Tip #2: Don’t search for plurals.
Find more misspelled eBay bargains by looking for the singular version of the word rather than the plural.
For example, search for ‘horse’, not ‘horses’.
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FatFingers.com Tip #1: The best way to find a bargain is….
to use one word.
Searching for just one misspelled word usually has a better success rate than searching for two or three words.
Instead of searching for ‘Nintendo Wii Console’, try ‘Nintendo’ and use the filter in eBay to limit the result to consoles.
Try it now: FatFingers.com
The magic coding pixies have been hard at work and have managed to make all searches much, much faster. Usually about 3 times as quick.
This changes speeds up all FatFingers.com searches - including the new Last Minute Bargains page and Fat Fingers for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
Thanks to a handy suggestion, there is now a new page on FatFingers.com - Last Minute Bargains.
It does what it says: it finds eBay auctions ending soon that have been misspelled. Misspelled items do not turn up in the regular eBay search and therefore attract very few bids.
Check out the Last Minute Bargains.
Fat Fingers for iPhone / iPod Touch (free!) has only just been released, but hot on it’s heels is v1.1 which adds the following cool features:
- Faster results, faster scrolling
- View page in Safari or email the link
- Tips page
- Fixed the occasional crash
It makes looking for misspelled bargains on eBay an even nicer experience.
It has been submitted to Apple and should be available soon. Download v1.0 now and you’ll automatically get the v1.1 update as soon as it is available.
