Online Sales

Presently under massive contruction

HOWTO:

0. Research your item to see if it is worth selling

• If the shipping cost of an item is more than the final price of an item, it is probably not worth selling on eBay due to the time it takes to properly package items of that size (a 20-lb package in a 20" cube would cost $60 or so to ship via USPS Priority Mail)

1. Take pictures of the item with the Online Sales digital camera

• Two modes: View and Picture

View mode

Picture mode

• Document/photograph any irregularities the item has (writing, dents, etc)
• Don't be afraid to take too many pictures. You can always sort and pick out the best ones later

2. Plug USB cable into camera, and turn it on in View mode

• The camera's USB port is located on its side

USB port

• Ubuntu's Import Photos prompt should pop up on the screen as soon as you turn the camera on in View mode
• Select the pictures you want to import (you can select more than one picture by holding the Ctrl key and clicking on additional pictures), and hit the Import button

3. Open the imported images in GIMP

• You can either launch GIMP from the Applications menu, or you can right-click on an image in the file browser and select Open With "GIMP Image Editor"

4. Edit images with GIMP

• Crop out any excess background (include screenshots of the tools used for cropping)
• Resize images to a maximum width of 600 pixels

5. Upload edited images to web server using gFTP

• Use the standard online sales account for images
• Make sure the server is set to llama.freegeek.org, port is set to 22, and mode is SSH2
• Navigate to the proper directory on the server, and upload the images

6. Edit the eBay template using Bluefish

• Fill in the description area with a brief statement about the item up for auction, including any issues it may have
• Insert the images you uploaded to the server using <img src="http://">
• Save your edited template under a different name

7. Submit your listing to the Online Sales Coordinator for proofreading