Putting Pictures in description

[shapaw]

Hello

I've added some http links to some pictures hosted on imgbox so they appear in the description to get over the 12 photo image limit  and now see there is a warning that external links are not allowed?  

Am i doing this correctly and if not how should it be done ? 

[jda12121]

There is a picture limit....so you are surprised they won't let you get past the rule????

[gatefold]

It may need to be 'secure'

https://

or maybe imgbox is not allowed....not sure....

[lacemaker3]

@shapaw, I checked your most recent listing, and it has 13 off-eBay links, which are not allowed. Those are probably your off-eBay hosted pictures. You're not allowed to have any links to off-eBay sites, which means that third-party hosted pictures are not allowed anymore.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy?id=4248

You can check individual listings here, and this app will give you help to fix the problems:

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm

You can bulk scan and fix all of your listings with this tool:

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentScanner.htm

These tools were developed and provided for our use by our own Visionary Superstar, @shipscript, the only remaining member of the eBay Hall of Fame who is still active and helping other eBay users.

[katzrul15]

I still see some Sellers using Auctiva templates with photos in the description box in addition to those allowed.

Used to be routinely done when e-Bay charged for additional pix.

We don't use Auctiva, so no help there.

Maybe post this on the technical board?  Someone will know how to fix whatever error code you are getting.

[pikabo-icu]

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@lacemaker3 wrote:

@shapaw, I checked your most recent listing, and it has 13 off-eBay links, which are not allowed. Those are probably your off-eBay hosted pictures. You're not allowed to have any links to off-eBay sites, which means that third-party hosted pictures are not allowed anymore.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy?id=4248

You can check individual listings here, and this app will give you help to fix the problems:

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm

You can bulk scan and fix all of your listings with this tool:

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentScanner.htm

These tools were developed and provided for our use by our own Visionary Superstar, @shipscript, the only remaining member of the eBay Hall of Fame who is still active and helping other eBay users.

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Yeah!!  @shipscript is a coding genius!  Helped once several years ago.. 

[lacemaker3]

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@katzrul15 wrote:

I still see some Sellers using Auctiva templates with photos in the description box in addition to those allowed.

Used to be routinely done when e-Bay charged for additional pix.

We don't use Auctiva, so no help there.

Maybe post this on the technical board?  Someone will know how to fix whatever error code you are getting.

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There used to be a list of third-party hosting sites, which were acceptable, but it's not in the Links Policy anymore. Auctiva has worked closely with eBay to provide services, they may still be acceptable.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/links-policy?id=4248

Now, there is just a list of accepted video hosting sites, and one for freight companies.

[shipscript]

@shapaw 

The images are fine, but they are clickable, and clicking leads back the hosting site.  The clickable links are not allowed and should be removed. You can use the scan tools mentioned to strip off the links and leave the images in place.

Here are your two listings:

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm?234071289194

https://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentSandbox.htm?234048690648

Scroll down to the "Filtered" tab on each of those. Copy the repaired code from the Filtered tab and paste it into the HTML view of your item description.

In the future, one way to get rid of the links is to right-click-copy the image location or image URL from the hosted photos and use that to make image code. Or, if you are only shown codes, then remove the link code (the part with the href)  and keep the image code (the part with the src), as shown below:

<a href="https://imgbox.com/ClSZs5px" target="_blank">
<img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/15/0b/ClSZs5px_o.jpg" alt="image host">
</a>

Alternatively, if you are given only codes, you can paste that code into the above tool to have the tool strip the links for you. Then paste the filtered code into your listing.

[lacemaker3]

Oh, that's how it's done!  Thanks @shipscript 

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[shipscript]

@lacemaker3 

The OP is lucky those links don't work in the actual listing. First arrival displays porn bait on the hosting site, LOL. Once a buyer arrives there, they're either lost down the rabbit hole, or they'll click the close button and never come back.

The loss of clickable link-backs are why all of the free hosting sites dried up with the Active Content policy. The only way those sites earned revenue was from site sponsors. When eBay banned links, the sites had to charge for their hosting services or simply evaporate.  The same held true for many promo galleries that used referrals for revenue.

[katzrul15]

@shipscript 

So very helpful.  Have bookmarked this.  TY so very much!

As always, your posts are so helpful.  (Even I can follow along!  lol)

[shapaw]

When I copied the links from the host site I copied html links but there was also an option to copy BCC code would this BCC code be acceptable?

[lacemaker3]

@shapaw,

That is usually abbreviated BBC, which stands for Bulletin Board Code. I don't think that will work, because BBC code varies a lot from one board to another, and eBay uses HTML not BBC anyway. They are not interchangable.

You don't want to have anything to do with a porn site. I would find another way to do it.

Just work with the Active Content tools to fix your listings. That is known to work.

[shipscript]

@shapaw 

I'm not sure what BCC code is. There is something call BB code (bulletin board) code and that won't work on eBay.

When I go to your hosting sight and am shown a slider of photos, it is possible to drag the large photo itself to a webpage.  So you may be able to drag the photo into your description editor and avoid the codes altogether. Success depends on how your browser handles the drag/drop (or perhaps copy/paste) and how it handles coding in ebay's description editor.

You can try one in an empty description, then click over to the HTML view to see how much code was created.

[shipscript]

@shapaw 

While on the site, I also checked the site's terms of service (TOS). Many free sites require the link code remain intact, otherwise violating their terms of service. There was no such requirement, so stripping the links would be the way to go.