Ebay Pictures Make Money
by Donnie Smith
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 EBays 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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Donnie
Smith is a technology enthusiast. He specializes in un-complicating the
complicated world of the Internet. You can read more about this subject and
others at his online blog, Smithutopia (http://www.smithutopia.com). Copyright
2005, Donnie Smith, All rights reserved.
