quote:My previous auction listing tool had an image compression feature
We automatically optimize your photos when you upload them. They are compressed to a very good size for display in your listings. The only reason to compress them before uploading is to speed up your uploads. Not compressing them before uploading them won't make them any slower for your buyers since we optimize them for you automatically once they are on our site.
I checked one of your listings and the photo you uploaded was 74k bytes. We optimized that for your listing to 13k bytes. That would load in about 3 seconds on a modem. Your original file was 74k bytes. That would take about 17 seconds if the buyer clicked the supersize link to view that photo. The photo we put into the listing though would only be 3 seconds.
The template you used that looks like electricity is about 42k bytes. The first time a buyer views your listing it would take about 10 seconds. After that their computer would have the images and any further listings wouldnt take any time.
Summer is typically a slow time on eBay. Also for the past 2-3 weeks eBay has been running discounted listing fee sales and the site gets flooded with items.