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<p>[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 1975522, member: 36248"]<b>Part 2: Auction Filtering Software</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>In the past two weeks I have added a new powerful tool to my coin toolbox, it is called AuctionSieve, and can be found here: <a href="http://www.auctionsieve.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.auctionsieve.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.auctionsieve.com/</a></p><p>This tool is FREE, and it very powerful at creating saved-searches with all the power of what eBay already allows with advanced search query, <u>and so much more.</u></p><p><u><br /></u></p><p>For the sake of this post, I will assume you already know and use eBay search query as outlined above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine the power of eBay search, <u>but even better</u>! That is where third-party software comes into play. There are several tools you can use, but since I prefer AuctionSieve, that's is what I will be showing you today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you download and install the software, you are prompted to create a first basic "Sieve" or saved-search. This can be a very basic search, or can be a very advanced search with a ton of options.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me first show you a basic search:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351205[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Click OK, and this is what you see:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, obviously, we don't want a Trifold Wallet Purse, so the Basic search needs to be tweaked. Click on <b>OPTIONS </b>button, and you will see this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351208[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend you do the following for all your searches:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) Set the category to <b>11116 </b>(Coins & Paper Money) or <b>253 </b>(US coins)</p><p><a href="http://listings.ebay.com/_W0QQfclZ1QQloctZShowCatIdsQQsocmdZListingCategoryList" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://listings.ebay.com/_W0QQfclZ1QQloctZShowCatIdsQQsocmdZListingCategoryList" rel="nofollow">for full list, click here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(2) Always check "include store items", or you will miss a lot of coins!</p><p>(3) Set MAX price, if you have a budget</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you Basic Search looks like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That's getting better!</p><p><br /></p><p>How about some more filtering, as we don't want any silly Morgan Dollars. Lets specify some words to EXCLUDE:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, lets say you really hate certain commemorative half dollars that commonly are referred to by a multi-word phrase, like:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Long Island"</p><p>"New Rochelle"</p><p>"Rhode Island"</p><p>"San Diego"</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, use the quotes just like on ebay and add them to the exclude list of words:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>How about CAC coins that are also dated 1880?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you can flip between ALL or ANY word on the included search terms. So this works very similar to eBay as you can see. Now, you may be asking what is the point of this software as it basically replicates what you can already do on the site. Well, glad you asked.</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) You can include WAY, WAY more inclusion words and exclusion words, like WAY more! So, if you are like me and eBay search is always puking on your wicked long strings, problem solved!</p><p>(2) You can manage the saved searches much easier than on eBay's own site.</p><p>(3) You can name your searches (something eBay took away)</p><p>(4) You can automate the running of the searches, run batch searchs when you launch the program for example.</p><p>(5) You can "<b>trash</b>" words on the fly by simply highlighting them once you have done the initial search, and this is a very powerful and very fast way to remove false-positives you search otherwise picks up due to crappy eBay listing titles, and spelling errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a trash example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See right hand side for full list of all "words", or phrases you have trashed:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351216[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is EXTREMELY beneficial to remove those pesky coins you keep seeing on eBay month after month, that have crappy listing titles, and are coins you don't want! Never have to see those coins in your save searches again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when you first create what I could now call an "Advanced Sieve" AKA Advanced Search, you will need to take some time. But if you are hunting for very specific coins, in specific grades, at specific prices points, and you want to exclude all the crappy coins you already reviewed and rejected, this is insanely powerful software that will save you a tremendous amount of time and frustration in the medium and long run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, let's say you want to only see items posted on eBay in last 24 hours, there is drop down for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also only show items you have not previous seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many more powerful features, but I think you play around with it yourself and see how you can customize it to make it work for you. Don't spend all that time pouring over thousands of eBay auctions by hand, start searching smart and finding those little gems hiding amongst the dreck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 1975522, member: 36248"][B]Part 2: Auction Filtering Software [/B] In the past two weeks I have added a new powerful tool to my coin toolbox, it is called AuctionSieve, and can be found here: [url]http://www.auctionsieve.com/[/url] This tool is FREE, and it very powerful at creating saved-searches with all the power of what eBay already allows with advanced search query, [U]and so much more. [/U] For the sake of this post, I will assume you already know and use eBay search query as outlined above. Imagine the power of eBay search, [U]but even better[/U]! That is where third-party software comes into play. There are several tools you can use, but since I prefer AuctionSieve, that's is what I will be showing you today. Once you download and install the software, you are prompted to create a first basic "Sieve" or saved-search. This can be a very basic search, or can be a very advanced search with a ton of options. Let me first show you a basic search: [ATTACH=full]351205[/ATTACH] Click OK, and this is what you see: [ATTACH=full]351207[/ATTACH] Now, obviously, we don't want a Trifold Wallet Purse, so the Basic search needs to be tweaked. Click on [B]OPTIONS [/B]button, and you will see this: [ATTACH=full]351208[/ATTACH] I recommend you do the following for all your searches: (1) Set the category to [B]11116 [/B](Coins & Paper Money) or [B]253 [/B](US coins) [URL='http://listings.ebay.com/_W0QQfclZ1QQloctZShowCatIdsQQsocmdZListingCategoryList']for full list, click here[/URL] (2) Always check "include store items", or you will miss a lot of coins! (3) Set MAX price, if you have a budget Now you Basic Search looks like this: [ATTACH=full]351210[/ATTACH] That's getting better! How about some more filtering, as we don't want any silly Morgan Dollars. Lets specify some words to EXCLUDE: [ATTACH=full]351212[/ATTACH] Now, lets say you really hate certain commemorative half dollars that commonly are referred to by a multi-word phrase, like: "Long Island" "New Rochelle" "Rhode Island" "San Diego" Well, use the quotes just like on ebay and add them to the exclude list of words: [ATTACH=full]351213[/ATTACH] How about CAC coins that are also dated 1880? [ATTACH=full]351214[/ATTACH] Now, you can flip between ALL or ANY word on the included search terms. So this works very similar to eBay as you can see. Now, you may be asking what is the point of this software as it basically replicates what you can already do on the site. Well, glad you asked. (1) You can include WAY, WAY more inclusion words and exclusion words, like WAY more! So, if you are like me and eBay search is always puking on your wicked long strings, problem solved! (2) You can manage the saved searches much easier than on eBay's own site. (3) You can name your searches (something eBay took away) (4) You can automate the running of the searches, run batch searchs when you launch the program for example. (5) You can "[B]trash[/B]" words on the fly by simply highlighting them once you have done the initial search, and this is a very powerful and very fast way to remove false-positives you search otherwise picks up due to crappy eBay listing titles, and spelling errors. Here is a trash example: [ATTACH=full]351215[/ATTACH] See right hand side for full list of all "words", or phrases you have trashed: [ATTACH=full]351216[/ATTACH] This is EXTREMELY beneficial to remove those pesky coins you keep seeing on eBay month after month, that have crappy listing titles, and are coins you don't want! Never have to see those coins in your save searches again. Now when you first create what I could now call an "Advanced Sieve" AKA Advanced Search, you will need to take some time. But if you are hunting for very specific coins, in specific grades, at specific prices points, and you want to exclude all the crappy coins you already reviewed and rejected, this is insanely powerful software that will save you a tremendous amount of time and frustration in the medium and long run. Now, let's say you want to only see items posted on eBay in last 24 hours, there is drop down for that. [ATTACH=full]351217[/ATTACH] You can also only show items you have not previous seen. There are many more powerful features, but I think you play around with it yourself and see how you can customize it to make it work for you. Don't spend all that time pouring over thousands of eBay auctions by hand, start searching smart and finding those little gems hiding amongst the dreck.[/QUOTE]
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