posted on February 18, 2002 03:10:07 PM new
This is a issue that has bugged me for a while as a jewelry seller there are several common spelling errors.
When I started I spelled Brooch, Broach as do 528 other on Ebay. Pendant and Pendent also gave me some issues.
These two were easily solved by doing a search of the two words and choosing the more commonly used one.
The problem with Tie Tack is the numbers are almost even.
posted on February 18, 2002 03:14:28 PM new
We used to do a lot of hand-made jewelry and Tie Tac was always used. May be right or wrong, but that's what we used in the 70's. Dave.
posted on February 18, 2002 03:54:01 PM new
I vote for TIE TACK.
However, you may want to use both in your auction--one in the title, one in the body of the description. That's what I do when I sell wall pockets (aka wallpockets). I use one in the title, the other in the description. That should pick up most of the searchers.
posted on February 18, 2002 04:00:33 PM new
Major jewelry supply distributors still call them tie tacs. This is from one of the distributor's text: "In addition to a standard catalog line of over 6000 items, they offer "value added" services to include post, tie tac, ......". Google search on tie tac has on the first page :"14K Yellow Gold Butterfly Tie Tac"
"International Wolf Center - Jewelry-Sterling Tie Tac"
"Jewelry-Pins-Waving American Flag Lapel Pin/Tie Tac". Do some research.
But the suggestion to use 2 or 3 versions in a title is a good one.
[ edited by rgrem on Feb 18, 2002 04:07 PM ]
posted on February 18, 2002 04:12:53 PM new
Had the same problem with catalogue/catalog which I use all the time. I picked the odd spelling and stuck to it. It sort of becomes a logo after a couple thousand uses.
posted on February 18, 2002 06:30:53 PM new
OK on the pot. Actually I grew up at a time in the 30's when my Mom burned a green powder in a saucer for her asthma. It was called Asthmador. I learned that smell quite well and in the 70's learned what she had been using. I was so naive that at my younger sister-in-law's party, I asked who had asthma. LOL.
posted on February 18, 2002 08:38:31 PM new
I used to have a lot of trouble deciding how to list a tea pot (teapot?). Now, I really have a ball when I list an omelet pan. Omelet = 155 listings. Omelette = 111 listings. I usually spell it one way in the title and the other way in the listing. I'm not trying to win a spelling bee. I'm trying to sell an omelet (or is it omelette?) pan. Hell, I'm gonna give up and start selling tie tax.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on February 18, 2002 08:54:09 PM newtie tack according to Webster's Dictionary
A while back there was a thread started by someone who wanted to know what key words to use because he was doing something for ebay. This is one of the words that should have had key words. It you type Tie Tack right away it should take you to all the auctions that list tie tacks, tietacks, etc.
That will take the guess work out of spelling. Same with Broach. If you list under Pin, brooch all auctions with those 3 names should come up. There are a few others like KJL, Sarah Cov but maybe that would be to hard to do. I am lucky I can do ebay.
posted on February 19, 2002 03:17:26 AM new
Very interesting. I guess the jewelry folks shortened or nick-named it. That explains why there are two such widely used spellings. Thanks.
