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Selling On Amazon - Inserting Photos

Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 3/1/2012 at 1:03 PM ET 25 Points
Working on setting up an store on Amazon, so products can be sold through the Amazon system. I have seen some products have photos in the Product Description section, which I would like to also do. Amazon's official word is that they don't have a way to do that, yet I see them there, so there is some workaround. Anyone know what it is?

When I enter the basic img src= html into Amazon, they turn the left brackets into < (and a similar code for right bracket). That seems to be how the prevent html from being added. Any ideas how I get around this?
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  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 3/1/2012 at 1:47 PM Author
    One of the products that shows up right away on my amazon home page is for Candy Crate 1980's Retro Candy Gift Box - amazon.com/gp/product/B0002R5Q1Y/ref=s9_simh_gw_p325_d0_g325_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=03WR7F3Z1VN7DV8916B0&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

    They have a right and left justified picture in their Product Description section.

    I did open the page source for the page, and it just shows a standard <img src= code there. When I try to enter this, amazon turns the < into the code. Trying to figure out how to get around this bracket to code conversion.

  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 3/1/2012 at 2:17 PM Author
    Unable to put any HTMP into the Product Description section, because Amazon automatically converts < into the code "&lt;". Without a bracket, the html is not read.

    Some have found ways to insert the brackets, allowing the HTML to be read. Hoping to find this trick.
  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 3/1/2012 at 3:09 PM Author
    Tried. Doesn't do any better. Still gets converted to the code.
  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 3/1/2012 at 4:16 PM Accepted
    Take a look at: https://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=2516789

    ...
    You cannot add html when updating a product from the Amazon site / web GUI. You have to use the Item Upload template text file.
    ...
    If you have a Seller Central account, you can access them here: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help-popup.html?ie=UTF8&itemID...
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