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Protecting Your eBay Auction Photos from Being Stolen

by: discovery626( 946Feedback score is 500 to 999) Top 1000 Reviewer
12 out of 13 people found this guide helpful.
Guide viewed: 506 times Tags: eBay | Photos | Pictures | Selling | Listing


It is so frustrating when you go to the trouble of taking photographs for your auction items, then cropping them and optimizing them so they don't take forever to download, then when you do a search for your auction item find that another seller has taken them without your permission for her own auction.

If you ever find that a person has stolen your pictures, you can report them by clicking here.

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One way you can prevent some photo theft is by using a simple no right click script. This script is silent, so when someone right clicks on your photo, nothing at all happens. It just won't seem to right click.

Some people can just click "view source" on the listing. If you know how to read html, you can steal the picture. Most people don't know html, so this script really helps cut down the theft of pictures.

While it may not eliminate all photo theft, it makes it much more difficult for someone to do so.

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When writing your auction description, simply insert this javascript into the top of your description. Just copy the code below, and paste it right into your eBay item description.

<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
var message="";
///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE() {if (document.all) {(message);return false;}}
function clickNS(e) {if
(document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) {
if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {(message);return false;}}}
if (document.layers)
{document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS;}
else{document.onmouseup=clickNS;document.oncontextmenu=clickIE;}

document.oncontextmenu=new Function("return false")
// -->
</script>

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Guide ID: 10000000004887209Guide created: 12/22/07 (updated 07/28/09)

 
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