Chapter 20. Power Tips for Handling Digital Auction Pictures

IN THIS CHAPTER:

138 About Digital Pictures and eBay

139 Set Up and Take a Picture

140 Use the Web to Get a Digital Picture

141 Edit the Picture

142 Make the Picture Web Friendly

143 About Posting Pictures with the eBay Picture Service

144 About Using External Hosting for Your eBay Auction Pictures

Here's one of the simplest rules about auctions you'll ever come across: Pictures sell. When you include a picture in your auction, the item has a greater chance of sellingand for more moneythan if no picture is included. In short, when it comes to auctions, pictures are worth more than a thousand wordsthey're worth money as well.

In this chapter, you learn how to get pictures, how to prepare them for posting, how to store them before they can be posted, and how to include them in your auction listing.