that a phrase must match exactly.
For example, the search Harry Potter could match an item like "Harry Jones and John Potter concert CD".
The search "Harry Potter" with the quotation marks would only match items with the exact phrase Harry Potter.
This is especially important when searching an item's description.
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Use parentheses to find any of the given words:
Parentheses give you a way match this or that word or phrase.
For example, if you are looking for Levi's 560 Jeans, some sellers will spell Levi's with an apostrophe, and others will leave it out.
To make sure you don't miss either one, create a search that looks like this:
(Levi's, Levis) 560
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You can also use quotation marks with words to suppress:
Let's suppose that you want to suppress all matches with the phrase Star Wars in it, but you don't necessarily want to suppress matches with the words "star" or "wars" by themselves.
Put quotes around "star wars" in the words to suppress, and "star wars" will be treated as a single entity, not two separate words.
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You can mix quoted phrases, words in parentheses, and words standing alone:
Your search could be something like this: "Harry Potter" "Chamber of Secrets" (DVD, VHS).
This search would match the exact phrase Harry Potter, the exact phrase Chamber of Secrets, and either the word DVD or VHS.
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Careful when using "search description":
An item's short title contains significant keywords for searching on, but an item's description is typically very long and wordy.
You are much more likely to get notifications for the wrong item if you are searching in the description.
However, searching an item description can be a very powerful way to search for some very special desired quality that may not show up in the item's title.
You will learn from experience when it makes sense to search descriptions and when it doesn't.
However, if you do search descriptions and you are getting lots of false results, reconsider that decision.
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