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Title: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: SaMAlex on January 26, 2007, 10:15 AM

A mate of mine has asked me to try a little software he has written. It is intended to help when looking for stuff on Ebay. The problem is, even though it sounds like it might be really usefull, we are struggling to come up with an example of how it might help. The key to it is that it will search the DESCRIPTION, and not the TITLE. The idea is that if you searched for something in both items and description, and came back with hundreds of results, with the tool you can filter down to find stuff that other people might miss.

Any ideas of something to search for to give it a test? I dont think there are enough bike parts slipping through the net to make it work

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: FuNMoNsTeR on January 26, 2007, 04:31 PM

That sounds like a decent idea m8  :daumenhoch:
 It would work for all items not just BMX.... There are people making a good living from getting people to subscribe to their mis spell sites... Maybe you could develop this the same way and make a few quid  ;)

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: LXIX on January 26, 2007, 05:18 PM

i have my own program for finding mis spelt parts its my spelling  :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:  i find loads of bits you cant find  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :crazy2:

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: LXIX on January 26, 2007, 05:19 PM

i can help him with words for his search engine if he likes for a small fee  :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :buck2: :smiley6600:

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: Rombloke on January 26, 2007, 05:51 PM

Quote from: LXIX on January 26, 2007, 05:18 PM

i have my own program for finding mis spelt parts its my spelling  :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:  i find loads of bits you cant find  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :crazy2:

yeah its called fatfingers.com

Dave

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: SaMAlex on January 26, 2007, 06:05 PM

he has got the miss spelt thing built in it too. its something that is quite common but he thought, if he is going to try and sell the software to Ebayers, he might as well put a few useful things in it

Title: Re: Usefull Ebay search tool?
Post by: Trev on January 26, 2007, 06:27 PM

Quote from: LXIX on January 26, 2007, 05:18 PM

i have my own program for finding mis spelt parts its my spelling  :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:  i find loads of bits you cant find  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :crazy2:

Ah ha.... so that's how you manage to find so much stuff...  :LolLolLolLol:

I never thought of that before.  Just mistype the word and find the secret stash of fellow illiterates....  ;D