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1600 pixels for pictures at ebay
 

it is a pain in the a$$


Before I just use amazon product picture... NOw i need to take my pictures, which look less professional ...


What to do?

Start taking new photos.

http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ebay-di...tml#post454172

Read the above AND weep

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What to do? take your own pics! lol. you don't need to take Super Professional pics to get decent pics.

Wondering how this was going to effect those who drop ship everything and dont have any pictures of their own to use.

How can they determine if my pictures are stock photos or not ????

How do ebay determine anything?

By unfair and foul means.

:boink:

That was precisely my point.

Probably reports from buyers. Also if you use the stock photo from the ebay catalogue, this might also trigger the listing being removed.


Nasty new rule for "used" condition. We'll see how it goes, I don't plan on doing anything for now, except uploading a bigger main picture for my few affected listings.

No text added or any artwork to pictures is not a very smart update. This will increase amazon and bonanza sales.

watermark to advertise????

Hello!!! It's watermarked to stop the image being stolen by some thief.

Ah well, back to the drawing board.

More than one way to watermark images

:smash:

Your allowed to put a water mark they just want to clean up the pics that have advertisements of name / website all over them, which I think is good idea some of those pictures are so messy looking

For me as a buyer I get tired of seeing all the text and graphics all the way down the page.

It will help clean it up and will be better looking and easier to browse in my opinion.

The size issues and other things are going to be a pain for a bit but for me I am liking the idea of no text in the photo.

I see the text thing as a plus because many people have complained for years about the text. Maybe it will help keep buyers looking more???

I 100% agree with that Sandy

download fotosizer if you need your images larger. Does batch resizing to enlarge quickly and without hassle.

Does anyone have a link to the new rules?
I have been searching but not coming up with right thing.

1600 pixels is the size or quality of the picture??

1600 Pixel is the recommended size for the longest side of your image by ebay.

The requirement is 500 pixels on the longest side, which is pretty small and 99% of us won't have any issues with this length. Even with my camera set to it's smallest image quality, it's still 640 on the longest side.

I like watermarking my own photos or username-stamp.

If you cant take a photo, trying an artist rendering if you have time to paint and draw :FF:

Simple resizing with Paint as well is an option

I rarely buy from sellers with those listings.

Always look cheap & tacky.

Or, the item is cheap and they overcharge with shipping.

LOL.

:smash:

Warning ebay link

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformat...standards.html



Usual double-talk

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Tx for sharing this.

Appreciated.

download Irfanview its ebays best friend

Irfanview now - hmm interesting to explore

Tell us more.

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I had a stealth account reviewed because I used a stock image in Dec 2012.

They were asking to verify my identity. But the main reason, they told me, my account was flagged was because I used a stock photo. Ebay told me that they want real photos of the items because it helps prove you have the item in your possession.

After learning this, I stopped using stock photos on my stealth accounts and haven't had any problems since.

One way they can tell is they probably use technology like google image's photo matching.

Also sales were better using my photos.

Spot on there.

Looks nicer to entice the buyers. Personal touch.

Nice work.

:thumb:

Stock images are known to cause issues - vErO or not

Always prefer my own images.

Do them better than the stock ones

LOL.

:grin:

If presented a choice buyers typically favor the listing with nice non stock photos even if slightly more expensive.

All my photos were at least that size & I hardly used stock photos. The no watermarks is a pain in the #%$, but you can exif tag your photos and report photo thieves.

@Mr. Invisible

Appears it is no advertising on the watermarks. Doing a tester later today to confirm.(ebay USA)

:spy:

Too many photo thieves - thats why I do like a watermark/user name on them

Until it is confirmed, avoid the user name in case it is seen as advertising.

:boink:

Havent had that problem - only q I get on occasion is the buyer saying "Uh is the username on the actual item"?

This is annoying to be honest. Ebay & paypal this year have been doing so many strange things this year. It's just more steps closer to something BIG and call it intuition, but we all need start securing our eggs in a few other baskets if you haven't.

People love to steal very good photos.

I have caught them stealing my photo and adding a border etc to change it up a bit.

Hopefully this will stop this from happening as well.