Joaquim is right, take the best pictures you can. Make sure everything is sharp and in focus. 2 to 4 shots are enough. Highlight the viewfinder and back in one shot, as you noted there is an issue there.
I like to use a Buy-It-Now price that is above what I expect to get for the item. This lets people grab it early if they want to pay a bit of a premium. Then, I would start the auction at 25% of fair value and use a reserve at 50% to 75% of expected sales price. This lets the Buy-It-Now option stay active until reserve price is met. Some people don't like to bid items with a reserve, but I think keeping the Buy-It-Now price in front of the bidder helps put an expected price on the item. Be accurate, but concise with your description. Your auction item will be judged by your pictures. Regards, Bob S. On 7/7/05, Joaquim Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take the best pictures you can. Try to make the item look good, not by > hiding detail but by good framing, good lighting and good color balance. > I normally shoot against a white background with +.5 exposure > compensation so the object will blend nicely into the white webpage > background. Don't put up too many pictures, one or two good ones is > normally enough. Picture resolution is 400 by 400 pixels square, keep > that in mind when you're framing. Resize / crop the pictures yourself. > Give all the detail you have, including the bad things. Aim for people's > trust and 100% positive feedback, not for maximum profit. In the long > run you'll make more money and it'll be a more pleasant experience. Ebay > is on the world wide web so please ship everywhere in the world and give > shipping costs for every country, you can get estimates at USPS web > site. Saying you don't ship to China, Indonesia (or France) doesn't get > you anywhere, all countries do bad things and it's not people's fault. > Joaquim > > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 12:36, Graywolf wrote: > > Look at some of the auctions that have gotten high bids and use them as a > > guideline. Make sure you are conservative on your descriptions. Show lots > > of "good" photos of the item. > > > > Interestingly enough your local public library probably has a book or two > > on the subject. > > > > graywolf > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > Thibouille wrote: > > > I never did that and do not really know what is important, I have no > > > experience. > > > > > > Any clue? > > > > > > ---------------------- > > > Thibouille > > > ---------------------- > > > *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ... > > > > > > > > > >
