What category should I list my item in?

While you are researching to see if your item will sell, you should try to work out what category it should go in. This can take a lot of time but we recommend doing it.

When searching for a category, don’t search items available worldwide. Each country’s eBay can have slightly different categories and you might not find the right category.

First use a broad search word to get a list of completed listings similar to yours. Using the ‘narrow your results’ box to the left of the search results page, start to drill down into the categories that people have listed similar items in. If you are lucky, there will only be one category – but there are usually a few.
Start with the category that has the highest number in brackets beside it and see if the items in there are like yours. But check the other categories too. Sometimes it is worth listing the item in two categories.

Another way is to click on “Buy” and “browse Categories” at the very top of almost all eBay pages.
Then drill down to find the category you are after and browse through the whole lot of completed listings. You might just come across a valuable piece of information about your item that will make it very desirable.