Why Adding Pictures Makes eBay Bidders Respond Like Crazy

eBay Buyers really like pictures. In fact I would go as far to say the more pictures you include with your listings for your items the more they'll feel compelled into buying their item from you, and not from your competitors. In fact, there are hundreds of buyers who will literally abandon your auction within 5 seconds or less of arriving if they don't find a picture there waiting for them.

Ok so it takes a bit longer to put up a listing with photo's but the rewards can be massive.The use of pictures is important in ninety nine out of hundred times you use them and the higher the value of your item perceived or otherwise the more important the use of a visual image (photo) is to your success.

The most compelling reason for using photo's in your eBay and other auction listings is it makes you look like you want to be helpful to your customer. f you go to the extra effort of presenting your customer with good quality pictures they will just assume this is your highly professional way of doing business. You will come over as a professional seller and your customer will be happier doing business with you than competitors who maybe don't bother.

The use of digital photo's gives our customer the confidence they need to make a buying decision, they feel they can almost touch the item and it makes their owning it feel more more real. This is always preferable to something that they can only picture in their mind with your written description, which is all they will have to make a decision on without a photograph to illustrate your item.

If yoy want your auctions to be found quickly a photo will act like a flash light in a dark room making your listings jump out at your buyer. Most people when looking to buy anything are searching for instant gratification not hours of endless searching through poor listings. By making your listing stand out from the crowd you will make more sales and get higher prices than your lazy rivals who don't bother.

But how can you be sure you are the one that creates that killer photo, the one that land the customer every time? I have put together a few simple suggestions to help and make you the seller customers want to buy from.

If it needs more than 1 or 2 photo's to really describe your item properly don't skimp.I accept eBay will charge you for using their service for each image but this problem is easily rectified, all you need is a web hosting account which will only cost a few bucks a month and you can load as many images as you want.

I understand that the thought of adding images to your own web space has probably sent you in to a blind panic but it really is not that difficult to do. But if you are not comfortable with this you can find video's all over the net and on my blog at http://www.auctionwealthsecrets.com/auctionnews .If that still leads you cold you can usually find a college kid or even your own kids will be able to do this for a few bucks for you.

Improve your pictures.You might want to touch up or enhance your pictures, their are several free programs on the net you can find for this just search for 'image editors' in your favorite search engine.Using this type of program you will be able to adjust things like brightness and contrast to show your photo's in the best light possible. I personally use Adobe Photoshop but it is a bit complicated to use so I suggest maybe you stick to a free resource until you are ready to upgrade in your eBay business.

Improve picture quality. Get a good digital camera a 35mm film camera really will not do the job when using photo's online, and pay special attention to technique and composition when you take the photos. Don't just throw them on your bed and take photos or stand them on your kitchen table.

If you're not sure of yourself when it comes to photography, an empty, lightly coloured table against a white or nearly-white wall is always a good place to put things when you take photos of them. I personally choose to use a white or light colored sheet as a back drop but you can experiment and even be creative but avoid being too tacky as it will look terrible.

In another article I will be showing you how you can take things up another notch by using the ever popular digital video to put your listings above your competitors even more.

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