Missing photos

[lizzy6107]

I have just relisted some items from my inventory, the ones that still had pictures on them, and when I looked at them online, nearly all those listings have no pictures! I have tried the 'find photos' link, but it's no help. I am guessing my photos are gone, and I am going to have to take a thousand pictures again?? Any ideas? thanks in advance. And how to avoid this in the future please!

[kopenhagen5]

All your new listings I am looking at on this ID have pics.

Could it be it just took a while to appear ?

It can take hours before a listing appears at all in searches.

[lizzy6107]

No. the first 30 or so listings are automatic relists, they are futher down, my winter stock...

[twyngwyn]

No photos:

TS size S (18-20) tunic black grey irregular hem NWOT scribble print (3w)

CROSSROADS boho gypsy top creamy ivory NWT $50 size 14 cotton viscose (4w)

AUTOGRAPH size 20 polyester elastane beaded neckline 3/4 sl navy top NWOT (4w)

BLUE ILLUSION size S cotton modal tunic NWOT brown beige black 3/4 sl (3w)

MUUI size 6 off white / cream boho top cotton NWT 3/4 sl cold shoulder (4w)

MODA black waterfall cardigan with fixed front panel AS NEW size 20 (3w)

...and that's just the first 3 pages.....what do they have in common?

[twyngwyn]

ring eBay.....it happened to me a couple of years ago....while they were 'fiddling' in the background.

They managed to put them all back (after telling me to re-take photos) when I told them they lost them....they can find them 🙂

[lizzy6107]

they are my winter stock from my inventory, haven't been listed for some months.. wonder if pics automatically get dropped after a few months of non use?

[davewil1964]

They do from drafts at about day 30.

I've listed stuff from inventory that I imported from TL last June, and they had pictures. I have noticed that items I've put in inventory recently seem to randomly drop pics.

I never delete a picture until the item has been sold. The same with descriptions. I can recreate a listing from scratch in a minute or so. I have never trusted eBay to manage the core of my business.

[lizzy6107]

I never delete pictures either, but unfortunately, I have so many pictures, on different computers, that to find each one for the hundreds of items missing pictures that may be in my inventory, will be a nightmare, probably easier to rephotograph everything!

[davewil1964]

There you go. I only have one computer. I do manage to keep track of 6,000 pics, although I sell books, so they are easy to index.

[kopenhagen5]

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@lizzy6107 wrote:

No. the first 30 or so listings are automatic relists, they are futher down, my winter stock...

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Silly me for not scrolling down far enough.

Appears pics are back, bar one.