12 Free photos on eBay--will Auctiva post them come April?

Thanks for your question.

Auctiva can't post the 12 free pictures on eBay right now, but we are already working on having that capability ready for the eBay release on March 30th.

There...I said we'll be doing this!

Great! I am SO glad to hear that!

Hi- I just KNOW I read about the 12 photos on ebay somewhere but can't find where. Can you tell us a little about this? Not sure I understand will as pictures show up in gallery, like thumbnails??

Sorry.. but I may be overlooking something on this. . thanks

If you look at this link Spring 2010 Fee Update and look in the tables under 'Store Subscriber Fees-Auction Style listings' and also under 'Fixed price Insertion Fees ' eBay states they are allowing up to 12 pictures free as part of their 'store packages'.

Ok.. hate to sound stupid.. I don't think my elevator is going all the way to top today. However, if we are getting photos through auctiva now how will this benefit us. What is auctiva adding? Sorry. .am sure I have a brain fog going?
Thanks

Good question.

The free images that eBay is offering are for store subscribers.

eBay maintains these only for the duration of the listing they are uploaded for. The Auctiva images are hosted and stay until you delete them. The same image can be uploaded to Auctiva image hosting and then used over and over across many listings.

We allow 24+ and you can supersize your Auctiva hosted images.

What we are planning to do is ALSO allow users to upload the 12 gallery images that the previous poster was referring too.

How's progress on this feature coming along? Thanks,

Laura

Hi Laura,

Thanks for asking..we have made good progress.

We are planning to do an update to the Auctiva site this week which, barring unexpected problems, will include the feature to allow uploading the 12 optional gallery images.

Just as a reminder to folks reading this thread, eBay does charge for these optional gallery images in some situations but not others, so read eBay's rules before using them.

Thanks! Sounds good! Also, I found something on the Auctiva site yesterday where users could vote thumbs up or down on various proposed features. For the life of me, I can't find it now. Could you tell me where it is? Thanks,

Laura

HI- thanks for info. auctiva. Anyone know right off who will have to pay for the gallery images and who will not? I briefly looked today and did not find what I was looking for.

IF anyone knows.. pls. let us know.. if not I will dig for it later in the week.

I remember seeing something on it awhile back.. but can't locate it right off.

Thanks if anyone knows without a lot of digging.
Vickie

If you have an eBay store, then pics are free, or if you are selling in certain categories (collectibles for sure, probably some other categories as well), then 12 pics are free for everyone.

Laura

Thanks.. I had not had time to dig yet.. so appreciate this info!!

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Originally posted by lauraslastditch:
Thanks! Sounds good! Also, I found something on the Auctiva site yesterday where users could vote thumbs up or down on various proposed features. For the life of me, I can't find it now. Could you tell me where it is? Thanks,

Laura

You can find our Feature Center by hovering your mouse over the "Home" tab, then click the Feature Center link.

quote:

Originally posted by lauraslastditch:
If you have an eBay store, then pics are free, or if you are selling in certain categories (collectibles for sure, probably some other categories as well), then 12 pics are free for everyone.

Laura

Thank you Laura!
We cannot stress enough how important it is to double-check on eBay if these gallery images are free of charge or not for you. As Laura stated, eBay store owners get those for free, as well as if you list in certain categories (Collectibles, Art, Pottery & Glass, and Antiques.)

The last thing we want is for a user to add 12 gallery images and then get billed .15/each from eBay. So if you are not sure, check with eBay: ebay hosted picture fees

For anyone who is a fanatic on double checking (called obsessive something). If you do the check ebay fees before you list it will show if you are being charged. ALSO, just as a double double check I called ebay and asked them to physically check my account to make sure. (I had a couple of other questions, but that was the main one.) Surprisingly I waited less than 1 minute for an answer.

Vickie

I think the way it's set up, where there's the $ icon near the extra gallery photo option, I doubt there will be a big problem with people using them by mistake, so that's a plus. As someone who will always be using this feature, though, it would be nice at some point if there was a way to set up account preferences so those gallery pics go on automatically when choosing the main set of pictures. For now, I'm just glad to be able to do it right on Auctiva rather than having to go into eBay to do it.

Lauraslastditch. .

Have you posted anything yet using this? I did the box and put on photos. I posted one thing yesterday and the photos did not show up on ebay? I did contact support and they are sending to engineering.. just wondering if anyone is actually checking theirs and know this is working for sure. Could be a start up glitch.. . but thought I would ask.

Thanks
Vickie

It worked for me tonight to upload the extra pictures to the gallery.
Awesome!

One suggestion - when we click the box to utilize this option, could the first 12 pictures automatically be copied to that section, not just the first picture? It is easier to remove pictures than to add them.

Thanks!

Hi just wanted to report that auctiva wrote back that it was a glitch and was fixed today.

Auctiva.. suggestion is right on target.

1. Would be nice to have it where we can click do a default where we can put this in our preferences so we do not have to click it each time (does this make sense - someone word this better) if you understand it.

2. Like Eastlaneve said, would be nice to have the pictures automatically put on.. say once you put the lst set on those show up on the bottom set so we do not have to go in twice and do the photos? Then if we have over 12 we can delete those or if we do not want same 12 we can change them ourselves.

Auctiva.. is this possible? I know. . we never let it go.

Auctiva.. I feel you did do great job of this and feel was done in record time. I do feel this is great feature that again will keep us competitive with other ebayers.

Also, auctiva.. I am noticing you seem to be hitting the boards hot and heavy lately (more than i saw for awhile). We do appreciate it.. it is nice to know you are THERE. While we know you are.. .just seeing it makes it nice and we feel we are being heard. GOOD JOB!!!

Also, I think support tickets are being answered in record time!

Thanks for all of the hard work!

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all the good information here. This sounds like an awesome new feature that will enhance sales. I have been trying to verify this on eBay for awhile and the links provided in these messages don't take me to the right place - or else my brain didn't. But all I can find on eBay is that the extra photos are $.15 each. I have searched under store picture fees, etc., but with no luck. Can anyone direct me to the exact information on eBay itself that verifies that a basic store subscriber can use this new thumbnail gallery feature below the main photo and not be charged for it for up to 12 pictures? I just don't want to start something without seeing it in print on eBay first....

Thanks so much. Wanda

Wanda, check this page: http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/subscriptions.html
The information definitely was buried on eBay.

Laura

Guess 15 cents a pop would make them WANT to bury it!!

Excellent suggestion about automatically having your 1st 12 Auctiva images be copied to the eBay gallery images section! I hope it is possible to do--makes sense to have it available. I will make sure the developer who made this feature happen (and in record time--thanks Shawn! ) reads all the suggestions.

Thank you!!!

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Originally posted by lookandbuyme:
Guess 15 cents a pop would make them WANT to bury it!!

I checked out one of your new listings using this feature--very nice! I also love how you are able to color coordinate your templates with the item you are selling. Looks great!

Rebecca. . have not checked this thread in forever.
Thanks for looking at my items. .nice of you.. suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!

I do LOVE the gallery optional feature. I wish I had time to go back and do to all of my listings with it. I also do LOVE matching the templates to clothes. People always tell me I need to get my own template made, but I can't think of a color that would work with all clothes. So I try to find nice matching ones.

Which brings us to two questions:

1. previous note where we mentioned we would LOVE having lst 12 images automatically copied in gallery images section. . .any luck on getting this.. it would be such a time saver. . and you know what they say . time is $$$$$$$$ MONEY $$$$$$$
OK SHAWN, the ball is in our court again!!

Also.

2. Would LOVE to have easy way to put this in all OLDER listings without going in and doing each one separately which is HUGE undertaking. Any way to get feature where we can check a default thing and get them on listings sort of like a bulk edit type thing? EVEN on SAVED listings, when our listings were ending, we could end them and put new ones with gallery images on there. (hope this makes sense)

Number one though would even be HUGE help.

Rebecca, you are the AUCTIVA SUPER SMARTY (live that title by the way), see what you can do and let us know if either of these may happen.

Chris, Tony, Shaun.. anyone who can answer???


Thanks sooo much.