Photos after listing on ebay ?

balabooberlies

Hello, am just about to try my first listings on ebay but cannot get photos right with the lighting I have at home so need daylight.  Silly, I know but have left it to last minute to take up an offer.

Can I list tonight and then add photos tomorrow ?

thank you

bala

steviebabes

I think you will need at least one photo to list. Just get the best you can inside and edit tomorrow with some good pics.

balabooberlies

Thank you steviebabes

bala

Carrot007

Why list before good pictures and leave yourself open to SNAD? Which IMO would be completely reasonable for someone who had bought before the pictures to do.

Belenus

Years ago when I was a regular seller I used to use the below picture as a place holder until I could take and add proper pictures.



That is a jpg picture and not text.

fenwick458

unless you have a really really good reason for having to get the listing live tonight (eg, to make use of a free listing offer), just do what you can tonight and save as a draft, then tomorrow in the daylight go to drafts, add the pics and make it live

balabooberlies

Thank you all

bala

tempus_fugit

Belenus said:

Years ago when I was a regular seller I used to use the below picture as a place holder until I could take and add proper pictures.



That is a jpg picture and not text.

If I were ever browsing eBay for something and I came across a listing like that I would go straight past it and not even consider it. It frankly looks very bad and I would have thought that it would be very dangerous indeed to bid on something with no image(s), and what's the point of the item being up if it's not really available to be bid for?

Spoonie_Turtle

tempus_fugit said:

Belenus said:

Years ago when I was a regular seller I used to use the below picture as a place holder until I could take and add proper pictures.



That is a jpg picture and not text.

If I were ever browsing eBay for something and I came across a listing like that I would go straight past it and not even consider it. It frankly looks very bad and I would have thought that it would be very dangerous indeed to bid on something with no image(s), and what's the point of the item being up if it's not really available to be bid for?

I imagine the goal of that would be to then replace it ASAP after initially listing - but I don't think you can actually remove photos posted at the time of listing (though I could be wrong) and if this stayed as the main picture, I too would just scroll straight past.

Ms_Chocaholic

Spoonie_Turtle said:

tempus_fugit said:

Belenus said:

Years ago when I was a regular seller I used to use the below picture as a place holder until I could take and add proper pictures.



That is a jpg picture and not text.

If I were ever browsing eBay for something and I came across a listing like that I would go straight past it and not even consider it. It frankly looks very bad and I would have thought that it would be very dangerous indeed to bid on something with no image(s), and what's the point of the item being up if it's not really available to be bid for?

I imagine the goal of that would be to then replace it ASAP after initially listing - but I don't think you can actually remove photos posted at the time of listing (though I could be wrong) and if this stayed as the main picture, I too would just scroll straight past.

Yes you can remove pictures from a live listing, unsure whether you can do so though on an auction listing with a bid.

forgotmyname

People are now reporting sales with no picture of the actual item. Not sure whether they are actioned on but I do
know they get reported.