Free Ebay pictures.

ormandh

Well, starting on the 18th of this month you can post up to 12 pictures per auction in the antique, collectibles, etc... They know they have to do something. This is actually the first proactive thing that ebay has done to encourage better auctions. -Dan

1960NYGiants

Now if they would only stop the Chinese fakes.

adamlaneus

And this addresses seller problems how?

Everyone already knows how to put multiple large images into an eBay listing for free. Or they should know. Host the image yourself and use HTML image tags to show it.

ormandh

No, basically I am saying that most sellers are cheap and will not spend the extra money for the upgrades. I am not going to defend ebay or argue the fact that people do not like it, but you have to admit that it is a step in the right direction.

spoon

It is a good step for them to take. And, frankly, I'm surprised it took them this long into the age of Web 2.0, cloud computing, etc to offer it.

Still, if they want to boost confidence there are a bunch of simpler, more obvious steps to be taken.

One that I would do just for the sake of cleaning up the brand in a purely cosmetic sense would be to install filters on allowable text. The same sort of script that keeps us from seeing curse words on this forum could be used to keep "LQQK" and other such nonsense out of titles. I also really think terms like "rare" shouldn't be allowed in titles. Again, purely cosmetic, but from a branding perspective it will make things at least seem more respectable, more trustworthy.

Gazza

And they should have a special section for all the coin cufflinks and birthday date stuff that can only be accessed if you know the special password