quote:Is there a way to send a listing to Ebay and then once there, revise the listing and switch the pics to ones hosted elsewhere?
Sure--I do it often. It's simple, but yes, painfully tedious to upload to another site, get HTML the copy & paste & try to get them placed where you want within the listing, but...here's how....
once you've uploaded to a host, get familiar with whatever method they use to "creat HTML" as you'll need the string of HTML with the photo location; it starts with <img src> or some such gibberish, NOW,
have the picture host window open and an eBay window open so you can flip between them alternately and...
On eBay,
go to REVISE YOUR LISTING,
go to the DESCRIPTION,
go to the HTML tab & click it
when you see the gibberish, it's your auction in HTML gibberish, so try to weed through it and find a good spot to plunk the <img src...> string that you have copied from your host.
That's IT! Then you can PREVIEW or just click the tab to the left of the HTML button on the page you're on to see what it looks like!
The thing I love about this is that you can drag & drop those pix ANYWHERE in your auction! I like to stick one in every paragraph sometimes & it's really simple! (with Photobucket anyway). Also, Photobucket has new "gallery" type features and they have a generous free storage space--it's free up to a certain amount of bandwidth--that is, it doesn't matter how many pictures you have, but how often they get clicked & used. I've never reached my bandwidth limit, but I am a rather small operation. Still, worth a try & VERY reliable!
Oh, and the header & gallery pictures can be uploaded directly from your computer or you can also paste the HTML string that starts with "http://" on the eBAY page "Edit Pictures & Details" - I think it's the tab called ADVANCE PHOTO SERVICES to load directly from your computer or "your own photo host" to use the http string.
Good luck!