A Picture is Worth a Thousands Words

An essential aspect of every eBay auction in which a physical product is sold (excluding services, information, or software) is an image file! Hardly anyone is willing to buy what they can’t see. If your competitor shows off an impressive picture of his product and you don’t, then you lose business. It’s just that simple.

To attach a picture to your eBay auctions is not that difficult and is the subject of a completely different manual, but the basics you will need are a digital camera and a way to host your picture such as an internet website or a special image hosting company. eBay has extensive help files on how to attach a picture to your auction.

The picture should be used to highlight the best aspects of your product - make sure that the lighting and the setup is correct and that you take the time to take a top-quality, gripping picture. When browsing through auctions, often the image is the first thing to attract potential customers, so the more effort you put into taking an outstanding digital picture the more profitable your business will be. In fact, if you are selling a physical product, I cannot in good conscience recommend listing it on eBay until you have a quality picture to attach to your auction. The picture sells - remember that! Learn more about taking quality pictures.

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