Chapter 7. Power Tips for Handling Digital Auction Pictures

IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 50 About Digital Pictures and eBay

  • 51 Set Up and Take a Picture

  • 52 Use the Web to Get a Digital Picture

  • 53 Edit the Picture

  • 54 Make the Picture Web Friendly

  • 55 About Posting Pictures with eBay

  • 56 About External Picture-Hosting Services

Here’s one of the simplest rules about auctions you’ll ever come across: Pictures sell. When you include a picture in your auction, the item has a greater chance of selling—and for more money—than if no picture is included. In short, when it comes to auctions, pictures are worth more than a thousand words—they’re worth money as well.

In this chapter, you learn how to get pictures, how to prepare them for posting, how to store them before they can ...

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