Dial Up Modem user thinking off packing in Auctiva

I just started using Auctiva and I'm on slower dial-up than you are (26.4K is my normal connection speed).

I tried Auctiva about a year and a half ago and found it really slow to use on dial-up. However since coming back this time I see many improvements which seem to make it faster on my slow dial-up.

One thing you can do that might help is to try to upload photos way before you are actually going to create your listing and try to do them in a sort of "off-season" timeframe.

I also have my description already all typed up and saved in Word Pad so all I have to do is open, copy, and paste and then do a bit of formatting.

So maybe try uploading photos when the Internet is not quite so busy. I've found that very early Sunday morning works well for me as most people are probably still asleep (I get up at 5 am)

Hi uploading pictures in bulk before constructing listings is always the best approach whether on dial up or broadband.

Similarly creating as much of your listing text offline using either an HTML editor or MS Word/Wordpad as a last resort (produces bloated HTML) and copy/pasting into the online editor will help.

The use of seller details, profiles and templates provided by Auctiva also mean common components can be easily replicated and attached to your listings once again reducing online editing time.

Even on broadband I recommend this approach to avoid internet glitches from losing all my work and I prefer to keep master copies of listing text and images backed up at home anyway.