Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?

[whateve]

Yes I used to experience pixelated photos but that was a while ago and it hasn't happened to me since. For reference I use Mac OS for desktop and iPhone and iPad. Here's my shortcut, if I can find a stock image of my item for sale, I use that. Let's face it once cleaned up even my own photo looks like stock image anyway. The second short cut is my photo showing dust bag, tags, accessories with the item always goes as photo #2, never the cover photo to avoid the problems you've been having which is getting cropped, photoshopped etc. Tradesy doesn't clean beyond the cover photo so best to save pics with your own identifiers after the cover.

I should have been more clear earlier that although I use the desktop version of Tradesy I'm still on iPhone or iPad. I typically only edit listings or create drafts on my laptop. I find it more seamless to upload photos using iPhone or iPad, for some reason photos don't sync on my laptop as quickly as I'd need them. The photos take on iPhone maintain the same size and resolution when uploaded via desktop Tradesy on iPhone.

Crazy I know of how much workaround I have to create to put up a decent listing but such is life lol. Another quirk I have to deal with is uploading pics via desktop on iPhone means I have to do one pic at a time if I want the order to appear correctly cuz guess what on iPhone I don't have the ability to move pics around with my finger!! In a nutshell I constantly juggle between app and desktop on my iPhone to finish a listing, until recently I could stay within the app from start to publish before photo sizing got messed up. Maybe things will go back to normal again, sigh... This is what happens when you have developers who are not product users, they rarely are according to my startup friends. They can code until the cows come home but I bet you anything they've never tried to search for a Coach bag or create a listing and successfully sold it. In order words they can't talk and walk in high heels at the same time.

That explains why I see so many listings with a random photo for the first. I use my desktop for everything. My photos always seem to be uploaded in a random sequence, it isn't exactly backwards, but I always have to rearrange them. On every other site, the photos appear in the same order as I upload them.

 

[AtiaOfTheJulii]

That explains why I see so many listings with a random photo for the first. I use my desktop for everything. My photos always seem to be uploaded in a random sequence, it isn't exactly backwards, but I always have to rearrange them. On every other site, the photos appear in the same order as I upload them.

I think it organizes them by file size. I always notice that the cleaner photos end up towards the end. Lol

 

[Joyjoy7]

I called Tradesy yesterday and was told they had a number of complaints about the "cleaned photos"...she also told me that they had a meeting where it was discussed the packaging or pics with boxes, logos, tags and such are no longer allowed in the cleaned photo. We went thru all my listings and my older items had nicely cleaned photos but recent additions looked very scary and so bad that no one would want to stop and look at other pictures. She agreed and said she was forwarding these poorly done images to her supervisor...we will see

 

[jmc3007]

Is anyone having problems updating items/changing prices in the app? (I just updated it) it's been like this since yesterday and I have to go to the desktop version to update. It gives me an error message on the app site.
By the way, I hate the new changes on the app!!

the app seems to be working for now. changes and updates are now saved when using app.

 

[whateve]

I haven't sold much lately. Have gotten some lowball offers though. I'm seriously considering trying eBay more (I just have inexpensive things on there now), but maybe I just need to be patient. I did sell some clothing on eBay an hour after I listed it. Tradesy sales are so relatively stress-free though.

Can you find your items if you do a search? I don't know how most people search, but when I search for specific bags, for example, I get a 1000 bags and the specific one I'm looking for is in there somewhere.

I made a sale today and the buyer said it was exactly what she was looking for. I wonder if she actually searched for it or found it randomly.

 

[AtiaOfTheJulii]

I made a sale today and the buyer said it was exactly what she was looking for. I wonder if she actually searched for it or found it randomly.

i've had more then one person tell me they found my listing by searching on google!

 

[SweetDaisy05]

I called Tradesy yesterday and was told they had a number of complaints about the "cleaned photos"...she also told me that they had a meeting where it was discussed the packaging or pics with boxes, logos, tags and such are no longer allowed in the cleaned photo. We went thru all my listings and my older items had nicely cleaned photos but recent additions looked very scary and so bad that no one would want to stop and look at other pictures. She agreed and said she was forwarding these poorly done images to her supervisor...we will see

Thanks for sharing.

I made a sale today and the buyer said it was exactly what she was looking for. I wonder if she actually searched for it or found it randomly.

Congrats!

i've had more then one person tell me they found my listing by searching on google!

I was hoping Google search would help sellers. That is incouraging news.

 

[gnourtmat]

I hate to be such a crybaby but more people have been stealing my cover photos lately. I have commented a few asking them to kindly remove the pic. I started to put a watermark with my username on it and they still post it =\ I give up. I don't want to be the pic police. I am not actively seeking for these people. I just come across them when I look at new arrivals. Why do I feel like a ***** when I'm not even in the wrong. Should I just ignore?

 

[montana_patina]

I hate to be such a crybaby but more people have been stealing my cover photos lately. I have commented a few asking them to kindly remove the pic. I started to put a watermark with my username on it and they still post it =\ I give up. I don't want to be the posh police. I am not actively seeking for these people. I just come across them when I look at new arrivals. Why do I feel like a ***** when I'm not even in the wrong. Should I just ignore?

Don't ignore it! You can report them to Tradesy as well. Go to Report this item>Image Issue>Copyright Infringement, then explain that the image is your copyrighted image and they took it!

I would be so mad if someone did this - it's happened to me on eBay. Anyway, they're showing the buyer your image while trying to sell another.

 

[gnourtmat]

Don't ignore it! You can report them to Tradesy as well. Go to Report this item>Image Issue>Copyright Infringement, then explain that the image is your copyrighted image and they took it!



I would be so mad if someone did this - it's happened to me on eBay. Anyway, they're showing the buyer your image while trying to sell another.

Ha! As I was about to send her something.. I see that it's already been removed.

 

[whateve]

I called Tradesy yesterday and was told they had a number of complaints about the "cleaned photos"...she also told me that they had a meeting where it was discussed the packaging or pics with boxes, logos, tags and such are no longer allowed in the cleaned photo. We went thru all my listings and my older items had nicely cleaned photos but recent additions looked very scary and so bad that no one would want to stop and look at other pictures. She agreed and said she was forwarding these poorly done images to her supervisor...we will see

I haven't listed anything lately that included a box but on my older listings they left the box when they cleaned up the picture. The only complaint I have is that they cropped out the price tag on some new with tags items.

For shoes especially, I like to see the box in the picture.

 

[Joyjoy7]

I haven't listed anything lately that included a box but on my older listings they left the box when they cleaned up the picture. The only complaint I have is that they cropped out the price tag on some new with tags items.

For shoes especially, I like to see the box in the picture.

I agree! I like seeing tags and such. It's so annoying but I keep deleting their cleaned pics and re-adding my original. It's like a game! And now instead of days, they are cleaning my replaced photos in a matter of hours which I promptly delete again!! It's kind of funny...🙃🙃🙃

 

[Fullcloset]

Hi guys - a couple questions - anybody else keep getting these popup messages when they login to their Tradesy account that their old listings haven't been updated in awhile and to update them? I don't need to update them - they were fine the first time I listed them but they just didn't sell. I'm not sure if Tradesy is telling me I MUST update them or what the heck is going on. Every now and then I also get a popup box asking me is this still available? I just ignore it - YES obviously it is available or I'd remove it and it isn't like I don't log in. In fact I sold a couple tiny things and still I'm getting these messages. It is like 100 items. I don't have time to update them - I'm barely able to list new stuff. I'm just afraid they're going to consider the listings expired if I keep ignoring their popups but I can't find anything about this newest new policy.

Also does anyone know what is happening with their photo cleaners? They are wrecking my product. I didn't even recognize the cover photo as being my item. I even had a book listed and you can't even tell it is a book because they zoomed in on a detail on the cover of the book and that's all you see - they "cleaned" the whole rest of the cover out including the title and author and fact that it wasn't a hat but a book about hats. It is just a plain hat sitting there naked - LOL. I don't have time to supervise and re-upload every picture.

I just feel like I'm getting lost with all these new things happening and no clue what is going on anymore.

 

[GemsBerry]

I know why they cleanse pictures and cut off boxes etc. it's because Google allows only the item on the white background to appear in their shopping search. it's done for sellers' benefits. though Tradesy CS never explained it I know it from other platforms' SEO guidelines.
IF our listings will appear in G shopping also depends on how much Tradesy monthly spends on ad search (they have bidding kind of system).

Another new thing - today I received email from Tradesy with notice of price drop for some of my favorited items. I like this idea, if we change price customers who favorited (loved) it would get the email, I only hope it won't get too spammy.

 

[whateve]

Hi guys - a couple questions - anybody else keep getting these popup messages when they login to their Tradesy account that their old listings haven't been updated in awhile and to update them? I don't need to update them - they were fine the first time I listed them but they just didn't sell. I'm not sure if Tradesy is telling me I MUST update them or what the heck is going on. Every now and then I also get a popup box asking me is this still available? I just ignore it - YES obviously it is available or I'd remove it and it isn't like I don't log in. In fact I sold a couple tiny things and still I'm getting these messages. It is like 100 items. I don't have time to update them - I'm barely able to list new stuff. I'm just afraid they're going to consider the listings expired if I keep ignoring their popups but I can't find anything about this newest new policy.

Also does anyone know what is happening with their photo cleaners? They are wrecking my product. I didn't even recognize the cover photo as being my item. I even had a book listed and you can't even tell it is a book because they zoomed in on a detail on the cover of the book and that's all you see - they "cleaned" the whole rest of the cover out including the title and author and fact that it wasn't a hat but a book about hats. It is just a plain hat sitting there naked - LOL. I don't have time to supervise and re-upload every picture.

I just feel like I'm getting lost with all these new things happening and no clue what is going on anymore.

I got those messages too. It was on every listing that had been on there 60 days or older. I clicked on them. If I recall correctly, I didn't have to actually change the listing, just confirm that it was still for sale.

That could be a real problem with the book! I haven't listed any books but a few years ago I listed a catalog on ebay - one potential buyer asked me the measurements of the purse. She thought I was selling the purse on the cover! After that, I added words to the effect that the listing was for a catalog, not for any of the items pictured in its pages.

I know why they cleanse pictures and cut off boxes etc. it's because Google allows only the item on the white background to appear in their shopping search. it's done for sellers' benefits. though Tradesy CS never explained it I know it from other platforms' SEO guidelines.
IF our listings will appear in G shopping also depends on how much Tradesy monthly spends on ad search (they have bidding kind of system).

Another new thing - today I received email from Tradesy with notice of price drop for some of my favorited items. I like this idea, if we change price customers who favorited (loved) it would get the email, I only hope it won't get too spammy.

I like this feature too. I like the idea of potential buyers seeing it on my items as well. I noticed ebay has been sending me these for a couple of weeks, even for items I looked at but didn't put on my watch list.

I didn't know that about the Google search. I've sold items on Bonanza that don't have cleaned backgrounds, and I'm pretty sure the buyers found me through a Google search.