does anyone know if this tip is legit or not?

[vintagetonow2134]

has ebay really given permission to seller to post their items on its official corporate facebook page to promote them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MM2NTvthJw&t=119s

[reallynicestamps]

You are waaaaay ahead of yourself.

Concentrate on immediate details like spelling (It's 'brooch' not broach*)

And you can't ship that car for $1.99. Selling it for 30 cents (don't expect to get two reasonable bids) with incorrect shipping cost is an excellent way to lose money.

And bottom feeders **are really nasty customers. Seriously horrible to deal with.

*But that's such a common mistake that you could add the wrong spelling at the end of the title for others to find in Search. Make sure the correct spelling is there and there first. Bad spelling is scam bait.

** If you got only one bid, the customer 'might' have bid a reasonable price, and you would never know. Always start at a price you are comfortable selling at.

[momcqueen]

You are wasting your time watching random YouTube videos with eBayin the subject line unless they are the videos created and posted by eBay. Those are seriously the only ones you should be studying. The videos by eBay are the ones with valuable and critical information to learn. Especially for new sellers. With 100 transactions under your belt, yes, maybe then branch out into tips by other users. Until then, stick to information that’s confirmed and validated by eBay itself.

Like the boards.

Like the webinars I keep posting.

Like the Help Pages.

This will tell you what you need to learn. The rest is noise.

[vintagetonow2134]

i have seen it written both ways. So I am never actually sure how to spell that word

[momcqueen]

Well, yes, because we’re broaching the topic of misspelling the term for a pin one wears on their lapel or scarf, a brooch.

They’re both words that mean different things but sound the same. Homonyms.

[femmefan1946]

Use a (paper) dictionary.

The online ones are crowd sourced, and much less reliable.

[vintagetonow2134]

"scam bait" could you elaborate?

[vintagetonow2134]

I don't disagree. And I am reading and watching their videos. But I still wanted to know what most ebayers actually thought of that tip.

[momcqueen]

Scam bait due to deliberate brand misspellings. Like the box of Kroft Dinner Mac and cheese I saw for sale at the dollar store last year. Not Kraft. Kroft. Otherwise, same typeface and appearance in every way.

[vintagetonow2134]

so in a short you mean wrong spelling attracts more possible scammers than genuine people interested in the item? or do you mean something else. I still don't get it.

[vintagetonow2134]

irrelevant but did you know many sell kraft dinner on eBay? I just found out. Can we actually sell food on eBay if it's sealed? do we need any special licence for it though?

[femmefan1946]

Nope.

More complicated than that.

Yes, spelling can be part of a scam.

Some cheapskate canny buyers will look for misspellings because they get less attention than properly spelled ones.

And because there is a good chance that the seller is ignorant of what he has, or naive.

Any of which leads to lower prices.

But in the KrOft/Kraft example, the seller is purposely scamming the naive or poorly educated buyer into thinking he is getting something he won't.

Using both in a title, which I do from time to time, allows buyers who are a little vague on spelling to find your item while telling bottomfeeders that you didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday.

My purposeful misspellings are Heinlein/Hienlien and Tolkien/Tolkein.  I actually am not to sure which of the latter is correct.