Also, an item that's missing an obvious keyword in the headline may have it in the description. Searching in the descriptions doubles your odds of finding your wanted items. Though someone might have spelled something wrong in the headline, they may have spelled it correctly in the description.
Then, you can narrow your results by category (which hopefully would be correct). A seller may easily forget (or not even think) to include the word "men" in their headline, making it nearly impossible for anyone to find them (or bother to find them)-except you, the master arbitrage. You may want a pair of sneakers, but if you search for "men's sneakers", you may be missing out on some deals than if you were to search for just "sneakers". If you're a man looking for a pair of shoes, you're probably going to search for "men's shoes" or some variation of it. Here are some examples:Īnother word-savvy way to find the cheapest products on eBay is to try searching for the non-obvious keywords. Just like the intentional misspelt word due to limited room on the headline, adding abbreviations and acronyms are a great way to keep the heft down. And that means you've secured a possible steal deal, because no one else will find it! But if you hurry up and bid on the item, just the minimum bid, the seller won't be able to make any changes. BID! If you notice a huge misspelling, chances are the seller has, too.When performing your search, just add a dash (or minus sign (-)) before the correct version of the word, i.e. You have a much better chance getting a good deal on an accidental misspelt word. Some sellers know what you're up to and want you to find their items, so they include the correct and misspelled versions in the headline. The search box on eBay is limited to 300 characters, so you may want to split up your keywords for those with tons of misspellings.The Auction Speller tool above automatically does this, but you can also do it manually, with help from the Searchspell Typo tool. (atique OR anique OR antque OR antiue OR antiqe OR aantique). This searches for any of the words, not all, i.e. (atique, anique, antque, antiue, antiqe, aantique). Use a multiple keyword search by inputting all of your word variations, separated by commas and inside of parentheses, i.e.There's also an online tool called Searchspell Typo, but it only shows you the misspelled words, which you would need to input into eBay yourself. You can also do searches without the correctly spelled word (as in the example below), along with more options, like country search and word exclusion.
You just enter in a word, and it will open up a new window, searching for that word in eBay, along with all its misspelled variations. Here are some examples:Īnd believe or not, there's actually a few tools to help you search for misspelled words on eBay. Also, sometimes the misspelled words are intentional, due to space-saving techniques in the headline. Those with poor grammar skills aren't necessarily using spell check, so varying your keywords in search will give you a real bargain from time to time. But this doesn't mean that the item isn't valuable. And let's face it-not everyone is great at spelling, and you definitely don't need to be to list something on eBay. It might sound bizarre when it comes to eBay bargain hunting, but looking for misspelled words can easily point you towards auctions that have no watchers. You need to start thinking outside of the box. If you're using the same search strategies on eBay that everyone else is using, then you're just going to be finding the same items as everyone else. In China, they couldn't purchase the 3G version of the iPad locally (though this may change soon), meaning they would pay well above market price for one elsewhere (or perhaps settle for a cheap knockoff). If you're selling primarily to a North American market, you could be losing out on some serious cash. And you may consider a niche area you can control the market for.Īnd one thing to take in account when figuring your product is how much it's worth overseas. But it's best to do you research on everything before devoting your time to one thing. Fashion is also a decent category to check out.
Consumer electronics are always a safe bet, like computers and cell phones. These items sell for a decent amount of cash, and almost always sell. Find out what's currently hot on the market, like the iPad 2 or Motorola XOOM tablets. Before you go out buying and selling products on eBay, you need to do your research.
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