EBay Pictures Make Money
If you have ever used EBay then you know how important
pictures are to a listing. By nature, people tend to pay
more attention to the items that have pictures in the items
for sale. The old saying "a picture is worth a thousand
words" has never been more true but in EBay's case
a picture is worth $1.00, $2.00 or more...to EBay! If you
want to add more than one picture to a listing or want additional
features then you must be willing to pay EBay. Here is just
a small list to illustrate the point:
Additional Pictures: $0.15
Picture Show: $0.25
Supersize Picture: $0.75
Picture Pack: $1.00
These fees mean less profits for you. You already pay EBay
for inserting the listing or selling the item. An alternative
is to use an image hosting service. Quality image hosting
sites, such as Image4U.org (http://www.image4u.org), will
allow you to upload your pictures and link to them on EBay.
This type of service can save you a lot of fees and increase
your profits. You pay a set monthly rate and can host as
many pictures as you need, up to the limit of your account.
Image4U.org even offers unlimited bandwidth so you can be
assured that your images will always be available.
What is the difference between bandwidth and disk space?
Disk space is where the image is stored within your account.
It is fixed to the size of the images that you store. If
an image is 250 KB in size then it will always take up 250
KB on your account. Bandwidth is the amount of space it
takes to transfer an image to the requesting user each time
they want to view an image. Bandwidth used grows larger
the more times an image is viewed. Using the previously
mentioned 250 KB image, the first time someone views the
image it takes 250 KB of bandwidth. The next time it takes
another 250 KB for a total of 500 KB. The next time your
total is 750 KB and so on. To put this into perspective,
If you account allows 500 MB of bandwidth per month then
this picture could be viewed approximately 2000 times (250
KB x 4 = 1 MB) before you used up all of your bandwidth
for the month.
Services such as Image4U.org allow unlimited bandwidth.
Take advantage of the service to post as many images on
your auctions as you can. It will help you increase the
number of bids received by making the sale more attractive.
You simply have to copy and paste the image URL into the
EBay form.
Best of all, perhaps, may be the online photo gallery options
many sites offer. You can take advantage of this feature
to set up an image gallery to display all your items on
one page. It will provide a convenient way for customers
to browse your offerings. Whether you are a high volume
seller or a newcomer to online auctions, take advantage
of the service to reduce your selling expenses. Experiment
with different techniques to learn what works best to increase
sales.
Image4U.org (http://www.image4u.org) is an image hosting
service that can be used to store pictures online. Enhance
your EBay auctions without paying the EBay picture hosting
fees. The service can also be used to upload pictures for
myspace, live journal, and other blog websites. Users can
create custom photo galleries to be shared with friends
and family. Visit the site to learn about all the other
features.
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