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I had to post a link to this guys ebay items to show how selling should be done.
When you can tear your eyes away from the fabulous goodies he has for sale just look at how he presents it. Masterly ............this is how it should be done.
Each item is carefully arranged within the picture frame to maximise the item then carefully cropped to remove every single bit of useless background. (Buyers want to inspect the item they are buying not your unkempt garden or untidy living room.
)
The item is well lit to eliminate dark areas so the every part of the item is evenly lit and clearly visable.
The background has been chosen to highlight the item not to dominate and most importantly the background is not too light in colour.
NEVER USE A WHITE BACKGROUND
Light backgrounds (eg white)confuse your camera's light sensor . The consequence of this is that the camera automatically shuts down your lens diaphram to compensate for the amount of bright areas therebye reducing the light gathering power. The result is that any dark or black items will simply end up a black featureless blob.
Your camera's sensor doesn't know you want to show the tiny black object in a sea of white background so it concentrates on the predominant colour white.
Tip , use a new towel as a backdrop for smaller items. Yellow, blue , purple, avoid very dark or very light colours particularly avoid reds which don't reproduce well on monitors.
Heres a black coloured item that I sold recently . Black items are notoriously difficult to show clearly with detail.If I tell you that I sold two of these cameras at 10pm at night within 2 hours of listing them I'm sure that you will agree the power of a good picture and pursuasive text has on selling your item.
These simple tips will ensure that you'll sell your items quickly and for the best price possible. The buyer can see exactly what he is getting , they can see the condition and what is included and what isn't .
This openess engenders trust as the buyer knows that you are not trying to hide anything and therefore gives them the confidence to buy at the highest price.
The items are attractively arranged which encourages purchase (not that cyclists need much encouragement to spend money on bike bits
)
Hope these tips will be useful
I had to post a link to this guys ebay items to show how selling should be done.
When you can tear your eyes away from the fabulous goodies he has for sale just look at how he presents it. Masterly ............this is how it should be done.
Each item is carefully arranged within the picture frame to maximise the item then carefully cropped to remove every single bit of useless background. (Buyers want to inspect the item they are buying not your unkempt garden or untidy living room.
)The item is well lit to eliminate dark areas so the every part of the item is evenly lit and clearly visable.
The background has been chosen to highlight the item not to dominate and most importantly the background is not too light in colour.
NEVER USE A WHITE BACKGROUND
Light backgrounds (eg white)confuse your camera's light sensor . The consequence of this is that the camera automatically shuts down your lens diaphram to compensate for the amount of bright areas therebye reducing the light gathering power. The result is that any dark or black items will simply end up a black featureless blob.
Your camera's sensor doesn't know you want to show the tiny black object in a sea of white background so it concentrates on the predominant colour white.
Tip , use a new towel as a backdrop for smaller items. Yellow, blue , purple, avoid very dark or very light colours particularly avoid reds which don't reproduce well on monitors.
Heres a black coloured item that I sold recently . Black items are notoriously difficult to show clearly with detail.If I tell you that I sold two of these cameras at 10pm at night within 2 hours of listing them I'm sure that you will agree the power of a good picture and pursuasive text has on selling your item.
These simple tips will ensure that you'll sell your items quickly and for the best price possible. The buyer can see exactly what he is getting , they can see the condition and what is included and what isn't .
This openess engenders trust as the buyer knows that you are not trying to hide anything and therefore gives them the confidence to buy at the highest price.
The items are attractively arranged which encourages purchase (not that cyclists need much encouragement to spend money on bike bits
)Hope these tips will be useful
