The way we generally search products online is to input keywords on the B2B platform (alibaba, made-in-china, globalsources), or use the search engin (google/bing) to source products and suppliers through keywords.
I introduced it in another blog about the best B2B platform in China. click to read.
This kind of method makes it easy to find what we want, but not very accurate.
Because it is difficult for us to clearly describe the style and characteristics of the products; In addition, there are different keywords in different regions for a same product.