We’ve been working to improve how search works. We wanted to let you know that from this week we will be testing two new ways to sort search results.

From this week all users in three categories will see new sort orders instead of the previous 'Time: Ending Soonest'. The three categories and sort orders and are:

Sort by 'Best Match'

Sort by 'Category'

For many occasions ‘Time: Ending Soonest’ is a useful way to sort results, however we’ve learned that it does not always present the most relevant items at the top of search results. ‘Best Match’ and ‘Category’ attempt to optimise the way items are sorted so that the most relevant items for buyers appear nearer the top of the results.

For more details on this feature and an opportunity to discuss the test we've started a specific discussion thread on the Community Q&A Board here.

Regards,

The eBay Team