Rummage: the best way to browse eBay

Rummage has a simple mission: to be the best way to browse eBay.  eBay is one of the most vibrant marketplaces in the world, but browsing it can be really tough.  With tens of millions of listings from sellers in dozens of countries, it can be really easy to overlook great finds, and to barely scratch the surface of a category you’re interested in. Whether you’re looking for unique, one-of-a-kind items or great deals on everyday products, we built Rummage to help you save time and discover great items. 

Improving Search

eBay search is very text-heavy.  This can be good for certain types of searches, but for browsing, scanning tiny thumbnails can make it really tough to evaluate quality.

Image: An eBay search for “les paul guitar”—not very visual :(

We decided to take a different approach and really focus on the images that are uploaded with eBay listings.  Compare the screenshot of the search results page on Rummage below, to the standard eBay search above—images are much larger, flow across and down the page, and additional listing details are available on mouseover. And we added infinite scroll, so no more clicking ‘next page’ endlessly.

Image: A Rummage search results page for “les paul guitar”

We wanted to make more listing details available very quickly.  From the search results page, you can activate a pop-up that displays listing details, similar items, and additional items from the same seller—all without loading a new page.  You can also quickly share the listing via Pinterest or Facebook, or email it to yourself or a friend.

Easily Explore Sellers

There are millions of sellers on eBay, each with their own tastes and categories of interest. If you like one item from a seller, chances are good you might be interested in other items they’re selling.  To help buyers more easily browse sellers, we built out individual seller pages. Seller pages have detailed information on the seller including feedback counts, and recent positive and negative feedback left.  Seller pages also display a seller’s listings in the same easily browsable format you saw on the search pages.

Image: A Rummage seller page for indiecultvintage

Additional features to come

We hope Rummage will continue to take shape as we receive feedback and suggestions. We know there are about as many ways to search as there are users, but our goal is to raise the bar on discovery and make eBay browsing both painless and even fun again.

- Eugene and Matt