Welcome to TypoTrawler!

To begin, please choose your local eBay site. However, if this is your first visit please read the introduction below before proceeding... it'll help you get to grips with TypoTrawler.

 

 

 

 

Introduction

The on-screen help
Once you've selected your country and categories to trawl, a handy button will appear on the top right called 'View on screen Help'. Give it a click and it will guide you through everything on the screen.

 

Why Typos?
Many listings on eBay are misspelled. For example, the title may contain 'latop' instead of the intended 'laptop'. This dramatically reduces the number of people who visit the auction for the 'latop' as everyone is searching for the correctly spelled 'laptop'. With less people viewing the item, less bids are made, so the price remains low. Therefore, by searching for these misspelled items, TypoTrawler allows you to find bargains on eBay.

 

But this has been done before...
Yes it has. But TypoTrawler does it better. Services like our sister site TypoTracker are great if you're looking for a specific item, but if you're just looking for a great deal on whatever you can find, it's not very effective. After about 15 minutes you're out of ideas for things to search for... this is where TypoTrawler steps in. Our robot minions relentlessly trawl through eBay day and night picking out misspelled items. We then display them in a handy list so you can watch the bargains literally flow down the screen!

 

OK, so what are these thumbs I see next to each item?
This is the most important part of TypoTrawler! The users influence the content that is displayed on TypoTrawler by voting on which items are poorly spelled (and result in a bargain!) and which items our robots shouldn't have bothered showing you. Remember, they aren't perfect. So give a thumbs up if you spot an item which is badly spelled (and was a good catch by our robots!) and a thumbs down if it's correctly spelled (and you don't want to see it again). That way they can learn what to pick out and what to ignore... there are a lot of abbreviations and colloquialisms on eBay which our 'bots aren't smart enough to pick out. So let them know!

 

If your thirst for knowledge has not yet been quenched, please read the FAQ.