Jeff King

It's eBay...but with a different Finding experience
If you attended eBay Live!, I hope you had a chance to see the Playground in action at the Finding booth. The Playground is a site that allows anyone - not just those in our test groups - to try out the new Finding experience. When you are in the Playground, you're still using eBay as before, and have access to all the same listings, but you get to experiment with our new method of finding items. Come try it out and let us know what you think. We want your feedback on everything from the look and feel to whether you're finding the right items easily. Plus, all bids and purchases are binding, just like in the "regular" Finding experience, so you can get your shopping done at the same time you’re checking it out!

We're constantly updating the Playground
Check back often! We'll be updating the Playground with new features and changes as we try new things, and learn what works and what doesn't – in fact, we've already made a few changes to the way we display items based on early feedback. Also, a few Finding features haven't made their way over to the Playground yet, including Advanced Search and Completed Item Search. That doesn't mean that we’re removing them — it just means that we're still working on them.

Come visit the Playground, and stay as long as you want. Once you close your browser, or click the "Go to the regular eBay site" link, you'll return to the Finding experience that you were using prior to visiting the Playground.

For more details about how the Playground works, visit our FAQ page.

So come on in, play around, and most importantly, Find!

Sincerely,

Jeff King
Senior Director, Finding

P.S. I get a lot of questions about why we call it "Finding" instead of "Search." Check out my short video on The Chatter Blog for the answer.