Rich I do self-host and have for years. The difference now is rather than eBay just linking to the image on my server, they are now copying the image to their server and re-sizing it. That's what the change is.
So, yes, now I have to put a link in the description directly to my self-hosted images so they appear full size, which I didn't have to do previously. And, of course, you're absolutely right about their not understanding or caring about the importance of sellers having good pics. The intention of my original post was to alert sellers to this, so they can make changes in their listings, if they choose. I'm sure quite a few, like me, were completely unaware of the change, since it was unnanounced. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay Sellers: Check your pictures Dave even when I did sell on fleaBay (pre-2005) I always used my own picture hosting. simply said.. I don't want anyone controlling something they don't have to including fleaBay's image representation which sucks on every level. As you well know, I include top quality images that are not pixelated. Pixelation has always been a problem at fleaBay, plus they don't want to be hosting what must amount to possibly billions of images or at least 100's of millions of them, causing them to decide what THEY will allow as opposed to what I want to show. I think it is a mistake to not self host in any case, and what's happening now is the best example of that. fleaBay doesn't understand why you need to see good pics for collectible items and shoes or refrigerators or cameras don't have the same dynamic. Any stock image serves for those items. Now you're at fleaBay's mercy in yet another area At 12:11 PM 11/10/2010, Dave Rosen wrote: Rich Speaking for myself, I never had pictures within the description area of my listings. It wasn't necessary since I could just link to the same image using the eBay picture loader's self-host option. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: Dave Rosen ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay Sellers: Check your pictures Dave I'm not sure why any sellers who can self host ever stopped putting pictures within the description area of their listings. It never made any sense to me Rich At 06:57 AM 11/10/2010, Dave Rosen wrote: While adding some listings yesterday I noticed that my self-hosted pics are turning up at half the size they should be. The reason I self-host is so I can post large images so potential customers get a better idea of the condition of the item. (eBay hosted pics are heavily compressed and near-useless.) Anyway, it turns out eBay (in its usual if-it's-fixed-break-it mode) arbitrarily went ahead and resized all the self-hosted pics to resolve what was really a non-issue (broken links to a few self-hosted images). The explanation is here (scroll down to eBay's response to complaints): http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Photos-Html/Ebay-Resizing-Self/510276245&start=0 To summarize: eBay's answer to complaints was to suggest sellers insert HTML pointing to their self-hosted images in the text of their listings. In my case, that would mean editing over 250 listings in my eBay store. For others, it will mean editing hundreds or even thousands of listings. Great solution. Just thought some of the sellers who post on here should know, since eBay never gave notice it was planning on doing this... Thanks, Dave Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
