I listed a couple lots of Dr. Seuss books this week. Always good sellers! Neither have sold yet, but both immediately had multiple watchers. When doing a little research into what book lots have sold for recently (to help determine my own asking price) I noticed one listing included both Seuss and Suess. Which gave me pause. Uhhhhhhh – which is right? Have I been spelling it right?
Out of curiosity I looked up Seuss on eBay. It came back with 33,157 listings.
I then looked up Suess. 2536 listings. 2536 listings that include an incorrect spelling!
Granted, some, like the listing I found, probably include both spellings. But most? I’d guess not. And looking at the completeds I could see that a bunch with incorrect spellings have sold.
The good news is, I did have it spelled correctly in all of my listings. In addition to book lots, I often buy and sell Kohl’s plush based on Dr. Seuss characters. But what will be even better is when I include both spellings, so I can get even more eyes landing on my listings. I am going to update all of my listings tonight.
I know I’ve mentioned dual spellings in past posts. Some others I always make sure to include are:
Tweety ~ Tweetie
Bam Bam ~ Bamm Bamm
Sulley ~ Sully
Does anyone have any others to add to the list?
Jennifer B. says
September 22, 2012 at 12:05 pmPumbaa v/s Pumba.
I actually just now edited my title because of your post. I had it listed correctly but realized I need to add the incorrect spelling to catch those other buyers who thought it was Pumba (just as I did at first!).
Kari @ She Thrifts says
September 22, 2012 at 3:13 pmGood one! I have a Pumbaa plush listed that I should update.
The Thrifty Momma Says says
September 23, 2012 at 1:33 amHanna Andersson. The two SS throw people.
Tracy says
September 25, 2012 at 11:42 amI just checked my kohl’s plush listings just to be sure and I was actually surprised I spelled them right! But thank you for the tip!
kdelrosario says
September 25, 2012 at 8:36 pmA lot of Action Figures do this especially the Anime ones like Dragon Ball Z – one of the characters is Inuyasha but it can be called Inu yasha as well – my husband figured that one out. Also, Spider Man – Spiderman so when listing action figure type toys you’ll want to look to see if it’s spelled as one word, two words or even with the -.
Lynn says
September 25, 2012 at 10:45 pmI see Little Tykes and Little Tikes all the time!