By now, most of you will have noticed a change in the way photos are displayed on your auctions. TradeMe have relaxed the restrictions on photo uploads, and you can now upload larger, better quality photos (an increase of 1mb to 2mb, for those interested in the details.)

This is overall a positive change as it allows customers a larger, clearer view of the product they’re interested in. However, it can also mean increased bandwidth usage and slower listing time due to the larger photos. The people most affected are those who list and maintain many auctions, either manually or with an offline listing tool.

Thankfully, OMINS users need not worry about this. Photos only need to be uploaded to OMINS once and are then uploaded to TradeMe from our high-speed servers as necessary. Our highly-optimised listing processes mean that each photo will most likely only be uploaded once, however if the photo is deleted from TradeMe – either manually or after 45 days of non use – it will be uploaded again automatically if needed.

No wasted bandwidth and no listing slowdowns – chalk another one up for web-based software! 🙂