posted on January 16, 2001 12:29:12 AM new
i was wondering~ how do these sellers make their auctions more personalized and fancy fancy?~ they use completly different templates and counters and are able to add more script and insert fun items~ i have searched and researched to the point of delirium~ is there anyone out there willing to give some professional ebay advice? thanks a bunch!
posted on January 16, 2001 03:13:20 AM new
fourtheroad:
"how do these sellers make their auctions more personalized and fancy fancy?~ they use completly different templates and counters and are able to add more script and insert fun items"
You mean how do you add things to make your lookers hit the back button real fast? How to crash browsers with badly-written Java scripts? How to distract a lookers attention from the item you are selling to whirling gizmos? How to hide the description with text that looks like a ransom note? How to keep a listing from loading with a counter from an unreliable site?
posted on January 16, 2001 03:44:05 AM new
Come on, guys.
I almost always use HTML in my ads. I have found that it makes a BIG difference in the bids received. Formatted text, headings, fonts, justified text takes NO more time to load than plain vanilla text.
Presenting an attractive auction affects bidders on a subliminal level. It demonstrates professionalism and bidders react to that. Bidders think, "if he is conscientious about his ads, he is conscientious about his sales."
If you want to avoid slow loading pages, don't use tables. Many sellers put their entire description within a table and that does load slower, especially if there are graphics in the table.
Here's an example of an auction that loads just as quick as plain text, but uses a little formatted text to pretty it up. (The toolbar is from MyBiz.com, I didn't code that part.)
posted on January 16, 2001 04:25:47 AM new
HCQ, Hmmm.... D'ya think?
your comment reminded me of an acquaintance I haven't thought of in years. He was (or, called himself) a commercial artist. The guy was talented; funny thing though was he never (and I mean never) painted unless it was on commission. That is, he wouldn't paint unless someone paid him first. My own predilection is to be a creative, but starving, artist. No doubt I'll be famous hundreds of years from now.
posted on January 16, 2001 04:37:55 AM new
I use HTML in my ads and try to get the clearest pix possible with a fast loading time. No popups (grrr), sound, ect. popups freeze my browser.
Twinsoft, your ad loaded fast, and has a good description and the clearest picture I've seen for ipix. That's what I look for.
posted on January 16, 2001 05:09:23 AM new
Thanks, SnowyEgret. I definitely need more lighting, the picture is too dark. A couple of tips for IPix:
I resize the photo down so that it fits in the 400w x 300h requirements, that way it doesn't need to resized again by eBay. If you upload a large JPG, it's saved, then resized, then saved again, which results in loss of quality.
Also, after I've resized the photo down, I apply a little Sharpen: Unsharp Mask filter, which is recommended by Kodak to regain some of the sharpness that's lost when resizing.
I'm not sure what process IPix uses, but I upload my files as PNG. eBay converts it to JPG, so any loss of quality is on their end, I can't help that.
posted on January 16, 2001 05:57:16 AM new
twinsoft -
HTML in the interest of legibility is fantastic - lists of features, real paragrpahs, important terms bolded - it's all a great idea.
However, the original question was about "able to add more script and insert fun items" ... which means JavaScript and the associated bugs, crashes, and errors and probably REALLY FUN marquee scrolling text and whirling gizmos.
