How misspelled eBay auctions can save you a small fortune

It's not widely known but a significant number of eBay sellers regularly fail to read through their auction listings before they submit them to eBay.  Sometimes these spelling mistakes are deliberate and arise because the sellers are trying to cram too much detail in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 characters).  However, more usually these typos are due to carelessness 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 auction items are unlikely to be found.

Up until recently the only way that these misspelled auctions could be found was by wading through the auction listings line by line.

Thankfully there is another way to find these misspelled auctions: one that has been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters 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 functions 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 auctions containing any of the words on the list of misspellings will then be shown on eBay.

Sure it’s clever, but what is the point ?

The answer is stunningly simple !  Because these misspelled auctions are normally quite tricky to find they get fewer bids. This means that misspelled items usually 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 buyer, can grab a real bargain.

If you’re smart you can even relist the 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 right now and try searching for 'Abercrombie', 'Motorola' or 'Playstation'. You'll be amazed at the bargains that you can find.