It’s not common knowledge but a significant number of eBay sellers consistently fail to check their auction listings before they submit them to eBay.  Sometimes these spelling mistakes are deliberate and arise because the sellers are trying to squeeze too much information in to the auction title (eBay limits this to just 65 letters).  However, more usually these typos are simply due to carelessness or a basic inability to spell.

But why is this important ?

Because unless someone searching eBay for a particular item happens to misspell their search word in exactly the same way then these misspelled auctions are unlikely to be found.

Up until relatively recently the only way that these auction typos could be located was by wading through the auction listings one at a time.

Thankfully there is a better way to locate these misspelled auctions: one that has 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 specialized search engine works by taking a correctly spelled word or brandname, deliberately misspelling it in a variety of ways and then submitting the list of misspellings to eBay.  Any misspelled auctions matching 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 normally quite tricky to find they attract less bids. This means that misspelled auctions generally 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 get a real bargain.

If you’re 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.