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@okie1304 wrote:Can anyone please clarify this "fix"...I am missing something ;( My brain is fried trying to deal with 1300+ missing images...any clarification is appreciated!
This is actually a do-it-yourself version of find/replace photos for sellers who have not saved their photos and have no backups. Instead of waiting to see whether ebay will fix the problem, sellers can proactively replace them, but must hurry to do so before google caches update.
- First, scan your listings here:
http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/BulkPhotoScanner.htm - Use the "Fast Scan" option when it appears.
- When the scan completes, generate the "CSV Photo Count" report below the scan grid, which will list your items in least-number-of-photos order.
Now that you have a list of items with zero or one photo (those that are likely missing photos), you can see if Google has those images cached.
- Paste the short eBay URL into Google search.
It is formatted like:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/000000000000 - Look for the small green down arrow on the google results page that indicates there is a cached version of the listing.
- Open the cached listing and copy the photos from the largest view.
Getting those photos back into your listings is a multi-step process, which is why some have suggested opening and working in several windows at once.
- Copy each photo from eBay to a desktop folder.
- Rename each before you get the next (important because eBay photos all have the same name).
- Copy from the desktop folder back to the open listing revision.
This thread has a lot more resources and more complete explanations in multiple posts:
•just put it where people can see
•it and simplified in my eyes
Proof positive you don't work for eBay.
(very nice synopsis BTW
)
•it and simplified in my eyes
Proof positive you don't work for eBay.
(very nice synopsis BTW
)
@okie1304 wrote:Can anyone please clarify this "fix"...I am missing something ;( My brain is fried trying to deal with 1300+ missing images...any clarification is appreciated!
This is actually a do-it-yourself version of find/replace photos for sellers who have not saved their photos and have no backups. Instead of waiting to see whether ebay will fix the problem, sellers can proactively replace them, but must hurry to do so before google caches update.
- First, scan your listings here:
http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/BulkPhotoScanner.htm - Use the "Fast Scan" option when it appears.
- When the scan completes, generate the "CSV Photo Count" report below the scan grid, which will list your items in least-number-of-photos order.
Now that you have a list of items with zero or one photo (those that are likely missing photos), you can see if Google has those images cached.
- Paste the short eBay URL into Google search.
It is formatted like:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/000000000000 - Look for the small green down arrow on the google results page that indicates there is a cached version of the listing.
- Open the cached listing and copy the photos from the largest view.
Getting those photos back into your listings is a multi-step process, which is why some have suggested opening and working in several windows at once.
- Copy each photo from eBay to a desktop folder.
- Rename each before you get the next (important because eBay photos all have the same name).
- Copy from the desktop folder back to the open listing revision.
This thread has a lot more resources and more complete explanations in multiple posts:
