A lot of you have asked for it, and I’ve finally gotten around to adding it. You can now upload your images directly from your hard drive to the HC server. I’ve been testing it this afternoon and it makes stocking a heckuva lot easier.
Here’s how it works: first you create your item listing (just leave the images at the defaults at first). Then, once the listing is created, you click to edit it. There will be a new link underneath where the images are entered called “Upload images directly to server.” Clicking that link will take you to a page that will allow you to browse your hard drive, click the files you’d like to upload, and send them to the server. They’ll automatically be resized so that the thumbnail is 100 pixels wide, and the product images are a max of 512 wide or 750 high (whichever is larger). Once those are set, you return back to your listing where the image paths are already filled in for you. Then you enter the information for the listing as you normally do and voila! the images are in your listing.
As of now, only jpg files are supported. I’m hoping that’s what most of you use anyway. If there’s a need, I can see what I need to do to allow gifs.
You can still enter full url paths to images hosted in other locations if you want. That part works exactly as before.
This service is completely optional and costs $2.50 extra per month for single storefronts, $12.50 per month for congos. If you’d like to try it out, just send me an email with your request and your business name. I’ll get you set up. If your account is paid up, you’ll be able to use the service for the rest of your paid time at no cost (1 month max). After that, the new charges kick in unless you email me and ask me to downgrade your service (you can do that at anytime, but as usual, I can’t prorate payments that have already been made).
Thanks everyone!