Image
Hosting For Your Ebay Listings
© by Carl
(CAKUart); all rights reserved
Image hosting is
something you need to consider when it comes to selling your art
on ebay. The most obvious reason is because; having a series of
images on your ebay listing allows your buyer to get a more
detailed view of your artwork.
Hosting your
own images on your own web host platform is probably the best option, but if you don't
currently rent your own server space, then here are a few
options you may wish to consider.
There are a
variety of options available for you to use, including ebay's
image hosting service.
Ebay allow
you to upload your first photo for free. Any additional images
will incur a fee of $0.15 for a standard image and $0.75 for a
large (Super size) image.
Although the
cost of image hosting on ebay can add up quite quickly,
particular if you have quite a few listings running each week,
it can actually be more convenient to keep your images and
listings in the one location online, rather than having them separated
for the sake of using a free service.
On top of
that, ebay have a 99.9% uptime guarantee when it comes to image
hosting. So your
images will always be displayed without any hiccups.
But if you
don't like the price of ebay's image hosting fees, then why not
consider your options elsewhere. There are plenty to choose
from. Many are free and some will charge you a small fee.
Free Hosting
Services
Photobucket.com
offers free eBay image hosting. In fact, go check
out their eBay tutorials and learn more about their
auction image hosting:
Photobucket
tutorials
Photo bucket
provide a premium service that allows you to upload 1MB. Like
most image hosting platforms, photobucket provide both a free
and paid service. It allows you to easily host and link your
images and videos to your auction sites, and social networks.
Another
service is Auctiva.
Auctiva is
essentially a web based auction management platform that allows
you to host your images for free.
They are directly associated
with ebay, which means they even cater for ebay users in terms
of providing listing templates, automatically re-optimize your
photos as you upload them (you still have to resize your photos
before uploading) and can even make your listing process easier
and faster.
Image
Optimisation Software Tools
One thing
your viewer does not like as they arrive at your auction
listing, and that is waiting for your images to download.
The problem
for you is that if it takes too long for your images to
download, chances are your potential bidder is not going to hang
around. Therefore, you are losing traffic due a simple image
technicality that could have otherwise been easily fixed from
the start.
So what
you'll need to do it to optimise your images so they load
quickly and keep your visitors satisfied.
Don't fall
into the trap of believing that the bigger your art images are
the more impact they'll have. If you really want your potential
bidder to get a close up view of your work, then take a series
of close ups and even micro shots so they'll get a good
indication of the paint texture and colour.
Note: If you are
not sure how to go about photographing
your art, then head over and read my web page that discusses
this
topic.
To begin
with, you should start by re-sizing your images.
Irfanview
is a service you may want to consider using to resize your images. I do all of my resizing and optimising
with Adobe Photoshop. I encourage you to learn
how to use Photoshop if you don't know how to already. There
is a bit of a learning curve to begin with, but it is a
fantastic tool to have in your art business toolbox.
When you are
ready to optimise your images (so they'll download quicker for your
visitors) try using Image
optimiser or ReaCompressor.
Image Hosting
Tip
When you have
resized and optimised your images and are ready to upload them
to your chosen hosting service, make sure to do some
housekeeping.
Ensure that
your files are organised (titled) and are ready to receive the
corresponding images you have ready for uploading.
That way when
you begin to upload each painting image and it’s close up
shots, you can simply upload them straight into the appropriate
file. You'll avoid having to search through all of your images trying to find "that"
photo every time time you create a new listing.
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