# Ebay Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695 "2005-12-02T05:42:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/1 "2005-12-02T05:42:59Z")

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I have recently put an item on ebay but if I search for it in the ebay search engine it does not show up even if I put the exact title.

Explanations?  
Suggestions?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/2 "2005-12-02T06:09:38Z")

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It’ll take an hour or so for their indexer to get around to your item.

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/3 "2005-12-02T17:19:33Z")

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well its been hours and I still can’t find it. ☹

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/4 "2005-12-02T17:27:26Z")

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Go to “My eBay” and make sure your auction was correctly posted. It will be pretty obvious if it’s there or not. Then do a search within the category you chose.

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/5 "2005-12-02T19:44:20Z")

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Ok its showing now must have just been some freak glitch or something.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-question/333695/6 "2005-12-02T21:31:03Z")

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Depending on the volume of items in the category, it sometimes takes several hours to show up.