ChatGPT, your secret eBay sidekick

You know that thrill of finding something on eBay for way less than it should cost and the “Yes, I am the deal master” feeling? Here’s where ChatGPT or your favorite AI bot shines. It helps you find the hidden gems that no one else is seeing.

Most people search with the obvious keywords. “Vitamix blender.” “Apple Watch.” “Le Creuset pan.” “New iPhone.” But eBay is filled with sellers who spell things wrong, use weird titles or just aren’t great at listings. 

One person might type “vitamx,” another might just say “blender my stupid ex left.” That’s gold if you know how to dig for it with a little help from ChatGPT.

💡 Start with a prompt like this

“Give me 20 alternate ways someone might list a Vitamix blender on eBay, including misspellings, abbreviations or vague descriptions.” You’ll get results like vitamx, vitamixx, high-speed kitchen blender, commercial smoothie maker and vtmx (yes, really).

Some sellers are super casual and just write “expensive blender I never used.” Others might list it under a brand nickname or a model number you’d never think to search for.

You want those listings. Less competition, better deals.

🛒 Copy-pasteable eBay search trick

(vitamix, vitamx, blender pro, smoothie maker, vmix) -parts -broken 

What the heck does all that do?

• The words in parentheses tell eBay: Look for any of these terms.
• The minus signs? That’s where the magic happens. They remove listings with certain words.

So:
-parts = No spare parts or “just the lid” listings.
-broken = Keep the busted junk out of your search.

Here are some tips on using advanced operators on eBay’s site. You can also tweak filters to only show auctions ending soon, new listings or “Buy It Now” deals that just popped up. 

📦 Selling something?

ChatGPT can help write your listing title, the description, and it’ll even tell you which keywords to use so more people see your item.

Sure, you save a couple bucks, but more importantly, you beat the system by finding great stuff buried under bad listings. And yeah, it works for everything from sneakers to vacuums to handbags to collectibles.

🤗 I just put my old vacuum on eBay. It was just sitting around collecting dust. (lol)

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