Why misspelled eBay items 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 arise because the sellers are trying to cram too much information in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 characters).  More usually these typos are simply due to careless typing or a basic inability to spell correctly.

But why is this important ?

Because unless someone searching eBay for a specific brandname happens to misspell their 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 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 auctions: one that has been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters 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 functions by taking a correctly spelled word or brandname, deliberately misspelling it in a number of ways and then submitting these misspellings to eBay.  Any misspelled auctions containing any of the words on the list will then be shown on eBay.

But why do this ?

The answer is stunningly simple !  Because these misspelled auctions are normally so difficult 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 typos cost the sellers money they mean that you, the buyer, can get a real bargain.

If you’re really smart you can even relist any misspelled items that you buy (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 amazed at the bargains that you can find.