How to upload more than one photo?

[Cyclops]

Hi all,

I have been an eBay buyer for some years now but am thinking about becoming a seller....I realise that eBay allows one free photo per listing and that you can pay more for additional photos/features. However, I seem to remember reading something once about how to get around this rule that didn't incur any additional costs. From memory, the method involved uploading photos to a website and then simply linking your eBay listing to the website, to allow the buyer to see the additional photos.

If this correct? If so, does anybody have any details about how to do it/which website to upload photos to, etc?

If my understanding is incorrect, then is there any other way of providing a listing with more than one photo that doesn't incur additional charges?

Many thanks in advance for any informtion.

photobucket.

upload your photo to photobucket > copy the html > paste the html into the html coding of your ebay listing > job done

wow, thanks very much six! I take it this must be a common practice that eBay tolerate?!

Don't suppose you could post a link to a bid where somebody has used this trick (so I see how it looks)?

Many TIA

no doubt ebay will find a way to stop it - thus making more money for themselves. But for now its fine.

I haven't got anything listed with extra photos at the mo so can't post a link.
If you edit your photos to a good size (I think I usually do mine 500 wide) - you can always shrink them more on the ebay description page.
Write your stuff on the display view of your description builder and then put something like XXXXXXXX where you want your photo to go. Copy the html for the photo (from photobucket) then switch the html view (in description builder) and look for the XXXXXX - paste your coding here. Switch back to design view or preview and see what it looks like.
Remember not to have your photos so big that the buyer has to fiddle around to see it all (people have very short attention spans and you don't want them clicking the back button!

give it a try and see what you think

good luck

Write your stuff on the design view of your description builder

six, many thanks for your help it will come in very useful when I eventually get round to doing some selling!!