Frequently Asked Questions

Optiseller's Category Suggester tool allows you to search by listing keywords to get a

view on suggested categories by confidence level, as well as a summary view of categories where the top 50 ranked items for your chosen keyword are currently found.

Our Starter plan allows up to 10 searches per day and our Essential plan allows up to 100 searches per day.

Category Suggester is ideal when you are reviewing your current categories, or have new products ready to be listed and you want to check which category is going to be most suitable.

How can I get started?

Click into Category Suggester.

First add your keyword (product type) and choose the eBay site you require.

This section presents a Confidence rating of the popularity and relevance of the suggested categories for your product type, based on existing eBay listings. It includes the Category name and MarketplaceID.

This presents a list of the categories that include the product type search value eg. ‘water bottle’ within an eBay category name. It also give you the Category name and CategoryID.

This section shows the most commonly used categories for your keyword including Category name and CategoryID, Number of Listings in each category, and also a Ranking.

Our Starter plan allows up to 10 searches per day and our Essential plan allows up to 100 searches per day.

Where can I find Category Suggester?

You can find the Category Suggester on the Homepage under 'Listing Optimisation'.