eBay

According to the eBay policy I need to take pictures of the items I list and I cannot use the manufacturer's stock photos. My problem is that I would have to open the item and unpack it to photograph it, after which I would not be able to list it as ...

I am trying to "design" my "description box" so that I have a picture of my product in it which I have seen in many other listings, but I don't seem to be able to insert anything other than text .. not even a text box. How is this done?