Nothing is worse than reading a lengthy auction description that is just one big, long, run-on paragraph because someone doesn't know how to use the most basic html codes.
Most listings on eBay are with a white background and black text.
Spice up your auctions by including these easy html codes in your auction descriptions.
Code What it does
<p> New paragraph
<br> Line break
<img src="http://www.example.com/example.jpg"> Insert an image
<b>bold text here</b> Bold text
<i>italic text here</i> Italics text
<u>underline</u> Underline
<BODY STYLE="BACKGROUND: URL('http://www.example/example.jpg')" BGCOLOR="#103F6F" LINK="#0000FF" ALINK="#000000" VLINK="#0000FF"> Background Picture
<font face="comic sans ms" size="6"> Font and size of the text in your listing.
Don't forget that you can only use HTML in the auction description itself. You cannot use HTML in the auction titles, but you can pay for extra features for your title, such as bold, border, & highlight.
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Most listings on eBay are with a white background and black text.
Spice up your auctions by including these easy html codes in your auction descriptions.
Code What it does
<p> New paragraph
<br> Line break
<img src="http://www.example.com/example.jpg"> Insert an image
<b>bold text here</b> Bold text
<i>italic text here</i> Italics text
<u>underline</u> Underline
<BODY STYLE="BACKGROUND: URL('http://www.example/example.jpg')" BGCOLOR="#103F6F" LINK="#0000FF" ALINK="#000000" VLINK="#0000FF"> Background Picture
<font face="comic sans ms" size="6"> Font and size of the text in your listing.
Don't forget that you can only use HTML in the auction description itself. You cannot use HTML in the auction titles, but you can pay for extra features for your title, such as bold, border, & highlight.
If you have found this guide helpful, please vote yes at the bottom. Thank you for visiting! Don't forget to visit my eBay Store: Discovering New Deals.
Guide created: 12/22/07 (updated 09/29/08)


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