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Quick Tip: Seuss or Suess? Spelling Counts!

September 22, 2012 by Kari @ She Thrifts 6 Comments

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?

Filed Under: BOLO, Books, eBay, Plush, Quick Tip

Comments

  1. Jennifer B. says

    September 22, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Pumbaa 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!).

    Reply
    • Kari @ She Thrifts says

      September 22, 2012 at 3:13 pm

      Good one! I have a Pumbaa plush listed that I should update.

      Reply
  2. The Thrifty Momma Says says

    September 23, 2012 at 1:33 am

    Hanna Andersson. The two SS throw people.

    Reply
  3. Tracy says

    September 25, 2012 at 11:42 am

    I 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!

    Reply
  4. kdelrosario says

    September 25, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    A 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 -.

    Reply
  5. Lynn says

    September 25, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    I see Little Tykes and Little Tikes all the time!

    Reply

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