Bonanzle listings-can you pull photos from an outside source or do they have to be on your computer files?

When I list an item on Bonanzle… I know how to click on the “upload” button and search my computer files or camera for the photo… but what if the photo I need is not on my camera or computer but already uploaded to another web site or picture host? Thanks for any help!

asked about 14 years ago

Alacrity
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8 Answers

You can still use that uploaded photo. Just click on the picture icon in the editor, you will get a pop up window. In the top of that window, first slot, you can paste in the url to your image. Use the direct url that begins with [URL removed] your image will show up in the description area. I do it all the time.

You can not get your uploaded photo to show in the thumbnail place. You would need to save that image to your computer, then upload to the thumbnail slot.

answered about 14 years ago

Actually, you CAN upload a picture from anywhere on the web. To get the URL of the picture on the web you want, right-click on the picture, then click properties. COPY the url of the image; then click the upload link, and when the box opens showing your hard drive and folders, just paste in the URL of the photo. This right-click procedure works with IE; other browsers may do it differently, but they all allow you to see the file path of the pic somehow.

Hope that helps.

answered about 14 years ago

jsgeare
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Hotlinking to a URL may get you in trouble.
You are using someone else’s bandwidth and may also be infringing upon a copyright!
Make sure you have permissions.

answered about 14 years ago

wallyh
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Hello, if seeking help or advice from others within the Bonz-Community with your booth, setup, etc, once you’re logged in, here is the “direct Bonanzle Link” under the (General) topic to accommodate you for a successful outcome by posting your inquiry for faster informative results at

[URL removed]

…and good luck within your booth!

answered about 14 years ago

MONTROSE
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In transferring photos from another selling venue (our own photos) we have right clicked on the photo there and Saved As into our computer. Then entered the photo here. The one problem we’ve noticed is that those photos will not enlarge normally when we click on them here.

answered about 14 years ago

If it is not your photo, ask for permission to use it first. If it is an original work, you are infringing on their copyright and could owe them a lawsuit or a tidy sum for its use.

answered about 14 years ago

If you have many pictures tied to multiple products on another site, check if there is an export ability on that site (maybe to create a google feed file). That should let you export all those image URLs. Then you upload that feed here. Most of the column headers are recognized and you can just go in, check each item, set categories etc. You will see the images over here automatically.

answered about 14 years ago

I would suggest you add your photo’s to a disk or a buzz drive. I keep all of my photos in folders under the companies name. That way i can remember where i got the items from. I would not suggest a outside link to other locations. I have about 20 disk marked with companies names of nothing but photo’s.
Good Luck

answered about 14 years ago

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