I've been away from this for too long. I've been looking around in the pricing and help sections, but am not certain:
Does the "pay as you go plan" include free picture hosting? If so, how much storage space is included?
I don't plan to be a power seller, just to list a few items from time to time. So, a montly plan wouldn't be the best for me unless I jumped in and out of it often.
Whatever you happen to pay for your Sales Manager tools count as a credit toward whichever image hosting plan/volume you have setup currently. Typically this means that you wouldn't have to pay for images, unless you were hosting a lot more images that you were actually using in your ads.
You can simply toggle the image hosting service on and off as needed to avoid any charges when not in use.
Under your current Sales Manager plan, you will not be charged any service fees unless you use the Sales Manager service.
If you would like to retain your account and not be charged additionally for image hosting during periods of non-usage, you can do this by deleting all of your images (be sure to empty the Recycle Bin) and then discontinuing your Image Hosting plan during months when you aren't listing. You may disable your Image Hosting plan at any time by taking the following steps:
1. Go to My Account -> My Service Plans.
2. Click the "see other plans" link next Image Hosting, and scroll to the bottom of the page. Click the "discontinue.." link.