@kawartha-ephemera wrote:
File Exchange has a photo limit of one and I believe a publicly available url location must be provided for the image. This eliminated FE as a replacement for TL in my opinion.
In the passt I have exported TL inventory in FE format ... the output was off-putting to say the least.
In order to easily create or edit listings using FE an Excel or ideally an Access database with customized data entry forms would be required imo ... all of this is beyond most users abilities including mine.
File Exchange was changed a long time ago to allow more than 1 photo. The photos must be hosted on a third party online photo hosting site.
For best help on using File Exchange, go to eBay.com USA forum called Tools & Apps. dollybeauty eBay member knows FE very well and helps daily in that forum. Also eBay member shipscript helps with File Exchange and knows it well. She has built many of her active content tools using File Exchange. Also eBay Tools Tech support monitors that forum for questions and issues on File Exchange as well as some Turbo Lister support.
File Exchange can be an effective free replacement for Turbo Lister. It takes a bit of learning to get used to it. Best way to learn is to test using a File Exchange with 1-2 listings in the eBay test listing category.
The big issue is getting a third party photo hosting site to store the photos to have the picture URLs to put into a File Exchange data file. The site is only used to hold the photos while File Exchange copies the photos to the eBay photo system used by eBay. You need a fast reliable photo hosting site because File Exchange is a batch processing system and will copy the photos in a short time period possibly stressing the third party hosting site resulting in some photos not being uploaded. Ask in the Tools & Apps forum for a list of free photo hosting sites that works with File Exchange. Not too many free photo hosting sites that allow eBay use or are fast enough for File Exchange batch processing.
