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Looking to buy a starter electric guitar for my nephew I searched for “guitar” on eBay. eBay brought back 77,853 auctions with guitar in the title!

That was rather a lot to scroll through, so I thought to myself, “I wonder if I can be devious here?”.

I changed my search to “gutar”, deliberately omitting the letter i.

That search brought back 9 items. One of these was a Yamaha guitar with practice amp. Ideal for what I needed.

This is an important lesson for eBay buyers and sellers.

If you’re buying, remember that sellers can make spelling errors in their auction titles. If you’re looking for an item, remember to try misspelled versions of your search words. You might just uncover a real bargain!

Here’s an excellent online tool you can use to instantly find those misspelled bargains:

http://www.bargainchecker.com/

Incidentally, if you’re selling on eBay, you’d better make sure your auction title is spelled correctly. If you don’t, you may find you have to sell your item for a much lower price than you expected!

Did you know when you sell on eBay, you can also get traffic to your eBay auctions from Google.

I use, and am an affiliate for a product called Build A Niche Store (BANS). In summary, BANS enables you to instantly create an online store comprised of live eBay auctions from any category you select. You can place these niche stores within existing websites or blogs. Or you can use a niche store as the basis of a new website or blog.

Anyway, back to Google traffic.

I currently run this Classified Ad format auction on eBay for BANS.

In creating the title for this auction, I considered carefully the type of words which potential users of this system were likely to use in their searches. The auction title I wound up with is:

MAKE MONEY eBay affiliate store on YOUR website / blog

This is showing reasonable eBay traffic. But what I also know is that I am getting additional traffic from Google. This is because the keywords in my title earn me good positions in Google search returns. Try keying this into Google search, and you’ll see what I mean:

make money ebay affiliate store

Last time I checked, my auction was in 3 rd position on Google for that search term.

Incidentally, if you scroll down the Google results page, you’ll find my auction also appears in position 6 too. If you click over to eBay you’ll see this is a search results screen which eBay has created on the fly for MY Google query.

So, whilst many internet marketers spend time and money in trying to get listed high in Google search returns, we eBay sellers can achieve this for nothing!

Save some money

Don't buy any ebooks which tell you about the basics of eBay. You can get all this information without charge, courtesy of eBay in their new video series. You'll find the videos here:

http://www.ebayuniversity.com/features/ebay_live_2006/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB

When you're ready to exploit the real power of eBay, read my top seller "The eBay Formula" - http://www.more-auction-sales.com


eBay Approved Video Hosts

Speaking of videos, you may know that an increasing number of auctions include embedded video in their auction description pages. This makes perfect sense, as video is an excellent way to showcase certain items.

But did you know that eBay only allow embedded videos from sites that they have approved? If you plan to use embedded videos in your auctions, make sure you use an approved video host. You can check out the approved list here:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html

You'll find a further video list update here:

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200706.shtml#2007-06-01120450


Coming Soon

I will be launching a new service soon. It's called my Auction Inner Circle.

The Auction Inner Circle contains a range of services, resources and products all aimed at helping you to make more from your eBay business.

As a subscriber to the eBay Auction Newsletter, you will have automatic access to the service.

You will be hearing more soon…

You can check out my portfolio of products and services here:

"The eBay Formula"
My best selling ebook on eBay selling - time, after time, after time.
www.workwinners.com/rd01.htm

Make sure the color scheme on your website, blog or eBay auction description page isn't LOSING you business!
www.cash-colors.com

Your own eBay digital product sales business
A superb offer to have your own digital product sales business on eBay, from Platinum PowerSeller Justin Ormerod.
www.workwinners.com/emediadirect

Keyword Pro
Put the most popular keywords on eBay into your titles and watch your auctions explode! Special Offer for Newsletter Readers!!!
www.workwinners.com/nlr1202.htm

First Page on Google
How to get massive free traffic to your websites by getting on Google's first page.
www.first-page-on-google.com

Adsense Images
Improve your AdSense clickthrough rates by hundreds of percent.
www.adsense-images.com

Easy Niche Products
The ultimate niche product membership. At least 3 brand new digital products to sell every month.
www.easynicheproduct.com

Article Park
For loads of free articles on all aspects of buying and selling on eBay.
www.article-park.com

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Up to 256k speed instantly with this incredible software for less than 7p per day.
www.workwinners.com/nlr1002.htm

How to grow your own beautiful rose garden.
www.garden-rose.com

How to start an investment club for fun and for profit.
www.start-investment-club.com

"UK Dropshipping Sources"
Twenty six genuine UK dropship companies.
www.workwinners.com/rd02.htm

Get your own website selling information and sources of dropshipping.
http://trading-web-solutions.com/workwinners/dropshipww.htm

"Sourcing DVDs, CDs and Videos at Trade Prices"
Where and how to buy DVDs, CDs and Videos at trade prices, and how to sell for profit.
www.workwinners.com/rd03.htm

"Sourcing and Selling Electrical Products for Big Profits"
Where and how to buy Widescreen TVs, DVD players and VCR players at trade prices, and how to sell for profit.
www.workwinners.com/rd04.htm

"Sourcing Maternity Clothing and Baby Needs at Trade Prices"
Where and how to buy at trade prices.
www.workwinners.com/rd05.htm

"Sourcing and Selling Jewellery for Big Profits"
Where and how to buy jewellery at trade prices, and how to sell for profit.
www.workwinners.com/rd06.htm

"Sourcing Mobile Phone Accessories at Trade Prices"
Where and how to buy mobile phone accessories at trade prices, and how to sell for profit.
www.workwinners.com/rd07.htm

"The Streetwise Buyer's Guide to Radar Detectors"
Don't buy a Radar Detector system until you read this.
www.workwinners.com/rd08.htm

Get your own ecommerce website selling watches, fully stocked, with items dropshipped by suppliers direct to your customer. Special Price offer to newsletter readers.
www.workwinners.com/nlr1110.htm

Do you trade stocks and options online? Here is a new software system which is aimed at helping if you're interested in utilising the principles of swing trading.
www.workwinners.com/swingtrader/

Finally, a book well worth reading. In 'The eBay Book', long time eBay user David Belbin, explains how eBay.co.uk works and how to get the most out of it, whether you are a buyer or seller. Step-by-step, he takes you through the key features of the site, advises on bidding and selling tactics, explains how to minimise the fees you pay and why feedback is so important. He explores the best ways to pay for goods, and what to do if your transactions go wrong. This hugely readable book also contains a
wealth of case studies covering a wide variety of eBay users. It's available at Amazon here:
www.workwinners.com/nlr809.htm

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