Key to selling on eBay: Take good photos

Have you sold anything on eBay before? I am selling some cameras and lenses and will replace them with a new Nikon D4.

If you are wanting to sell your stuff on eBay I recommend buying a lighting tent.  You can then take this outside and use the sunshine as your main light and the tent will do the rest.

This is the primary photo for my eBay sell for my Nikon D3.  I am selling this one first and then will sell another D3 once I have my new Nikon D4. The price is $2,500.

eBay recommends that you post many photos of your product so the buyers can get a good look before purchasing it.  There are two things the tent lighting will help you with the sale.  First it helps you to be totally transparent in the sale.  You are showing the product in the best possible light so that everything is viewable--even the flaws.

Here is how it appears on eBay.  Check it out

I made a couple more photos to help sell the camera.

Second, the more photos you use the less verbiage is necessary to tell everyone all they are getting. However, please be sure and list those things in the text that someone will search eBay.  If you have the manual and original box this will help you up your price.

I am trying to show all sides of the camera hoping this will improve my selling of it.

Now as you can see in the photo of the setup I have here in my basement office I am using strobes in addition to the tent to help with lighting.  Using the flashes will improve your color and believe me when you are selling something online the better the color the more likely a sell.

So many folks just use the manufacturer's photos and because they are this will make some buyers a little cautious. They want to see the product you are selling and not a brand new one from a catalog.

This is my setup for photographing the camera and lenses.  Nice very even lighting.  We call this tent lighting where you are wrapping the object with light. B&H Tent Light

What are other tips to selling on eBay?  Please put those tips in the comments below so others can learn from the community. 

This is one of two 24-120mm Nikon zooms I am selling. 

This is the second 24-120mm lens I am selling.