Photo albums can be a wonderful way to get to know your other ebay group members, and also a fantastic way for them to get to know you! If you are a collector, you can use a photo album to showcase all your fantastic ebay finds! It will give other members a better idea of what you like to collect. If you are a seller, you can present your best finds in a photo album for the group to admire; as a marketing tool, photo albums are outstanding.

Here is a brief tutorial for beginning a photo album in ebay groups:

1) Click the link for “photo albums” in the ebay group you want to add the photo album to.

2) Click the link to “Add photo album”, It is located on the right hand side of the monitor, beside “Search photo albums” to the right.

3) Give your photo album a descriptive title, up to 45 characters long

4) Give your photo album a description.

5) Do you want other group members to be able to add photos to the photo album? If so, click on the box for “Allow other members to add photos to this album”.

6) Then click “Add Album” at the bottom.

7) You will now have an EMPTY photo album. Next you will be presented with several choices; “Add to album” is what you want to pick to add your photos.

8) Click “Browse” to select the photo from your hard drive.

9) Remember to give your photo a title so that it will be searchable!

10) Click “Add Photo”

11) In most groups, your photo WILL NOT SHOW UP RIGHT AWAY. This is because photos usually require approval from the group leader. So, please be patient! Your photo will show up after the group leader has a chance to approve it.

12) Resist the temptation to add the photo a few more times, just to make sure it went through. I have made this mistake and then when I end up with three of the same image I have to go back and delete some of them- a real time waster.

13) You can delete pictures, and entire photo albums, if you wish. You can also edit them. This is helpful because you have space limits in photo albums, so when you want to add some new pictures you might have to remove some older ones to make room.

Good luck creating your new photo album! I hope you and your fellow group members will enjoy it. :)