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Do Pictures Help Your eBay Selling?
I have to admit this is a rhetorical question. There is no
question that the vast majority of items will sell better if
they are shown in all their glory in the form of a picture or
pictures.
There are exceptions of course, but in general I find a picture
is worth a thousand words on eBay.
Having established the case, how do you get pictures onto your
auctions?
Let's first of all consider how and where to get a picture of
your item. There are three options:
a) Use a digital camera b) Use a scanned image c) Use a
"library" photo
a) Use a digital camera If you have a digital camera, you can
photograph your items for auction. You will know that pictures
taken by your digital camera can be loaded onto your PC.
b) Use a scanned image If you have a scanner, or access to one,
you can take an "old fashioned" photo of your item, and scan it
into your computer. You may be able to scan the item itself if
it is of a certain shape and size eg book, card etc.
c) Use a "library" photo If your item is a standard branded
product you may be able to search the internet and find images
of the product. If you find one that is appropriate, place your
mouse pointer over the picture and right click. In most cases
you will be able to "Save Picture As..", and thus save it on
your PC. Be aware that copyright laws apply here, and you
mustn't copy any pictures from the internet unless you have the
rights or permission to do so. Having now got a picture of your
item on your PC, whether by a digital camera, a scanner or a
library shot, you can usually improve it by using photo-editing
software. You probably already have this software if you have a
digital camera or a scanner. If you don't have such software,
you can find shareware or freeware versions at sites such as
these:
http://www.freewarehome.com
http://freeware.intrastar.net
http://www.tucows.com
http://shareware.cnet.com
PaintShopPro is a popular option. It has just the right balance
of "ease of use" versus clever features.
You need this type of software to achieve a couple of things.
First, to get your picture into JPEG or GIF file format - these
are the only two image formats accepted by eBay. Next, to make
sure the file size of the image is less than 50Kb - anything
larger will result in your image taking an unacceptable length
of time to load onto your auction page.
Once you have your picture ready, and stored on your own PC, you
can now include it in your eBay listings.
For many items a single picture is fine. If, however, you want
to add further pictures to your auction listing, there are two
options.
You can DIY multiple pictures onto your auction page by having
your images hosted on the internet, somewhere. Your own ISP has
probably given you an amount of free web space - you can use
this to host pictures for your auctions. Wherever you store
them, each picture has its own unique address (URL) and this is
the reference you use in your auction description to access your
images.
For ultimate flexibility, if you do have web space available to
you, and you place some images in this space, you can show these
photos anywhere on your auction page. You will need to know HTML
coding to achieve this, but it is well worth the effort.
The other option is to use eBay's Picture Service. This is very
easy to use, and lets you add multiple pictures to your auction
page - for a price.
It's worth learning how to include images in your eBay auctions.
It will repay you a thousand times!
About the author:
Brian McGregor is an eBay and internet entrepreneur. He recently
created the 'eBay Master Class' for eBay sellers. For your free
copy, please go to http://www.work
winners.com/ebm-request.htm
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