What makes a listing show up in a search?

James Gunnells

I'm trying to figure out why some of my listings will show in a simple search and others will not. For example, I have a US 329 that does not show in a search for "US 329", but I have a listing for a US PS12 which shows up in a search for "US PS12". If I am looking at my listings from the Members area, both searches work. (Yes, I see that it is way overpriced, I know how to fix that) Can someone enlighten me on why this would happen? I don't know how many I have that work like this. I hope there is a way to find which listings don't show and which ones do without doing a search on each one and seeing if it shows up - and a way to fix the problem without having to edit each one to make it work.

The url for the 329 is
https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/us-329-missing-corner/3124589
The url for the PS12 listing is
https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/us-ps12-postal-savings-25-cent-value-mh/3124615

Thanks!

Mark Rosenberg

As long as the Country and Catalog Number fields are set correctly, the item will show up in corresponding Country & Catalog Number searches.

Your US #329 does currently show up in searches for US #329. If you sort by Price Low to High, it's on the 2nd page:
https://www.hipstamp.com/browse/?keywords=US+#329&sort=price_asc&page=2

James Gunnells

Right, how could I have missed that? Thanks!

Luree Hughes

Hi Jimmy, good to see you up and about.