Why is the new default Best Match?

[hazerecords]

Ebay Australia has defaulted my store the best match. WHY???

I don't like it. I much prefer newly listed as my default.

[countessalmirena]

I've clicked on both the red door and the blue door; items are sorted according to lowest price & postage for me.

[melbourneclearance]

Hm, I wonder if there is another setting, and it's for the person looking instead of for the shop itself.

[brerrabbit585]

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@melbourneclearance wrote:

Hm, I wonder if there is another setting, and it's for the person looking instead of for the shop itself.

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I get newly listed when I look at your store.  I only ever look at ebay using newly listed.  If I look when I'm not signed in it always defaults to best match so maybe you're right and it does show according to your usual settings?  When you do a search, does it show as best match or does it show some other way?

[brerrabbit585]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

I've clicked on both the red door and the blue door; items are sorted according to lowest price & postage for me.

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Is the default setting for your searches/browsing set to sort by lowest price & postage?

[digital*ghost]

My own search default with my store ID is price +postage, lowest first, and that's what my store items are now defaulted to if I view them (I previously had it set to ending soonest). I tried to change it in my shop settings, but it didna take.

I have it set to ending soonest on this ID, and my store items show as ending soonest when I check with this, so I'd say it's now (or at least temporarily) based on the buyer's search preferences.  

[melbourneclearance]

Yes, my search setting is Best Match, but it wouldn't let me change it at the moment, keeps coming up with some error. I too suspect that setting is what ebay is using now instead of the shop setting as before.

[countessalmirena]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@countessalmirena wrote:

I've clicked on both the red door and the blue door; items are sorted according to lowest price & postage for me.

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Is the default setting for your searches/browsing set to sort by lowest price & postage?

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Yes, it is.

[brerrabbit585]

It makes sense to show it the way the buyer normally sorts everything, except that I'm sure a lot of buyers use best match simply because they don't know that it's possible to sort other ways.