Picture hosting is one way that you really can save a BUNCH of money in your listings!

If you want to put more than one picture in your auction... here's the breakdown of what it will (or would have) cost you:

eBay Picture Services Fees

Feature	Fee
First Picture	Free
Each additional Picture	$0.15
Preview Picture	Free
Picture Show	Free
Supersize Picture	$0.75
Picture Pack	$1.00 for up to 6 pictures or $1.50 for 7 to 12 pictures

 

If you use eBay's picture service... each additional picture will cost you $0.15.  If you average 4 pictures per auction that's $0.45 extra per auction you're going to have to pay.  (remember, you DO get 1 picture free.)  Say you usually run 10 auctions per week... Now, you're up to $4.50... and that's 4 weeks per month ~ that's $18.00... and if you'd do that for a year, you'd be paying a WHOPPING $216.00 per year!  No joke! 

 

The first place that I would recommend (I use them personally!) would be Photo Bucket.  They offer both FREE and PRO accounts... If you have a store, or run many auctions at the same time... I'd recommend upgrading to the PRO account so you don't run out of Bandwidth (which is how many times your pictures can be viewed per month!!). 

For free accounts - you'll get 1GB Storage Space - with an image file size of 1MB, up to 1024x768... and up to 10 images in a slideshow. A video length of 5 minutes, and a 10GB Bandwidth.

The paid account (PRO) has a 5 GB Storage Space, with an image file size of 2 MB and 2240x1680, with up to 50 images in a Slideshow. A video length of 10 minutes, and MOST Importantly - and UN-metered Bandwidth.  In addition, you'll get a 10% Print discount, FTP Support, and Premium Support. They charge $9.00 for 3 months, or $25.00 per year (30% discount)... which breaks down to about $2.00 per month.

One of the BIGGEST reasons that I promote Photo Bucket so much, is their new *tool* called FLOCK.  (You can download it after you've signed up for your new account - FLOCK is a TOTALLY FREE Tool!)  It's a new browser, where you can drag and drop your photos from your MyPicture file, to upload the entire file at one time.  If that wasn't reason enough... they have an amazing drag and drop feature where you can drag and drop *THUMBNAIL* sized pictures into your auctions (it IS compatible with Turbo Lister and eBay).  Why is that SO wonderful?  It shortens the download time of your auction... your customer will be able to see the smaller version quicker, and when clicked... they will get to see the FULL sized photo that you uploaded to Photo Bucket!

If after you set up your photobucket account... you'd like me to add your template pictures... I would be happy to do that for you (FREE of Charge - Remember... I LOVE FREE!).  I'll also modify your HTML template, so it uses your personal account!

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Another place that I would recommend is Seller Sourcebook.  They have amazing customer service, and you'll get reliable picture hosting service, with access to their templates, as well.  I have also contacted them, and they will accept my templates, for you to use there - for your own personal use... they will NOT be shared with any other user.

They're a little more expensive... but they're still MUCH less than paying eBay for extra pictures in your listings!

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