It SHOULD work OK. I think the pixel size gievn is the same as eBay gives for their 3rd party links rules. This would mean that any payment processor that provided picture banner links for eBay, you will be able to use the same image for eBid.
In the meantime, can we have our images back please? (minus links). I dont recall any notification to members that this new policy would be being phased in, so it seems a little unfair not giving us members any time to prepare for the changes. Furthermore, if we are to update our auctions to accomodate the changes currently in place, will further work be required when the full changes are made?Originally Posted by gazza
Like myself, many sellers auction template structure rely on images, with them removed their auction descriptions look a disjointed mess and will almost certainly have a negative effect on potential buyers. Potential customers seeing that large amounts of auctions on the site are like this is not going to leave a good impression.
At the moment *all* of my images have been removed, including pictures of the items being auctioned (with the exception of the Gallery picture). In the main the img src locations have simply been deleted, but on the few images with links (one of which simply provides a link to the Royal Mail website) has had the html tags completely removed.
As it stands, there will be less people benefitting from off-site sales, but there will be thousands of auctions that look disjoined and unprofessional, which will surely have a negative impact on sales, and ultimately, ebid's revenue.
Is there any way you can make this transition smoother for us members? Advance notice of the new policy and an implementation date would be a start.
Just tested a random selection of my items and they appear to have their images intact even though they are on my own hosting server. They were just the images though not any link that was clickable to go onto my website. What a relief!
Jean
I would suggest that this code blocking be done when the user goes to submit their listing and that they be halted if disallowed code is in the listing - It at least then tells them what they cant do instead of them finding out half an hour later that their listings have been totally messed up possibly losing them sales.
I have lost count of the listings I have browsed this evening where images are missing and mostly informative images about the product they are selling - without which drastically reducing chances of a sale for the seller involved
That's a good idea about finding out at the point when the listing is submitted rather than having all the auctions messed up later.
Its the standard for most sites when data is submitted. It is validated against certain rules and the user prompted if any of the tests fail. The user is then prompted as to what went wrong and what needs to be changed before the submission is allowed.
Considering some sellers have over a thousand listings and eBid has no offline listing tool (worth mentioning) a policy like this should have at least 3 month's notice of implementation.
Once again, this is a classic issue of the global problem that techies and admins fail to consider users with dial-up internet access that have to pay per minute for connection. Because the techies and admin's have in-house LAN based connection to the system, they forget the access problems and cost to many users that then have to sit for days on end doing emergency repairs to their listings.
Now that new members have to pay to join the service if they wish to sell, site admin must think more before implementing policies that deteriorate the rate of sales, otherwise they could be prosecuted for charging for a service that is not being supplied, in that they are reducing the ability to effectively describe the customer's product after the contract has been made and the fee paid. It's a minefield of consumer law, and one that needs more careful implementation of new policies - including sufficient notice that the customer can back out of the contract.
...... off to check the effects on my auctions
Images (though linked properly) didn't show
I've just checked my auctions and one of them had all three external images not showing anymore (they were fine when I double-checked my listing when it was first uploaded). What's more the text of my listing had also disappeared because what was left of the pics was:
<img src="
<img src="
<img src="
I saw that in the description box (following by the text) when I went to edit my auction to put the pics back in. I guess because there wasn't a > anymore it messed up the text.
Anyway, I've put the pics back in (hosted on Photobucket) and my auction listing is OK now.
http://uk.three.ebid.tv/perl/auction...0-0&mo=auction
The strange thing is that my external pics have never included an external link i.e. <a href>. I have 2 other auctions with external pics and they've been fine.
It was a shame that in this instance the text got messed as well because I take care that my listings which include external pics always make sense, even if the external pics don't show (Photobucket has a few blips sometimes).
I guess I'll check my relevant auctions at least once a day from now one to make sure any external pic are showing OK.
Fabienne.
My auctions at the mo:
http://uk.one.ebid.tv/stores/Wiltshi...ors-Vintage-CJ
bulk upload picture problem
I've followed your instructions shown above- and pasted over 150 different picture URLs into the bulk upload spreadsheet which I uploaded last night.................only to get an email a few moments ago from Ebid support which says..
Your auctions were not uploaded.
Reason : Image URL should contain no HTML
I pasted the images using the 'image' tag on photobucket.
Here's an example..
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/Val4xx/Ebid%20photos/ebay160.jpg">
Can someone tell me what i've done wrong?
Its happening all over the place.
Some clarification from the coders who actually wrote the rule would be nice as it seems like the info we are being told is like chinese whispers and is getting lost in translation - not a slurr towards gazza, it happens
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