posted on June 29, 2004 09:30:20 AM new
I have been selling on ebay 4 years. sometimes I take phots first, then do descriptions, Lately I have been doing descriptions first then taking photos. Yesterday I found myself doing a listing then the photo, I could not believe how time consuming that was. Does anyone find that a particular routine works for them? Please share.
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posted on June 29, 2004 09:38:25 AM new
I scan the books first, then upload the photos to Sparedollar.
Then I write my descriptions and post the auction. I have a template on my computer that I use & just plug in the new info for each book.
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posted on June 29, 2004 09:41:31 AM new
I take photos until I get bored with it, edit photos until I get bored, upload and write descriptions until I get bored and then repeat the whole circle until I have listed all that I plan on listing at that time.
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posted on June 29, 2004 11:48:25 AM new
I generally do what fenix does. I take pics first, and edit to make sure that they are completely ready when I get to the description process. I go ahead and upload before writing the listing. No distractions then while composing and picking various options.
I generally do anywhere from five to fifteen at a time, then cycle through again. Once in a while I will take more pics at a time, but it gets so tedious to do one thing for too long.
posted on June 29, 2004 04:15:14 PM new
I do what Meadowlark does but during this time, I let the dogs out, let the dogs in, let the dogs out and back in again. One squirrel in the yard and out they go again. Keeps me from being bored anyway
posted on June 29, 2004 05:55:02 PM new
I use SMPro so I do a floppy full of photos - name them all and then list the good stuff and just upload the rest.
Then when I get tried of refreshing the old stuff I list it and pray that I still have it and have not donated it last week???
Not a good plan but it works for me. lol
posted on June 29, 2004 06:04:55 PM new
Pictures first, then descriptions.
Mainly because it's the pictures that can be an unknown factor, whereas the descriptions are pretty much just a matter of typing them up. After five years the descriptions have gotten pretty simple to do.
posted on June 29, 2004 06:50:06 PM new
I scan during my favorite programs time. So I watch while I scan. Then I crop and fix the pictures one listing at a time. This way, I always have pictures scanned for uploading and listing.
posted on June 29, 2004 08:57:36 PM new
I do what Bunni does only I use Vendio..the new "mass folder upload" of images is a real timesaver!
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posted on June 29, 2004 10:42:50 PM new
Hmmm
First I clean it, tidy if necessary.
Then I measure it.
Then I shoot, because I want to hit all the pix I need.
Then edit, label, upload to host then do descriptions, test them in a browser, line them up in a folder, then load them.
I can spend all week doing the "factory stuff" then junk a bunch up on sunday or whatever...although this sunday I was getting back on a roll, and I realized everyone would be lounging on a sunny deck waiting for their hot dog to barbeque..so I listed a couple ten day auctions. Hoping the horse show folk will be browsing during the week, and not sweating a sunday close.
Oh I am so Damon Runyan-ing my auction viewers toooo much!
posted on June 29, 2004 11:19:09 PM new
First, I steal 8 or 10 pictures from other sellers. Then I upload them to Vendio. Then I steal 8 or 10 descriptions and copy and paste them into a file. Then I list the auctions and wait for the money to roll in. Sure wish some of these sellers would invest in a decent camera and take better pictures. I could probably get a lot more bids. Also, if some of these sellers could learn to spell correctly, I would spend a lot less time having to edit the descriptions.
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