Things get interesting as we examine the Baby Category for the impacts of listing type (auction style or fixed-price) by category and sub-category under Best Match.

As a whole, the Baby category favors the fixed-price style listings, however the sub-categories vary widely – (three of them favor fixed-price style listings and three of them favor auction style listings).

The following sub-categories appear to favor auction style listings in the Best Match search results:

  • Baby > Bathing & Grooming
  • Baby > Keepsakes & Baby Announcements
  • Baby > Toys for Baby

The following sub-categories appear to favor fixed-priced listing styles under eBay’s Best Match search results:

  • Baby > Baby Gear
  • Baby > Feeding
  • Baby > Nursery Decor

See the original post in this series to review the methodology I used to conduct this analysis.

Posted Oct 9, 2008

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One Response to “Listing Type Influence on Best Match Rankings: Baby Category”

  1. Jenny B. on February 3rd, 2009 1:57 pm

    I’m not sure why the results came out the way they did. I am having trouble finding the commonalities between the sub-categories. Is the sample size big enough?

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