EAPH isn't just another place to store and share your photos on the web. It is a system that takes an active role in assisting with the tools and information you need to successfully manage and prepare photos for use on eBay.

Avoid technical difficulties and confusion

Great for beginners. Built in safeguards and an extensive warning system protect you from problems sellers typically encounter when using their own photo hosting for eBay. You literally can not make a mistake without having ignored specific advice and warnings appearing on EAPH screens. [continued below]

Avoid problems such as your eBay pictures displaying too small, too large, with insufficient detail, or taking too long to load...

Along with gently guiding you toward better preparation of photos for use on eBay, you are given the tools by which to accomplish the job. [continued below]

Every part of the EAPH service is carefully designed to help and at the heart of that is iDriveTM, a special utility created especially for photo and web page hosting used in conjunction with eBay or other on-line venues. All EAPH features run through web browsers (Internet Explorer or FireFox, PC or MAC) so there is nothing to download or install.

EAPH's file management system via iDrive is geared to accommodate auction photos as well as permanent photos and graphics with an interface that displays important information about each file. Everything you need to know is right there including URLs and HTML image tags you may need. Access to the typical functions you would want to perform with files are also present including unique editing and optimizing tools provided with EAPH:

Because you are in control over the assignment of folder and file names you are able to create a highly efficient visual organizational system. iDrive's "All Folders List", sorted either alphabetically, oldest (files) first, or newest first, zips you straight to the folder you wish to work in:

Great for beginners, iDrive protects you from all the problems sellers typically encounter when using their own photo hosting for eBay via built in safeguards and an extensive warning system. You literally can not make a mistake without having ignored specific advice and warnings appearing on iDrive screens.

The trouble begins with the fact that most digital cameras are designed to produce high quality prints which requires tremendously more digital information (storage space) than is useful for display on computer screens. In fact, that large amount of storage space (file size) causes photos not only to take a long time to load over the Internet but also appear way too large on computer screens. EAPH hosting gently guides you toward adapting your photos so they are more appropriate for use on eBay or in web pages. You remain completely in control with the option and means by which to reduce them without sacrificing display quality.

With EAPH hosting, you are provided with a variety of options to choose among during the process of uploading (copying photos from your computer to your EAPH web space storage). A very efficient Java interface enables uploading of an entire folder of photos at once and optionally having them reduced to a choice of different sizes. With the Java Uploading method, reduced versions (if specified) are created on the fly before the photos are uploaded which greatly speeds the uploading process.

Alternatively you may choose to selectively "optimize" (convert, reduce, compress) your photos during the uploading process using EAPH's Browse Upload method. Immediately following the completion of uploading you are presented with advice regarding the photos and may individually determine which you want to be converted and/or reduced and compressed:

Important Tip: Creating multiple versions of your eBay photos fine tuned to their specific purpose greatly increases their effectiveness and display quality. The EAPH tools help with that too:

After uploading, even more options are available providing you with the opportunity to fine tune photos to your exact needs. Using the EAPH iDrive Optimize Tools you may Crop, Rotate, Mirror, Resize, Brighten, Soften, add Fuzzy or Beveled Edges, add a Copyright, and choose from 5 different levels of compression.

You may use the tools to create multiple versions of your photos designed precisely to serve specific purposes. For example, the tutorial "Self Hosting eBay Gallery Pictures" will teach you how to use iDrive tools to produce versions of your photos that appear extraordinarily well in eBay search results. Which looks more enticing to you -- the eBay Gallery Picture on the left or the one on the right?

Supposing you have a need to display photos in groups, EAPH has got you covered. Another set of tools called ''Plugins'' enable creation of Slide Shows, Click to Enlarge, and Thumbnail groups. There's also a nifty MouseOver Zoom that enables displaying a huge photo in a relatively small amount of space.

What's important and best about the Plugins is they automatically produce images with optimum quality at the sizes they are displayed.

To see a working example of each of the Plugins please visit the EAPH site Features page.