Looking to save money on a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes this holiday season? Try searching for Manolo Blahnicks.

A handful of new Web sites with names like Typo Bay and Typo Buddy are out to help shoppers save money by searching eBay for misspelled brand names. Such items often have fewer bidders because they don’t appear in search results for people who spell the items correctly, and therefore can be had at a cheaper price.

It’s a well-known strategy among longtime eBay shoppers, but one that owners of these sites are hoping will translate into big business  relatively speaking  as shoppers look to save money this holiday season.

Typo Buddy started about six months ago and already has up to 80,000 visitors on a good day, said its president, Jonathan Lieberman, an Internet entrepreneur in San Diego. “I expect in this market, where people are ever more vigilant for deals, that we’ll do really well this holiday season,” he predicted.