I'm really wonder whether image hosting is unlimited? I've already uploaded about 300Mb of pictures. Do I need to worry about deleting unused pictures or just forget about it and continue to use unlimited feature?
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Nope, you don't need to worry about it. I don't know how they do it but every time someone asks about this they say don't worry about deleting unused pics...
Cool. 
I don't understand how it is possiblem but for me it is ok
Thanks
I don't understand how it is possiblem but for me it is ok Thanks
Please delete you unused pictures.
We keep adding new image servers but that costs a lot of money. We also delete images we think are safe to delete. It would be better if you deleted them rather trusting us to.
We keep adding new image servers but that costs a lot of money. We also delete images we think are safe to delete. It would be better if you deleted them rather trusting us to.
Even though Auctiva says unused pics aren't a problem and there's no need to delete them, it might be nice if we would all delete unused ones anyway, so that they don't BECOME a problem in the future
I delete my images as soon as I can, after the auction is done and fb is left.
I delete my images as soon as I can, after the auction is done and fb is left.
I see. I also thought about it. Actually it takes time to delete picture but it is not so difficult as it seems. I will delete unused pictures. Thank you.
quote:Please delete you unused pictures.
Well, that's the first time I've heard that.
Why isn't this a sticky or something? Why no formal request? People have asked this many times in the past and are always told to not worry about it.
quote:We also delete images we think are safe to delete. It would be better if you deleted them rather trusting us to.
But if I delete the images that are safe for me to delete how does that keep you guys from also deleting the ones you think are safe to delete?
I say make a formal request -- maybe even send out an e-mail if it's that important -- and I bet many people will be willing to do this.
Is it possible to find somewere a statistics about the size of all hosted images that I use? Just interesting to know.
That's weird, I had the same thought today. I'm mostly curious about trying to delete photos of store listings I had running before they were downloaded to Auctiva, since thos are hosted on ebay already, and about keeping photos hosted here of new store listings, that might be listed for quite awhile. One more thing,I would like to know if the size of the photo being downloaded changes anything. I had my camera on the wrong setting and downloaded some bigger photos. Are they automatically re-sized, or will this mess with my listings?
Hi stargoddess -
We automatically resize images for your listings to 400x300 because that is the best size for online viewing. It won't 'break' templates and it is big enough for people to see. Once a buyer clicks the "supersize" images link on a listing, it will take them to a separate page that shows the original image you uploaded. If you uploaded a gigantic photo file, it might make that photo hard to see when suspersized because there might be a lot of scrolling involved, but it won't affect the size of the pics that go on the actual listing.
The only scenario where this is different is on custom templates where you can decide if you would like to have your original images placed on the templates. Since custom templates are mainly used by those who know HTML, this is usually not an issue.
Hope this answers your question -
Cara
We automatically resize images for your listings to 400x300 because that is the best size for online viewing. It won't 'break' templates and it is big enough for people to see. Once a buyer clicks the "supersize" images link on a listing, it will take them to a separate page that shows the original image you uploaded. If you uploaded a gigantic photo file, it might make that photo hard to see when suspersized because there might be a lot of scrolling involved, but it won't affect the size of the pics that go on the actual listing.
The only scenario where this is different is on custom templates where you can decide if you would like to have your original images placed on the templates. Since custom templates are mainly used by those who know HTML, this is usually not an issue.
Hope this answers your question -
Cara