• What is Picture Manager?
• How is Picture Manager different from other picture hosting services?
• Why is eBay producing a picture-hosting tool?
• As a seller, why should I use Picture Manager?
• How can I get Picture Manager?
• How much will it cost to use Picture Manager?
• Which Web browsers and Operating Systems does Picture Manager support?
• On which eBay sites will Picture Manager be available?
• What selling pages and tools support Picture Manager?
What is Picture Manager?
Picture Manager is eBay's new, fully integrated online picture hosting solution. With Picture Manager you can upload pictures for all of your items quickly and easily. You can organize, change and remove them without ever leaving the eBay site. Picture Manager enables you to list faster by giving you easy access to all your pictures from both the Sell Your Item form and My eBay. Once you subscribe to Picture Manager, you will no longer need to upload pictures individually for each item and can add multiple pictures to all of your listings without paying any extra fee.
How is Picture Manager different from other picture hosting services?
Picture Manager is integrated in My eBay, the Sell Your Item form, Selling Manager Pro and Stores. My eBay is your one-stop shop for managing your pictures, creating your listings and tracking your sales. In addition, when subscribing to Picture Manager you can enjoy the convenience of transferring all your pictures currently hosted by eBay Picture Services into Picture Manager with just one click.
From the Picture Manager Home in My eBay, you can quickly organize and rename your pictures, and create and manage your picture folders. Embedded directly in the Sell Your Item form, Picture Manager makes it easy to select the pictures you want to insert into your listings. Selling Manager Pro users will also find Picture Manager in their listing forms and Store users can store their logos and Store Layout pictures in Picture Manager. With Picture Manager, you can host pictures for your listings, your eBay Store, your About Me page, and the eBay discussion boards in one convenient and reliable location.
Why is eBay producing a picture-hosting tool?
eBay has created this new picture-hosting tool for the following reasons:
- To address the needs of sellers who want an affordable photo-hosting tool that is integrated into eBay and doesn't require them to leave the eBay site.
- To improve the usability and reliability of picture hosting on eBay.
- To increase the flexibility of eBay Picture Services by allowing users to host pictures at their original sizes and to use the same pictures over and over.
- To help sellers list faster and safer. Sellers can now manage and access their pictures from both My eBay and the Sell Your Item form and can watermark pictures with their User ID.
As a seller, why should I use Picture Manager?
Picture Manager can enable you to save time and money while enjoying more flexibility and security with your pictures.
Save time:
- Get a quick start with Picture Manager: transfer all of your pictures currently hosted by eBay Picture Services in Picture Manager with just one click!
- Quickly upload several pictures at a time in Picture Manager instead of waiting to upload them one by one.
- Easily access all of your pictures from the Sell Your Item form or through My eBay to list faster. Add, remove and change your pictures without ever leaving the eBay site.
Save money:
- Try Picture Manager and pay as little as $9.99 a month for 50 MB of storage space.
- Add multiple pictures to your listings for no extra picture fee! You only have to pay the monthly subscription.
- Featured and Anchor Stores sellers, take advantage of our discounted Picture Manager pricing.
Enjoy more flexibility:
- Use Picture Manager pictures with the traditional eBay layouts or with layouts you create yourself using your own HTML.
- Store your pictures at their original size or compress them to the optimal eBay size.
- Upload pictures today and use them in listings you create today, tomorrow or at any point in the future!
- Host pictures on eBay not only for your listings, but also for your About Me page, eBay Store and the eBay Boards.
Enjoy more security:
- Use Picture Manager to protect your pictures by watermarking them with your User ID.
Picture Manager is available for subscription from the Picture Manager home page. Once you are subscribed, Picture Manager appears in My eBay under Selling.
How much will it cost to use eBay Picture Manager?
Picture Manager is available via a monthly subscription for a fixed amount of storage space. Once you subscribe to Picture Manager, you can add multiple pictures to all of your listings without paying any extra picture fee. Picture Manager offers three levels of storage space:
- 50 MB for $9.99 per month
- 250 MB for $14.99 per month
- 1 GB for $24.99 per month
Your monthly subscription fee is automatically added to your eBay account and will appear on your monthly invoice.
All Store sellers receive 1MB of storage free with their Stores subscription to host their Store logo and Store layout pictures. Featured and Anchored Store sellers also can benefit from the following discounted pricing:
Premium Store Sellers
- 50 MB for $4.99 per month
- 250 MB for $9.99 per month
- 1 GB for $19.99 per month
Anchor Store Sellers
- 50 MB for Free
- 250 MB for Free
- 1 GB for Free
All sellers are still responsible for all fees that would normally be associated with listing items for sale on eBay except for individual picture fees. Other fees include Insertion, Final Value, and Optional Feature fees. Click here to learn more about
fees.
Which Web browsers and Operating Systems will Picture Manager support?
Picture Manager supports Internet Explorer 4.0 and later versions, Netscape 4.0 and later versions as well as Safari 1.0 and later versions. To use the enhanced mode, which allows you to crop and rotate images and optimizes images on your computer for faster uploads, you need to be using Internet Explorer on Windows.
On which eBay sites will Picture Manager be available?
Picture Manager will be available on all eBay sites including Motors.
What selling pages and tools support Picture Manager?
Picture Manager is currently supported on the Sell Your Item form, in Turbo Lister, in Selling Manager Pro and in My eBay.
On the Sell Your Item form, if you subscribe to Picture Manager, Picture Manager will appear by default on the "Pictures & Item Details" page where you can insert photos from Picture Manager folders into the listing. For convenience, you can also upload more pictures to the folders for use in that same listing or for future listings.
In Selling Manager Pro, the summary page displays status information about your Picture Manager subscription. You can access and view, and manage your pictures and folders. When creating and editing listing templates, you can add pictures in the same manner as individual listings in the Sell Your Item form.
My eBay provides a link to conveniently access Picture Manager to view and manage your pictures and folders.
