Questions about using picURL

[ltcsells]

Hello,

I have created some upload files for File Exchange that use the picURL field.  The photos do show up in the listing when I've added them.  Couple of questions:

1) Do the photos need to remain on the server where I imported them from?  Or can I delete them after I've completed the Add?  I tested one listing -- deleted the picture files from the server and they still showed on the listing.

2) Listings that I added using the picURL field, when I tried to do a Sell Similar on that listing, the new listing has all the item specifics fine but doesn't have the photos (eBay tells me the picture files are corrupt).  The photos are still on my server but they don't carry over to new listings I create with Sell Similar.  Is this expected?  Or is there something I should be doing differently?

Thanks!

[huntfor]

@ltcsells  Thank you. Using your method do you have to go back into the listing  and edit a lot of specifics? That's what happens to me when I use File Exchange. 

[ltcsells]

If you add the fields to your CSV for your specific category, this will reduce or eliminate the need for filling in specifics.  You can download the template/fields for categories here: 

https://bulksell.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeCategorySelector 

[huntfor]

Choosing a template does not help, unfortunately, as acknowledged by other administrators here. No matter which category template I have downloaded there are missing item specifics. 

Thanks for your suggestion.