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[wickmesh]

Given the unfortunate current problem with AS getting no results, hacking ebay search URLs to search for what you want is a (very poor) workaround. I thought I'd share the details of ebay URL search terms that I've found in case it's of any use to others. All were researched on ebay UK.

I create search URLs and save them in a html file so I can repeat the searches whenever I wish. If html isn't your thing, you could create/save them in a textfile or spreadsheet.


?_nkw= [search string]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/58058/i.html
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html
&_sacat=0 [search category 0=everything 58058=Computers - but ebay can auto-override this]
&_oac=1 [force category from menu on LHS of page - sub categories added thus https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/58058/i.html - forces All if no category]

&_udhi=18 [max price - can accept decimal e.g. 9.5]
&_sop=10 [Sort by 1=Ending Soonest 7=Nearest First 10=Newly Listed 12=Best Match 15=Lowest Price+P&P 16=Highest Price+P&P]
&LH_PrefLoc=1 [Location 1=UK Only 2=Worldwide 3=EU 6=Europe 98=Default (only if switching back from another - leave this out has same result)]
&_sasl= [seller names to exclude/include]
&_saslop= [sellers to 1=include 2=exclude]
&_dmd=1 [View 1=List view 2=Gallery view]
&_ipg=240 [Results per page 60 or 240]
&LH_TitleDesc=1 [Search Title and Description]

&_sadis=25 [Item location Within Distance in miles - works to whole miles]
&_stpos={your postcode} [Item location Within Postcode, remove the curly brackets]
&_fspt=1 [Item location Within enabled]
&_sadis=25&_stpos={your postcode}&_fspt=1 = 25 miles from home
&_fspt=1&_sadis=10&_stpos={your postcode} = 10 miles from home

&LH_LPickup=1 [Collection in Person]
&_blrs=spell_auto_correct [stops ebay changing the search term - can't be used with below]
&_blrs=recall_filtering [stops ebay "streamlining the results" - can't be used with above]

&_pgn=3 [results page #]
&LH_BOPIS=1 [Click & Collect]
&LH_Auction=1 [Auctions only]
&LH_BIN=1 [BIN only]
&LH_BO=1 [Accepts offers]
&LH_ItemCondition=3 [3=New 4=Used 10=Not Specified - combine 4%7C10%7C3 etc]
&LH_SellerType=2 [1=Private 2=Business]

&_odkw= [previous search term - remove this]
&_osacat=0 [previous search category - remove this]
&_trksid= [source/tracking - remove this]
&_fss=1 [added when sellers to include/exclude used - seems it does nothing and can be removed]
&LH_SpecificSeller=1 [added when sellers to include/exclude used - seems it does nothing and can be removed]
&_from=R40 [seems can be removed]
&rt=nc [seems can be removed]

So as an example:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=hdd+%2812tb%2C+%2212+tb%22%29+-sas+-faulty+-dock+-2.5&_udhi=75&_saslop=2&_sasl=iuppiter79+technodeals1&_sop=10&LH_PrefLoc=1&_oac=1&_ipg=240

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html
- searching ebay UK

?_nkw=hdd+%2812tb%2C+%2212+tb%22%29+-sas+-faulty+-dock+-2.5
- searching for
hdd (12tb, "12 tb") -sas -faulty -dock -2.5

&_udhi=75
max price 75

&_saslop=2
exclude sellers

&_sasl=iuppiter79+technodeals1
sellers I have excluded

&_sop=10
newly listed

&LH_PrefLoc=1
UK only

&_oac=1
force category (stop ebay changing it)

&_ipg=240
240 items per page of results


This method misses out on (at least) these AS features:
- sieves collating multiple searches into one result
- trash words getting rid of junk
- hide items shown before (if I use newly listed, this relies on me searching only to the time I last did so)