Can Someone Help With An Ebay Question?

[VTAndrea]

I haven't sold on ebay in several years, and now they've got new strict guidelines on photo size. I spent 2 days photographing marbles I want to put up for bid and NONE of them meet their requirements! I changed the image size on my camera, going up to the very largest, and also tried resizing them using Photobucket, all to no avail. What a waste of 2 days. @!#@!$!!

I wanted to use their free listing offer, which ends tomorrow. So if any of you can help, please reply quick! Thanks in advance.

[Killermarbles]

Ya it's a royal pain to list something if you have not listed in a while.

I would Ask Zaboo

She knows all things. Lol

[zaboo]

lol, the size has to be over 500 pixels. at least that's the story I get. I always make the gallery picture about 650 and it always go thru. Hope this helps. :-)

[machinemades]

Hi Andrea,

Adjust your camera settings to highest pixels for high resolution, which will give you large enough picture even if you crop it.

Hope this helps

Sami

[VTAndrea]

Sami, that's exactly what I've done. I've got to get back to the drawing board.....I think my Previewer has a way to resize. My thought was that perhaps this is ebay's way to deal with too many people trying to place listings with the free offer?

[machinemades]

Andrea, eBay has this rule for a long time now. Good pictures are they bread and butter because it brings higher value for items. There should be some guidelines how to prepare your pictures buried somewhere in the sellers section.

Sami

[Al Oregon]

Good info. I have not sold on eBay in a few years and will be starting after the first of the year to sell some of my duplicate packaging (bags, etc.) and some corks, etc.

[MC Marbles]

I use a free downloadable photo program called GIMP

[BobBlock]

I also use Gimp. The learning curve is a little steep, but it does most of what Photoshop can. However, be aware that I have seen the analogy that using Gimp to process your images instead of Photoshop, is like using emery cloth to brush your teeth instead of a toothbrush. It gets the job done, but it's painful to do.

[VTAndrea]

Thanks for all the comments. I increased the image size on my camera to a high quality setting, then after reshooting everything, resized the photos on my Previewer. Next time I'm ready to shoot more pics, I'm going to learn how to use my husband's camera which has a much higher resolution. Good to know about Gimp. Think I'll pass on that.

[wediscount2]

Keep each of your pictures between 800KB and 1Megabyte and your pictures should be just fine. Ronnie