How misspelled eBay auctions can save you money
It’s not widely known but a significant proportion of eBay sellers regularly fail to read through their auction listings before they submit them to eBay. Sometimes these auction typos are deliberate and result from sellers trying to cram too much detail in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 letters). However, 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 on eBay for a particular item happens to misspell the search word in exactly the same way then these misspelled auctions are unlikely to be found.
Up until recently the only way that these auction typos could be found was by looking through the auction listings one at a time.
But now there is a better way to find these misspelled auction items: one that’s been used successfully by tens of thousands of users over the twelve months and it’s to use a web site outside of eBay to search for eBay misspellings called Auction-Fatfingers.com.
This specialized search engine works by taking a correctly spelled word or brandname, deliberately misspelling it in a number of ways and then submitting the list of misspellings to eBay. Any misspelled auction items matching any of the words on the list of misspellings will then be shown on eBay.
But why do this ?
The answer is stunningly simple ! Because these misspelled auctions are usually quite tricky to find they attract less bids. This means that misspelled auctions usually sell for less than the same item which is spelled correctly, if they sell at all. So while these stupid typing mistakes cost the sellers money they mean that you, the buyer, can grab a real bargain.
If you’re 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 pay a visit to Auction-Fatfingers.com right now and try searching for ‘Abercrombie’, ‘Motorola’ or ‘Playstation’. You’ll be astonished at the bargains that you can pick up.