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Though, I’m still a bit confused as to what the final outcome looks like, ie: what would the ad look like doing it the above method, as opposed to writing in the html code for the link, as outlined by some other posters.
<snip It will look like the auction below. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6810198563 7 pictures , but not paying for any . 1 free ebay one upgraded to 15p gallery . It does improve the final price too , if you spend time describing all the items .
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My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Yes. But, adding a few simple HTML tags can make the text look much nicer as well. Ed
But you cannot avoid the gallery fee. All you can do is avoid the multiple picture fee. A
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Yes. But, adding a few simple HTML tags can make the text look much nicer as well. Ed But you cannot avoid the gallery fee. All you can do is avoid the multiple picture fee. I never use gallery pictures. Interesting. I never bother looking at items that *don’t* display gallery pictures.
The OP mentioned "gallery" so I thought he might be confused about where his self-hosted picture might show up. A
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I never use gallery pictures.
I never wash elephants.
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I never use gallery pictures. I never wash elephants.
You pay for posting gallery pictures. You get paid for washing elephants.
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I never use gallery pictures. I never wash elephants. You pay for posting gallery pictures. You get paid for washing elephants.
if he never washes elephants, how does he get paid for washing them? please tell me, cos i’d love to learn how to make money without actually doing any work. david — http://tinyurl.com/cq76v (ebay sales) http://www.cafepress.com/derbarbier http://shops.half.ebay.com/derbarbier
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I never use gallery pictures. I never wash elephants. You pay for posting gallery pictures. You get paid for washing elephants. if he never washes elephants, how does he get paid for washing them? please tell me, cos i’d love to learn how to make money without actually doing any work.
Just having fun.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Yes. But, adding a few simple HTML tags can make the text look much nicer as well. Ed But you cannot avoid the gallery fee. All you can do is avoid the multiple picture fee. I never use gallery pictures.
Interesting. I never bother looking at items that *don’t* display gallery pictures. — Ty Who is mostly just a slightly skewed Donna Reed "I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God; you just rejected him from your city. And don’t wonder why he hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for his help because he might not be there." ~~ Pat Robertson "The 700 Club"
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Hi again. I did try Rob’s method, and strangely, though it seemed to work initially, ie, I could see the extra web hosted pic I put in underneath my gallery shot/initial free shot for the first few times I revisited my ad, now the web pic is showing as a little closed red X or multicoloured symbol in the upper left hand corner and there is no picture. Is this a function of a bad webhost, or something else I should have done when composing the eBay ad?
What web host are you using? Some of them (like Geocities) do not allow third party links. A
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi again. I did try Rob’s method, and strangely, though it seemed to work initially, ie, I could see the extra web hosted pic I put in underneath my gallery shot/initial free shot for the first few times I revisited my ad, now the web pic is showing as a little closed red X or multicoloured symbol in the upper left hand corner and there is no picture. Is this a function of a bad webhost, or something else I should have done when composing the eBay ad? What web host are you using? Some of them (like Geocities) do not allow third party links. A
I’m using Roger’s Yahoo Picture Album/Hosting. Has anyone else used Yahoo to host their eBay pictures successfully?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi again. I did try Rob’s method, and strangely, though it seemed to work initially, ie, I could see the extra web hosted pic I put in underneath my gallery shot/initial free shot for the first few times I revisited my ad, now the web pic is showing as a little closed red X or multicoloured symbol in the upper left hand corner and there is no picture. Is this a function of a bad webhost, or something else I should have done when composing the eBay ad? What web host are you using? Some of them (like Geocities) do not allow third party links. A I’m using Roger’s Yahoo Picture Album/Hosting. Has anyone else used Yahoo to host their eBay pictures successfully?
I’m pretty sure Yahoo is one of those places that won’t let you do that. Try www.photobucket.com . A
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7 pictures , but not paying for any . 1 free ebay one upgraded to 15p gallery .
You don’t even have to upload one to ebay to get gallery to work. One of the tabs for the picture options is "Your web hosting" and there is the option under there to enter an url where the picture you want for the gallery is.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi again. I did try Rob’s method, and strangely, though it seemed to work initially, ie, I could see the extra web hosted pic I put in underneath my gallery shot/initial free shot for the first few times I revisited my ad, now the web pic is showing as a little closed red X or multicoloured symbol in the upper left hand corner and there is no picture. Is this a function of a bad webhost, or something else I should have done when composing the eBay ad? What web host are you using? Some of them (like Geocities) do not allow third party links. A I’m using Roger’s Yahoo Picture Album/Hosting. Has anyone else used Yahoo to host their eBay pictures successfully? I’m pretty sure Yahoo is one of those places that won’t let you do that. Try www.photobucket.com .
Thanks for the info Angrie. It turns out, you were right. I emailed the Rogers Yahoo Geocities help address last night and they got back to me today saying that they don’t allow 3rd party links to their photo album/webspace pages. I don’t know why, though. If it’s your webspace to use, why can’t that include links to sites that are important to clients, like eBay. Seems kind of mean spirited. Anyway, I had heard of Photobucket before, and after checking out the feedback on the n. groups about them, I signed up and have already posted one photo. Though, I guess since the Gallery fee is set, and most people use it, the only real savings to be had by hosting these photos offsite of eBay is if you’re really going to load your ad with photos. As far as I know, it’s still 15 cents US for each additional photo. I think if I was only including one extra photo and only had a few listings, I wouldn’t bother with hosting the photo. But if I had a pile of listings with multiple photos, I’m sure it would be quite worth while, though, Photobucket has a monthly size limit, I understand.
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7 pictures , but not paying for any . 1 free ebay one upgraded to 15p gallery . You don’t even have to upload one to ebay to get gallery to work. One of the tabs for the picture options is "Your web hosting" and there is the option under there to enter an url where the picture you want for the gallery is.
But you have to pay .35 cents for it to show up on the search page – that’s what gallery does. If you check the "Gallery" box, you’re paying .35, in addition to your listing fee. If you don’t check it, your photo does not appear on the search results page. It will still show up on your page though. A
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Yes. But, adding a few simple HTML tags can make the text look much nicer as well. Ed But you cannot avoid the gallery fee. All you can do is avoid the multiple picture fee.
I never use gallery pictures.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input. It’s not as complicated as that. You picture is already converted into html format when you upload. So , 1. Upload your picture to your webspace . If it shows all your pictures as thumbnails , click on the thumbnail you want to enlarge it to full screen in internet explorer . Like below for instance . i.e. Lets pretend this was your picture http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/themonster23/ladron.jpg Then you simply right click on the picture and select copy . Then bring up your Ebay listing you are writing Then simply paste that picture you have copied into the Ebay item description as you are writing it , without having to swap text to html . That works for me , anyway . I’ve never had to write any links , I just copy / paste .
Hi again. I did try Rob’s method, and strangely, though it seemed to work initially, ie, I could see the extra web hosted pic I put in underneath my gallery shot/initial free shot for the first few times I revisited my ad, now the web pic is showing as a little closed red X or multicoloured symbol in the upper left hand corner and there is no picture. Is this a function of a bad webhost, or something else I should have done when composing the eBay ad?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input. It’s not as complicated as that. You picture is already converted into html format when you upload. So , 1. Upload your picture to your webspace . If it shows all your pictures as thumbnails , click on the thumbnail you want to enlarge it to full screen in internet explorer . Like below for instance . i.e. Lets pretend this was your picture http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/themonster23/ladron.jpg Then you simply right click on the picture and select copy . Then bring up your Ebay listing you are writing Then simply paste that picture you have copied into the Ebay item description as you are writing it , without having to swap text to html . That works for me , anyway . I’ve never had to write any links , I just copy / paste .
Thanks for the information Rob, and from all others who answered. Though, I’m still a bit confused as to what the final outcome looks like, ie: what would the ad look like doing it the above method, as opposed to writing in the html code for the link, as outlined by some other posters. That is, when the person clicks on your Gallery Icon, or Camera Icon, what do they then see, apart from your one free eBay picture. Do they see your text, and then automatically the extra photos from your webspace, or do they see a highlighted link which they have to click on to see the other photos? I’m not keen on a link that has to be clicked on, simply because it’s extra work for the viewer, and might slow things down. I have used the cut and paste method for links when posting to a local buysell newsgroup which took them to my webspace and to prepared albums with photos of items for sale, however, again, that required clicking on the link to start with (though, most people seem to like that in a local buysell newsgroup, I’m thinking those on eBay would not). Also, others mentioned that you simply put the html code in the body of the text for your photos link, however, is that done the same way you start in on the basic eBay ad as if using only text? I’m wondering if I have to chose a separate form to start with that lets you place the code in it at a designated place. Perhaps I’m just making this more complicated than is needed. Maybe I should just try a dummy ad to see what happens, and then cancel it? Thanks again
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I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input.
<img src = "http:url/pcname.ext" Beteeen the "marks you put the name of your web sopace like – <imh src = "http:members.home.com/pictname.ext" EXT = extender, as in .jpg, gif, etc.. CASE is inportant. If it’s .JPG. .jpg will not work. For more information: http://www.web-nation.com/lessons/html-pri.htm
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I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input.
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I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input.
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My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url.
Yes. But, adding a few simple HTML tags can make the text look much nicer as well. Ed
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I’m very new to eBay and have been using their plain text and basic photo hosting, but I am curious as to how to add a link to the free webspace which I now have and which I can use to place photos there. I do like the plain text that eBay provides when you write your basic ad, however, I don’t like the increased Gallery fee, so I was hoping to offset this by hosting the rest of the photos on my webspace. My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url. Or do you have to do the whole eBay ad (written description, etc.) in html (something I didn’t want to do.) Thanks for any input.
It’s not as complicated as that. You picture is already converted into html format when you upload. So , 1. Upload your picture to your webspace . If it shows all your pictures as thumbnails , click on the thumbnail you want to enlarge it to full screen in internet explorer . Like below for instance . i.e. Lets pretend this was your picture http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/themonster23/ladron.jpg Then you simply right click on the picture and select copy . Then bring up your Ebay listing you are writing Then simply paste that picture you have copied into the Ebay item description as you are writing it , without having to swap text to html . That works for me , anyway . I’ve never had to write any links , I just copy / paste .
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(…)My main question is, can you keep using the plain text and then just add the one line of html code needed for the webspace photo link/url.
<img src="URL" alt="TEXT" URL = the URL on your webspace. Example: "http://www.mywebspace.com/images/photo.jpg" TEXT = Alternative text Example: "Top View" Rainer — Munnin – Ultrafast eBay-Browser with many features! http://www.munnin.com
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has learnt one small but invaluable lesson. You are not allowed to surcharge people for using PayPal! But, now I will keep this simple: When is a surcharge, NOT a surcharge? Answer: when you clearly call it a "Handling Fee", this small "Handling Fee" should be factored in to either the item price or the Post and Packing charge! Only one problem though, this has to be added to all items and not just PayPal! Best Wishes, Gaz. 