+ signifies AND operation
Put + between two terms and it’ll search listings that include both terms.
Example: Searching CS:GO for knife + doppler or knife+doppler will bring up all listings including both terms such as Gut Knife | Doppler, StatTrak Gut Knife | Doppler, etc.
| signifies OR operation
Use | with NO spaces between two or more terms to search multiple terms
Example: Searching nova|antique will find you all listings with the words nova OR antique. However searching nova | antique behaves as if the vertical line wasn’t there at all, and will instead treat the search as if it were nova antique.
- excludes a term
Using - before a term means that term will NOT appear in search results.
Example: Searching gut knife -doppler -slaughter will show all gut knives except dopplers and slaughters.
" searches the exact phrase
Using quotation marks before and after a term will generate results that include only that exact term.
Example 1: searching nova "hyper beast" will generate all Nova | Hyper Beast listings including StatTrak items.
Example 2: searching "hyper beast" will include all hyper beast items, including the M4A1-S | Hyper Beast, the AWP | Hyper Beast, etc.
* at the end of a term signifies a prefix query
Using * at the end of a term will generate any results where characters appear after the term.
Example: Searching in PUBG items for pleated* will generated all Pleated Mini Skirts, whereas searching mini* will show any Mini Skirt.
~N after a word signifies fuzziness
Put ~ and a number after a word to tell the Advanced Search engine how closely you want the results to match that term.
Example 1: Searching CS:GO items for hyper~2 would show not only results containing the word Hyper, but also results with words that are two characters off, such as in this case Viper, since you indicated a fuzziness of two with the ~2.
Example 2: Searching M4A1~1 would show you all M4A1 and M4A4 skins because you’re allowing the term to be off by one character, whereas M4A1~2 will also result in those skins plus the AK-47 | Orbit Mk01 since that item name contains M_ _ 1 and you indicated a fuzziness of two.
For a more detailed summary of Advanced Search Features, visit our blog post.
