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Custom Search Box for eBay Listings
Would you like to give buyers the ability to search for a specific item from only your listings, excluding all other sellers? This little bit of code will allow you to do just that. You won't have to add your user ID or some nonsense word to the title to do it, and best of all? It's 100% legal on eBay. In fact, it borrows greatly from eBay's own search engine.
How does it work? It uses your eBay account ID number to single you out from among the millions of other eBay sellers. You just replace the highlighted "your_ID_number" with your account number and paste the code into your description box.
How can you find your account ID number? The easiest way is to go to your "My eBay" and click on the 'My Account' link along the left hand margin. Once there click to "View invoice" under Account Activity. You'll be asked to log in again, then taken to another page where you'll want to choose "View Account Status". On the next page you'll find your account ID. It'll be a seven, eight or nine digit number preceded by an "E" followed by "001-USD" for accounts established in the United States (Accounts from other countries may vary). The whole ID number will look something like this:
E12345678001-USD
The number you'll need is the seven, eight or nine digits in the middle of it (12345678 in this example). Type that series of numbers into the code in place of "your_ID_number" and it will be customized for your use.
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The code:
<!-- Copy from here.... -->
<!-- Available at http://auctionSuite.com/tools/custom_search.php -->
<!-- This code is free to use and distribute. -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0">
<tr>
<td>
<form name="search" action="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll" method="get">
<input type="hidden" value="GetResult" name="MfcISAPICommand">
<input type="hidden" value="MetaEndSort" name="SortProperty">
<input type="hidden" value="" name="pb">
<input type="hidden" value="ebayreg" name="ebaytag1">
<input type="hidden" value="1" name="ht">
<input type="hidden" value="your_ID_number" name="si">
<input type="hidden" value="y" name="srchdesc">
<input type="submit" value="Search in My Auctions For">
<input maxlength="75" name="query" size="25">
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- ....to here. -->
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And a non-working example of what it'll look like:
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Not too obtrusive, is it?
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