6 Quick Tips to Make Attention-Grabbing Photos on eBay

6 Quick Tips to Making Attention-Grabbing Photos on eBay

Since customers can’t see your items first-hand, it is essential to provide them with quality pictures.  Doing so lends credibility to your listing that words alone can’t come close to.

Pictures of your items should show as much detail as possible.  But it’s also important to make the pictures stand out.  This can be accomplished in a number of ways.

* Make your photos look professional.  With a little practice and the right equipment, you can take pictures that are almost as good as professional ones.  You don’t need thousands of dollars worth of camera accessories and lighting.  You can do a reasonably good job with just a run-of-the-mill digital camera and good natural light.  Simply using a solid-colored background and making sure the lighting is right can go a long way toward making your photos look more polished.

* Clarify the size of your items.  If the size of your item is an important consideration, include another item in one of the photos for easy comparison .  Common items of standard sizes, such as coins, are good for smaller items.  You could also use a ruler to show the size.

* Crop your photos so that the item takes up most of the picture space.  This makes the item more prominent, and it eliminates any distractions from the background.

* Make sure that your photos are large enough to show detail.  eBay’s standard picture service limits the size of your photos, but you can have them Supersized for an additional fee.  You could also host your photos elsewhere and make them as large as you like.  This has the added benefit of eliminating the extra cost for additional pictures.  Flickr is a great source for free photo hosting, and it’s easy to resize your photos.  They also provide copy and paste code that you can use on your eBay pages.

* Add attractive borders to your pictures.  This will make them more pleasing to look at and draw the eye to them.  Just make sure that the border isn’t too overwhelming, so that it doesn’t detract from the photo itself.

* Pay the small fee for a gallery photo.  This will put a thumbnail of your main photo with your item’s description in the search results.  Items with gallery photos get more views and bids than those without.

Your product photo can make a big difference in your auction’s outcome.  Listings with high-quality, attractive, and detailed pictures often bring in higher bids compared to the same item listed with blurry pictures with poor lighting.  You don’t have to hire a professional to take your eBay photos to make them effective.  A little attention to detail can make them everything they need to be.