Product Advertising API
Developer Guide (API Version 2011-08-01)
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Sort Values for DE

SearchIndex: All

You cannot use any sort parameters with the All search index.

SearchIndex: Apparel

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
salesrankBestselling to worst selling

SearchIndex: Automotive

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low

SearchIndex: Baby

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
salesrankBestselling to worst selling

SearchIndex: Beauty

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
salesrankBestselling to worst selling

SearchIndex: Books

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
pricerankPrice: low to high
inverse-pricerankPrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Classical

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
pubdatePublication date: most recent to oldest
-pubdatePublication date: oldest to most recent
publication_datePublication date: most recent to oldest
-publication_datePublication date: oldest to most recent
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: DVD

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Electronics

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: ForeignBooks

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
pricerankPrice: low to high
inverse-pricerankPrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Grocery

ValueDescription
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears (for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles), how closely they occur in descriptions (if there are multiple keywords), and how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low

SearchIndex: HealthPersonalCare

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: HomeGarden

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: HomeImprovement

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
salesrankBestselling

SearchIndex: Jewelry

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
reviewrankHighest to lowest ratings in customer reviews.

SearchIndex: KindleStore

ValueDescription
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears (for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles), how closely they occur in descriptions (if there are multiple keywords), and how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
-edition-sales-velocityQuickest to slowest selling products.
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
daterankPublication date: newer to older
salesrankBestselling

SearchIndex: Kitchen

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
salesrankBestselling to worst selling

SearchIndex: Magazines

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Jewelry

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
reviewrankHighest to lowest ratings in customer reviews.

SearchIndex: Marketplace

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A
-launch-dateNewest arrivals first

SearchIndex: MP3Downloads

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
reviewrankHighest to lowest ratings in customer reviews.
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
artistalbumrankArtist: A to Z
-artistalbumrankArtist: Z o A
albumrankAlbum: A to Z
-albumrankAlbum: Z to A
runtimeTime: Short to Long
-runtimeTime: Long to Short
-releasedateRelease date: newer to older
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Music

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
pubdatePublication date: most recent to oldest
-pubdatePublication date: oldest to most recent
publicationdatePublication date: most recent to oldest
-publicationdatePublication date: oldest to most recent
releasedateRelease date: most recent to oldest
-releasedateRelease date: oldest to most recent
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: MusicalInstruments

ValueDescription
reviewrankHighest to lowest ratings in customer reviews.
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.

SearchIndex: MusicTracks

ValueDescription
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: OfficeProducts

ValueDescription
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
reviewrankHighest to lowest ratings in customer reviews.
salesrankBestselling

SearchIndex: OutdoorLiving

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Outlet

You cannot use any sort parameters with the Outlet search index.

SearchIndex: PCHardware

ValueDescription
psrankThe sales rank taking into consideration projected sales.
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low

SearchIndex: Photo

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Shoes

ValueDescription
-launch-dateNewest arrivals
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
relevancerankItems ranked according to the following criteria: how often the keyword appears in the description, where the keyword appears, for example, the ranking is higher when keywords are found in titles, and, if there are multiple keywords, how closely they occur in descriptions, and, finally, how often customers purchased the products they found using the keyword.
salesrankBestselling first
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low

SearchIndex: Software

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
-datePublication date: newer to older
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: SportingGoods

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A
release-dateRelease date: older to newer
-release-dateRelease date: newer to older

SearchIndex: SoftwareVideoGames

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
reviewrankAverage customer review: high to low
pricePrice: low to high
inverse-pricerankPrice: high to low
-datePublication date: newer to older
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Tools

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricerankPrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Toys

ValueDescription
pmrankFeatured items
salesrankBestselling first
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
-datePub Date: Old to New
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z

SearchIndex: VHS

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Video

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: VideoGames

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
-datePublication date: newer to older
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A

SearchIndex: Watches

ValueDescription
salesrankBestselling
pricePrice: low to high
-pricePrice: high to low
titlerankAlphabetical: A to Z
-titlerankAlphabetical: Z to A