Refine eBay Searches in BuyerCommand

I wanted to write a quick post to inform everyone of the new features we pushed to production on BuyerCommand today.

1. sort and sortorder - the sort command accepts the following: bestmatch, bestmatchcategorygroup, bestmatchplusendtime, bestmatchplusprice, bidcount, country, currentbid, distance, endtime, priceplusshipping, startdate. sortorder accepts ascending or descending.
   
2. postalcode and maxdistance - the postalcode accepts your zip code, and maxdistance is an indication of the number of miles from that code to limit the search.
   
3. minfeedback - a feedback rating number.
   
4. notcatid - a category id number for exclusion. With this command you must include a keyword.
   
5. condition - the condition command accepts new and used.
   
6. type - the type command accepts all, auction, and fixedprice.
   

TIP!!! If you want to find some really interesting results try using parameters like the one in this search:

baseball type:auction minbid:1 sort:bidcount sortorder:descending

Additionally you should notice significant improvements in load time. We followed many of the recommendations in YSlow (a tool for measuring performance), and those changes should improve the load time performance of BuyerCommand.

You can also watch this video to get an overview of how the feature works.

Compare Shopping on eBay.com versus BuyerCommand.com - Better Effeciency

Watch this video to see Jaye compare shopping eBay for duffle bags on eBay.com versus BuyerCommand.com. The video attempts to explain the efficiency gained by using BuyerCommand.

New Sharing and Invocation Features

I am excited to introduce the newest features released in BuyerCommand.com. We are introducing a collection of sharing, and URL invocation features that allow you to incorporate eBay items into your social experience. You can specify search criteria in the URL and send those URLs to others so that their initial experience in BuyerCommand is the same search criteria or item you have located.

BuyerCommand provides a set of "verbs" or "commands" that indicate the search criteria. You can use these to produce more specific search results. Here are a list of a few commands:

• sellerid
• catid
• itemid
  
• minbids
• maxprice

Basically now you can invoke BuyerCommand by defining these in the URL... something like this:

http://buyercommand.com/sellerid/ok98/minbid/1

or

http://buyercommand.com/itemid/150403042702

or

http://buyercommand.com/catid/156521

As you can see in that first URL you can chain together a collection of commands to invoke the application using compound search criteria. Use the URL features to start BuyerCommand in the desired search, and send those links through Twitter, Blogs, or email to others to review the items you have seen. Sharing eBay listings, interesting sellers, or interesting categories with other users will be easier with these features.

Please visit BuyerCommand, test the URLs mentioned, and share some interesting eBay items. Also be aware that I uploaded a new video to YouTube that introduces BuyerCommand. You can view that at http://www.youtube.com/user/buyercommand .