When you search on eBay, we automatically sort your results to show listings that best match what you’re looking for first.

What does "Best Match" mean?

When we sort search results by Best Match, we evaluate listings and sellers to display the most relevant items from our best sellers first.

We focus on many of the factors that are most important to buyers, which may include:

Relevance to the words you entered in the search box

Seller track record, including sellers rated highly by other buyers

Popularity of an item, including recent sales history (for fixed price items)

End time (for auction-style listings)

To show shipping costs in search results:

Click the Customize view link located at the top of your search results.

Click the Formatting link on the right side of the dialog box.

Select the Show shipping cost check box.

Click the Apply Changes button.

After you’ve searched, you can change the amount of information shown in the results about each item and choose how your search results are sorted. Click the Customize view link at the top of the results page.

Here are a few of the things you can do:

Choose the columns you want to display and select their order. For example, you might want to see PayPal in your search results.

Display more item information, including the item number and location.

Display more seller information, including the seller’s user ID and Feedback rating.

Choose the sort order for items.

After you’ve made your changes, click the Apply Changes button to see your selected preferences every time you sign in.