How misspelled eBay items can save you money
It’s not common knowledge but a significant number of eBay sellers consistently fail to read through their auction listings before they submit them to eBay. Sometimes these spelling mistakes are deliberate and result from sellers trying to cram too much detail in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 letters). More usually these typos are due to careless typing or a basic inability to spell correctly.
But why does this matter ?
Because unless someone searching eBay for a particular item happens to misspell the search word in exactly the same way then these misspelled auction items are unlikely to be found.
Up until relatively recently the only way that these misspelled auctions could be found was by wading through the auction listings line by line.
Thankfully there is a better way to locate these misspelled auction items: one that’s been used successfully by tens of thousands of users over the last year and it’s to use a third party web site to search for eBay misspellings called Auction-Fatfingers.com.
This very specialized search engine works by taking a correctly spelled word or brandname, deliberately misspelling it in a variety of ways and then submitting these misspellings to eBay. Any misspelled auction items matching any of the words on the list will then be shown on eBay.
Sure it’s clever, but what is the point ?
The answer is amazingly simple ! Because these misspelled auctions are usually so difficult to find they attract less bids. This means that misspelled auctions generally sell for less than the same item which is correctly spelled, if they sell at all. So while these stupid typing mistakes cost the sellers money they mean that you, the purchaser, can get a real bargain.
If you’re really smart you can even relist any misspelled items that you purchase (taking care to avoid introducing typos) in order to make a profit.
So what are you waiting for ? Why not head over to Auction-Fatfingers.com immediately and try searching for ‘Abercrombie’, ‘Motorola’ or ‘Playstation’. You’ll be amazed at the bargains that you can find.