>Either way, I am not confident that taking a picture is a better solution than just typing in the name for the vast majority of items.
It's a great solution for "I want another one like this one but searching for it returns 10000 different items"
It's a great solution for "I want another one like this one but searching for it returns 10000 different items"
Looking around my house, I only see a few items that don't have unique identifiers like furniture or plates/utensils. However, I suspect the majority of things sold through Amazon/eBay are more likely to be video games, books, toys, etc. with very visible and highly unique names.
Image search could be useful if you want to find all the listings for a specific Chinese product and compare prices or revisions.