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 check their auction listings before they submit them to eBay.  Sometimes these auction typos are deliberate and result from sellers trying to cram too much information in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 letters).  More usually these typos are due to carelessness or a basic inability to spell correctly.

But why does this matter ?

Because unless someone searching eBay for a specific brandname 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 auction typos could be located was by wading through the auction listings line by line.

But now there is another way to locate these misspelled auction items: one that’s been used successfully by tens of thousands of bargain hunters over the twelve months 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 the list of 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 eBay auction typos are usually so difficult to find they attract fewer bids. This means that misspelled auctions 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 get a real bargain.

If you’re smart you can even relist the misspelled items that you purchase (taking care to avoid introducing misspellings) 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.