Snipesoft Blog » Auction Advice http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog The future of e-commerce in New Zealand Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:53:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 New Help pages http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/post/45 http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/post/45#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:44:31 +0000 owen http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/?p=45 We have made some new help pages to go with the updated product / auction rule pages:

quick guide to setting up a new product:

http://snipesoft.net.nz/support/viewtopic.php?t=276

A guide to auction length and timing of auction using OMINS:
http://snipesoft.net.nz/support/viewtopic.php?t=280

The new auto adjust (advanced feature) instructions:

http://snipesoft.net.nz/support/viewtopic.php?t=279

(this shows how to create new highy dynamic buynows and $1 reserves that can will automatically adjust prices and the number of items listed based on sales or average prices)

An couple of examples of a buynow setup and a $1 reserve setup, these also contain examples of the new auto ajust features in context:
http://snipesoft.net.nz/support/viewtopic.php?t=281

We have also added a new trademe tip, The 25% Theory:
http://snipesoft.net.nz/support/viewtopic.php?t=277

]]> http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/post/45/feed 0 Bling it http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/post/30 http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/post/30#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:09:57 +0000 owen http://snipesoft.net.nz/blog/?p=30 When I was at the eBay conference a couple of weeks ago I noticed a really handy looking product, it is a application called “bling it”. What is essentially does is quite simple, it lets you remove the background from any digital photo and add either a pure white background or even better some kind of patterned background, then easily resize and add your own watermark.

Many will know the benefits of using an application such as photoshop to do this, it really makes the product look professional and more appealing and will genuinely get you better sell though and prices, I used to use photoshop to do this on my photos. However it is a bit cumbersome and time consuming.

“Bling it” seemed to be designed for one thing only, preparing photos of items for website or auction site listings. It looked very quick and quite simple to move though the steps of removing the old background adding a new one resizing and adding your own watermark, since it is designed specifically and ONLY for these tasks, I could easily see that it would take only a fraction of the time using this to prepare a photo than it would using something like photoshop.

Another benefit over photoshop or other image software is this application costs US$49.99 instead of the hundreds that photoshop charges.

There is a 14 day free trial so I recommend anyone who finds themselves taking digital photos of products for auction or website, give this a go on their trial I wish i had this when I was selling online.

you can download or buy it here: http://www.blingit.us/

It is a desktop application, however they do have a Windows and a Mac version.

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