Ebay listings not showing up in the same place?

Question

I am a little confused. I put 3 items up on ebay, they are all the same thing only in different colors, and listed in the same exact category. When i search one way (best match) only the pink one shows up. When I search another way (newly listed), only the blue one comes up, when I search a 3rd way (new today), they all show up.

Why arent they all coming up in every search?

Answer 1

Best match is incredibly complex, here's a simple overview I read through when learning about it:

http://www.auctioninsights.info/ebays-be...

However, generally, for your specific question - search on eBay only shows one item of yours when it feels that they are identical. This is done using title/category matching. So it will strip out the other 2 from the results page. If the items are different, you could add the color to the title so it thinks they are not identical anymore.