How to Use eBay Smart Search to Make Money!

eBay has a very powerful tool known as Smart Search, or Advanced Search. When you know a product, understand the common mistakes people make, are aware of top keywords, you can capitalize using the eBay Search tool. I personally know guitars, so I had some success using the eBay smart search. I’d buy guitars from eBay and sell them on eBay too, for twice or three times the money. I’ll give you an example and tell you what I loked for.


I’d just log into eBay and click on Advanced Search, type in gitar, and set the price low. Yes, I misspelled it on purpose. This way, I’d find some ads that were misspelled. Not too many eBay shoppers will see those ads because most shoppers will spell it correctly. Then, another great thing is, you can save your search, and check it again from time to time.

Another thing that worked for me was, just browse the low priced items, read some ads, and when you find one that is becing sold by an uneducated seller, ask them some questions. many times I went through this- I’d see an eBay ad that says simply electic guitar. I’d look at the ad and see there is only one picture and it’s not a very good one. I can’t even tell what brand the guitar is. So, I click on ask seller a question and ask the obvious- what kind of guitar is it? What exactly does it say on the head? Where was it made? Is it damaged? You get the idea. When he answers and says, it says Gibson, made in USA and it’s in nice condition, my hair stands up! I buy it for cheap, and when I get it, I clean it up and take some very good close-up pictures, research the model on Google, then relist it with a very accurate description and excellent pictures, utilizing all appropriate keywords in my title (nice, vintage, Gibson, Les Paul, 1976, etc.) I have been doing this for years, and it’s still easy to do. But again, you have to know the product, find the unknowing seller who doesn’t describe well and/or doesn’t take good pictures.


You can learn eBay the old-fashioned way, through trial and error, or you can learn from the pros, and copy other, successful eBay Powersellers. You can make money by applying some simple Proven Principals. A lot of eBay powersellers have written books about their success, revealing their strategies, their techniques, even their wholesale sources. And we’ve got them all right here.