A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words ... Lots of Pictures Are Worth Increased Sales



To get the best price, make sure that your car is looking its best. Get it detailed. You might even have it professionally painted.

Spend a bit of time and money on your listing. An online buyer has no reason to trust you, so you need to establish trust about your online car listing by providing a detailed text description and a lot of pictures to back up what you are saying. If you have a lot of pictures, you can present them in a slideshow. You can also offer to send more photos by email, although it is likely that most people will not go through the time or trouble to ask for more pictures by email. Nonetheless, you will be much better off having as many pictures as possible available on your eBay Motors posting than having just one or two photos.

Photos That You Should Include at eBay Motors

As odd as it may sound, a picture that your visitors will appreciate is of the underside of the car. Your auction visitors want to make sure there is no rust or other damage. In wintry areas such as the Midwest where salt is used on the highways, rust is a big problem. Your potential buyer is not going to want to buy a rusted out vehicle at auction, so you can increase buyer confidence by showing that the car is clean. You might want to take some photos of the fender wells while you are at it.

Put your potential buyers in the driver's seat. For example, you will want to show a picture of the dashboard, a clear image of the odometer and interior of the car from the driver's perspective and, if it's a muscle car with standard transmission, the stick shift and panel. You will want to feature other quality pictures of the interior such as the seats, floor mats, and headliner.

You will obviously need to take pictures of the outside of the car. The exterior pictures should show all four sides of the car; that is, the driver's side, the rear, the passenger side, and the front.

If there are damages or flaws to your auto's exterior or interior, it is much better to be safe than sorry. That means you should take close-up pictures of the flaws and note them in the description. By being upfront, you will not have an irate buyer later.

Be sure to clean up your engine compartment and then take pictures of it. Take the dipstick out and photograph a close up of the oil to show that is fresh and clean.

Clean up the trunk and take pictures of that, too. People like to see a spacious, clean trunk.

Finally, you might receive email queries. Be sure to answer them politely and as soon as you can. Include your phone number so people can call with questions.