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)There are several excellent ebay groups at myspace.com. It's a great place to network, and to promote your ebay store. If you don't have a myspace.com site, get one soon.
The reason I'm plugging myspace.com and the ebay groups there is because a very experienced Basic Store owner, hi Sandy, asked about how to put photos up without using the normal, basic ebay software and photohosting. This is what I wrote. I thought I'd share it with you all. I hope it helps.
The coolest thing about using your own photo host is the fact that you can put as many pictures up in a description as you want. Here's an example (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Caricature-Print-Pen-Ink-Digital-Color_W0QQitemZ7402798019QQcategoryZ20158QQcmdZViewItem, if this doesn't work, go to http://stores.ebay.com/Open-Mikes-Culture-Corner, and hit one of the caricature commission auctions.) I use FileLodge.com, but they've just been bought out by Bolt.com, and are still going through some growing pains, but it works. A lot of people use Photobucket.com, I see. I'm sure if you Google "free image hosting", you will find something.
Then, when you pick your gallery picture, you merely put in the URL of the pictures location, instead of uploading it from your computer.
I keep hearing "the more pictures the better". It seems to me that if you're selling a lot of unbalanced sets (or sets made up of different objects, and not similar objects) of things (Sandy sells lots of dinnerware sets), pictures of the individual pieces might entice more people to buy your items. And people appreciate pictures of damage on a product, too. I've had several buyers buy damaged books from me because of the honesty in my descriptions, and the photos. They knew exactly what to expect. My feedback will prove it.
Now, as for inserting pictures into your description, as per my example, if you have a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor, that lets you edit both the source code and visually, you can create an HTML template, and paste the pictures right into that. When you type in the pic location, though, use your photohost photo location URL, and not the location of the picture that is on your computer.
I use NVU, which has four tabs, including a source code tab, and a preview tab, so you can see how your page will look instantly by just clicking a tab, or you can view the source code, which can be cut and paste right into your auction. You can photohost your logo too, and put it on each of your auctions, if you don't have a store. I know a great guy who does logos, and even has a logo auction on ebay. Plug plug. NVU is open source, and if you know me, you know I love open source projects. NVU is free to try, and doesn't wreck your projects, or cause aggrivation if you don't buy the full version. I find that the free version is plenty for most of my website-related needs.
Good Luck,
Mike
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The reason I'm plugging myspace.com and the ebay groups there is because a very experienced Basic Store owner, hi Sandy, asked about how to put photos up without using the normal, basic ebay software and photohosting. This is what I wrote. I thought I'd share it with you all. I hope it helps.
The coolest thing about using your own photo host is the fact that you can put as many pictures up in a description as you want. Here's an example (http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Caricature-Print-Pen-Ink-Digital-Color_W0QQitemZ7402798019QQcategoryZ20158QQcmdZViewItem, if this doesn't work, go to http://stores.ebay.com/Open-Mikes-Culture-Corner, and hit one of the caricature commission auctions.) I use FileLodge.com, but they've just been bought out by Bolt.com, and are still going through some growing pains, but it works. A lot of people use Photobucket.com, I see. I'm sure if you Google "free image hosting", you will find something.
Then, when you pick your gallery picture, you merely put in the URL of the pictures location, instead of uploading it from your computer.
I keep hearing "the more pictures the better". It seems to me that if you're selling a lot of unbalanced sets (or sets made up of different objects, and not similar objects) of things (Sandy sells lots of dinnerware sets), pictures of the individual pieces might entice more people to buy your items. And people appreciate pictures of damage on a product, too. I've had several buyers buy damaged books from me because of the honesty in my descriptions, and the photos. They knew exactly what to expect. My feedback will prove it.
Now, as for inserting pictures into your description, as per my example, if you have a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor, that lets you edit both the source code and visually, you can create an HTML template, and paste the pictures right into that. When you type in the pic location, though, use your photohost photo location URL, and not the location of the picture that is on your computer.
I use NVU, which has four tabs, including a source code tab, and a preview tab, so you can see how your page will look instantly by just clicking a tab, or you can view the source code, which can be cut and paste right into your auction. You can photohost your logo too, and put it on each of your auctions, if you don't have a store. I know a great guy who does logos, and even has a logo auction on ebay. Plug plug. NVU is open source, and if you know me, you know I love open source projects. NVU is free to try, and doesn't wreck your projects, or cause aggrivation if you don't buy the full version. I find that the free version is plenty for most of my website-related needs.
Good Luck,
Mike
<a href="http://stores.ebay.com/open-mikes-culture-corner" target="_blank"><img src="http://i20.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/52/47/fc_1_b.JPG"></a>
Guide created: 05/03/06 (updated 06/05/06)
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