How To Take The Best eBay Pictures.
One of the leading questions I get from new people and those who have been selling on eBay is “How To take The Best eBay Pictures“ One way I guess is practice. People say practice make you perfect and I guess they are right.
But I know that answer does not help people who want to get their items up on eBay. But joking aside practice will get you there.
So lets get you started on How to take the Best eBay Pictures ever.
1) Try taking your pictures in as natural light as possible. If you can take them out doors even better, but if not as close to a window as possible. Modern day lighting has a nack of turning pictures yellow. And the best time of day to get the true colours out of your pictures is mid-day.
2) The next step in How To Take The Best eBay Pictures is to use a Digital Camera. The camera does not need to be an all singing and dancing digital camera. A basic one will do as long as it has a Macro setting , and a USB or Card so that you can transfer the pictures, you are well away.
The Macro setting lets you get up close on items.
3) The third stage in How to take the best eBay Pictures is to take the item standing or lying on a plain colour back ground.
4) When you are using back ground colours try and think what colours will bring out the features in the items you are taking pictures of.
5) A hint here, if you are taking pictures of silver or mirriors think what you are wearing before you take the pictures. Reason…………………….. well it has been known for some sellers to have taken pictures of silver while wearing very little clothing up loading it to eBay, and then getting emails saying I like the undies you are wearing etc. You see silver reflects and if you do not think or check your pictures then the world might get to see you as you would not like them to see.
6) If your item has some interesting features then take some close up pictures of it. Along the same lines if it has any flaws, cracks, chips etc, then take a picture of this too so the buyer can see it.
7) Another step I teach my clients in the How to take the best eBay picture stage is if you are selling cell phones, computers etc take a picture of the ID number of the item and display this as this action protects you and the buyer.
Another question that is often asked is how many pictures do I need. My answer is enough to sell the item. If you are selling a £5.00 then one picture will do. But if you are selling a £500.00 item then a few more will be needed. and if you are selling a £5,000 then a dozen may be needed.
Now when you start to list items with a few pictures you will need to host your pictures else where as eBay charge for extra pictures and they do allow you to host them else where. this will be talked about in another blog post.
Well I hope this has helped you get a better understanding on “How To take The Best eBay Pictures“ and very soon you will be taken pictures like an ebay pro.
Happy Selling and Picture Taking
Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires
