Search discovery
Search should feel like asking for the item you actually want, then narrowing by category, brand, model, price, distance, condition, seller quality, and handoff choice.
Search builder
Hub checked
Reserve met
Ends today
4.8+ seller
Returns accepted
Saved alert ready
Phrase Search
- Buyers can type normal item requests such as "red high-top sneakers size 10" or "boxed 16-bit console with two controllers."
- Search should preserve the buyer's original phrase while showing editable filters.
- Results should explain whether the match came from title, category, attributes, seller notes, or item proof.
Category Filters
- Category paths should move from broad choices to specific shelves such as trading cards, retro games, GPUs, sneakers, art, books, automotive, garden, and home.
- Each category keeps its own proof cues, condition fields, and handoff expectations.
- Weak or empty searches should offer nearby category paths instead of a dead end.
Brand and Model
- Brand, model, size, year, set, edition, grade, capacity, fitment, and included accessories should be filterable when the category needs them.
- Seller-entered specifics should be checked against title, photos, and description before they influence discovery.
- Buyers should see model and condition details near price, bid state, and seller quality.
Radius and Handoff
- Distance filters should separate local pickup, hub pickup, packed shipment, and category-specific delivery limits.
- Pickup-ready results need release windows, service area cues, and no-show rules before checkout review.
- Bulky or fragile items should show handling limits before a buyer saves, bids, or adds to cart.
Seller Quality
- Seller rating, completed sales, response time, proof discipline, return behavior, cancellation history, and report outcomes should all help buyers compare results.
- Seller quality should be visible without burying the product title, price, and image.
- Business seller, verified seller, and hub-ready statuses need customer-readable labels.
Condition and Proof
- Search results should show condition, item proof, serials, certificates, grading, dimensions, wear notes, or packing proof when relevant.
- Missing proof should reduce confidence and offer a clear reason.
- Buyers should be able to filter for hub checked, certificate included, serial shown, tested, sealed, or pickup-ready items.
Saved Alerts
- Saved searches should store phrase, category, filters, radius, price, condition, handoff, and notification preference.
- Alerts should cover new matches, price drops, ending auctions, seller drops, and local pickup openings.
- Quiet hours and privacy controls should be clear before live notifications are connected.
Owner Approval
- Owners should approve search filters, ranking labels, promoted placement labels, seller quality inputs, category proof rules, saved alert boundaries, and noindex release rules.
- Discovery review should connect to search quality, catalog quality, promotions, analytics, alerts, privacy, and support.
- Rollback should pause new tuning changes without hiding existing saved searches or route evidence.
Search Results
Result cards, filters, saved-search cues, auction state, pickup readiness, and seller signals.
Search Quality
Ranking reasons, saved-search demand, empty-result recovery, placement labels, and review controls.
Catalog Quality
Attributes, variants, duplicate checks, media proof, and listing repair.
Price Alerts
Saved search thresholds, watched targets, local pickup matches, and quiet hours.
Saved Search
Fresh matches, price drops, ending alerts, and demand signals.
Seller Growth
Listing quality prompts, saved-search demand, category supply gaps, and visibility rules.
Marketplace Analytics
Demand health, category health, seller quality, saved views, and support load.
Notification Preferences
Alert choices, quiet hours, consent records, delivery health, and support fallback.
Current demo state
Search discovery is represented with guided filters.
The demo shows phrase search, category filters, brand and model filters, radius and handoff choices, seller quality, condition proof, saved alerts, and owner approval without using live inventory or storing visitor searches.
Future platform state
Live discovery needs connected inventory and alert services.
Launch needs real listings, query history, category attributes, seller quality inputs, saved-search storage, alert delivery, ranking review, privacy controls, and rollback tools.