If you sell online there will be times when a picture just does not work for your item. The best way to show off the item you are selling is to take a scan of it.
Scans work really well for paper products and some other flat objects.
Also if you sell small items like jewellery then a scanned image will work very well for this and show your item off a lot better.
Now I am going to be honest here with you it is going to take you some time, but if you put the time and effort in now, you will get good results with your auctions and buy it nows.
But remember the same goes for anything if you are selling poor items then you will either not sell items or get alow price.
But think postive we are talking paper items here and people will pay over the odds at times. The main think is when you list your items be very honest and under sell all the time, if there is a rip or small mark tell the people, never ever clean up your image.
Step 1 – get all the items you want to scan ready in a pile.
Step 2 – Go to where you store your images on your computer and create a new folder and call it scanned images.
Step 3 – Take yoor first item and place it on your scanner.
Step 4 – Scan away, once you have scanned just check it looks ok and then click save as. Now call it a name that means something to you, so that you can find it staight away when you start to list.
Step 5 – You need to save it as a jpeg file.
Step 6 – Rinse and repeat, and work your way through the items.
Step 7 – Once you have finished, everything will be ready to start listing.
Step 8 – Do it today, do not put it off, for you could be throwing money away, but not selling those small and paper items.
You will have noticed that I have not mentioned how to scan, this is because each scanner is different, if you need help pop along to http://www.youtube.com and do a search for the scanner that you use, and you will find some videos to help you along.
As for software I use Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
