How to Sell Holiday Snapshots on eBay

Everyone has the potential to turn their snapshots into extra cash, and you probably already have albums full of photographs from holidays you’ve taken over the years.  But have you ever considered turning your photographs into cash?  If so, you could find they’ll sell to people running restaurants and cafes, hotels and tourist offices, doctors’ and dentists’ surgeries, also home owners.  Just take a look around next time you’re in town, or on holiday, or visiting friends and relatives, and you’ll see many private and business individuals have topographical and tourist attraction views on their walls.

Marketing is very simple for this business, and eBay is the perfect place to sell these photos which can be acquired inexpensively and sold at high profit margins. 

Knowing how to properly advertise your photos on eBay can attract people wanting to decorate their homes and other premises and can turn this idea into a jackpot winner for you.

First, you want to choose photos that will sell. Obviously snapshots of cousin Eddie standing in front of a fibreglass dinosaur at the desert rest stop will not interest too many people. But good quality scenes of famous places or beautiful pictures of tranquil landscapes will attract a wide audience. Scenes from national parks such as rivers, mountains, canyons, desert, or glaciers will appeal to many, as well as monuments that are familiar or interesting, such as architecture, statues, or fountains.  Additionally, photos of a London phone booth, the Rialto Bridge in Venice, the Great Wall of China, elephants on an African plain, or a fish market in Tokyo have wide appeal also and, depending on the photo's structure, and can will make wonderful centrepieces for almost any room.

You can choose from photographs you already have, or the next time you go on vacation yu can take a few extra snapshots for stock.

The way you title your eBay listing will have the most impact on your sale. Getting your photo viewed is more than half of the battle. Thinking of key words for your title, such as ‘Venice’ or ‘Italy’ will return your listings to people searching by either word and will obviously increase visits to your product listings on eBay.

Some bidders may come to eBay looking for photos, but others may be impulse shoppers and drop by your listing out of curiosity. Luring these shoppers with key words, such as ‘China’ or ‘elephant’ may garner a bid, even if they were originally looking for a China doll or an elephant bracelet charm.

With thousands of posters and prints for sale you need to focus on maximising visitors to your eBay listings.

Make your listings different and more appealing than any from rival sellers, by telling people how your pictures can be displayed, as well as reeling out the benefits of having something really unusual to decorate their premises and catch the attention and admiration of visitors. So use descriptions like ‘just the thing to welcome your guests in the lobby of your office’, or ‘golden hues of the sun setting on the Rialto Bridge will turn the walls of your cafe or living room into Venice for your guests’. 

Next tell your bidders whether they will receive the photo framed (this will significantly affect your listing price), and if the photo will arrive rolled in a tube or flat.  They also need to know the dimensions of the photo (you may want to offer bidders their choice within a range), and you must say whether the photo is colour or black and white, gloss or matte finish. You might also consider selling photos in multi-product packs to attract buyers decorating large spaces and multiple venues.