Changes acomin' to eBay....

Well, July 1st is the day (as most eBay sellers already know) that the new pic requirements take effect. Gone (hopefully) will be undersized (and possibly bad) photos. However, though good in theory, in actuality this will be a major blow to eBay's bottom line, as the number of auctions and BIN's take a dramatic hit. From what I've read on eBay's community forums (and elsewhere), many high volume sellers are pulling up stakes, as meeting the new requirements will take considerable effort and time (money). Personally, I think eBay has made a major error in implementing this policy, as many sellers are having a hard time understanding and complying with new formatting. For example, I use an older camera, and even with my highest resolution settings, I can't comply. For example, this photo I took doesn't even come close to meeting the new standards:



Now a photo could be large enough to comply, but it could also be out of focus and not cropped. If you need a pic with a minimum of 500 pixels on one side (and 1600 is recommended), and the cropped photo doesn't meet this, then just leave the background in and "bingo".. you have a "good" photo. I had to switch to a scanner to image my coins to comply, and that really takes much more time and effort. So, I for one, will join the group that's "had it" (at least for now). In addition, eBay, realizing the flack that will be forthcoming, as decided to place all their forums in "read only" mode for three days, started coincidentally on July 1st (with the excuse of "upgrading the software"). I've been selling on the 'Bay since 1998, and I've seen a lot (including the three days eBay's pic server was down).. but this, my friends, takes the cake.

 

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I agree. All my photos don't make the cut. I don't know how to make the photo to regulation after cropping

 

What are the rules we have to go by now?

 

Here ya go, Dj:

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/springupdate2013/picturerequirements.html

 

This Photograph not Pass on their requirement. Although the size is short a little bit. Urgh..

 

It is possible to change any photo size by opening it in any decent image editor and changing the size (pixel dimensions). If your image is high quality but a bit small, you can manually change it to minimal required size and save the new size replacing the old image.

 

Thank You.

 

The 1954 half is what, 300x300? Here is the image 600x600, still looks great.

 

I've been reading more about this on the various eBay forums, especially the Photos/HTML forum in both the "discussion" and "answer center". From what I've deducted, eBay has opened up a can of worms that has spilled out of control. Their filters are detecting coins that are cropped with a rectangular background (as opposed to circular) as "border added"... a violation of the new guidelines. Their "software guru's" are scrambling to try and fix things... but this new policy is unfixable, and will (in my opinion), impact eBay in ways they never imagined.

 

I heard ya taxi, and I understand there's a way to comply with the new image requirements. However, for power sellers with hundreds (or thousands) of listings, the problem compounds itself. In fact, there have been some easy "fixes" developed, and may help the average seller. Here's one of them:

http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ListingPhotoSizes.htm

 

all mine failed.lol

 

The intention behind the "border" rule is so sellers don't take pictures where the "frame" says "MS67+++" in it or something similar.

 

This photo does not meat requirements. 1154x1069. what is wrong with it?

 

Well I guess I made the cut because I sold about 10 coins in May and didn't get a warning for my photo. Believe me, if I can do it, it's easy.

 

None of my photos made the cut. I decided to list a bunch last Sunday that will end tomorrow. Not sure what i'm going to do after that. I'm not a dealer, but sell a coin here and there when i upgrade.

 

I have had no problems having grossly undersized and/or out of focus picture removed for YEARS now. I have not pushed it th o the limits they are now, but my rule was if I cannot make out the date, I reported it.

BTW, I had no problems making your picture comply with the new eBay rules. Does not even look that bad at 5X!

 

Actually, when I view the enlarged image, I get 715x662, which is OK. However, when listing any photo smaller than 1600 pixels in the long direction, you get a "not optimal" warning... but you can still list. An additional problem arises for turbo-lister, as these large photos slow the system to a snails pace. The mindset is that everyone in "internet land" has the latest and greatest, and are popping out 4 meg photos left and right. Also, most "stock" photos (used in many categories) don't meet the requirements, and must be enlarged. EBay announced all of this in February of 2012, but most sellers never read the announcement or just put it aside. Watch the number of new listings drop dramatically next week.

 

It meets their "requirements", but it is not as large as suggested. Consequentially, you will get a warning when you upload it, but it should let you upload it.

 

To be technically correct, that announcement was 2013 and not 2012.

 

Yup they going to kill me. I sell sports card on ebay and to fund my silver/gold collection. With this change...I'm done.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/reign80/m.h...h=item3cd2fce790&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562