Posting pics on forums for sale--need tips

[miataspeedracer]

So I have a bunch of random items that I want to put up for sale soon, on a variety of forums and/or websites such as here and Ebay. It seems most sites require you to upload photos from a third-party site such as shutterfly, flickr, etc. So to me, the apparent process will be:

Take pics with iPhone.
Synch with Mac at home and load into iTunes/iPhoto.
Transfer images to Shutterfly or somesuch site.
Post "for sale" threads or ads and link images from Shutterfly account.

$64,000 question: Is that still the best/quickest way? Or am I missing something that will save me some time in doing this? The process outlined above seems about 5 years old. Sure would be nice to cut out some steps, if possible.

Thanks for any tips!

[Nails]

Are you using Icloud and can you link directly to your pics on Icloud?

[Jiggerachi]

Can't speak for iPhone, but the Andriod photobucket app has a setting that automatially uploads each photo *as it is taken*. Simply take photo, log into photobucket to retrieve the link. I believe Picasa has this functionality as well.

I'm sure the iPhone has similar apps or functionality.

[SirHustlerEsq]

I use Facebook and image links for just about everything. You can also use www.tinypic.com .

[Rob®]

You can always email the pics to yourself, then upload to whatever hosting site - that's what I do instead of bothering with iTunes. Saves time, even if you are in the same room as a computer. As an extra bonus, you can even resize it when you go to email it to yourself if you want.

And to answer Jigger's question/comment, yes, you can upload directly to some picture hosting sites with an iPhone. I don't know if it's automatic (I have my own ftp server that I use instead of the common online stuff), but I know you can at least send pics directly to your account on whatever those sites are. I would imagine you can get it to be automatic with each picture, since I think you can even make it automatic with facebook and such if you so care to.

[Flyin96M]

I just plug my IPhone into my computer and browse to it like it was a flash drive and download the pics. I hate dealing with ITunes!

[miataspeedracer]

I just plug my IPhone into my computer and browse to it like it was a flash drive and download the pics. I hate dealing with ITunes!

Interesting--and simple--thought. That works?

[Rob®]

Yes. Last time I tried to *add* a picture to my phone that way, it didn't work. But grabbing pics from the phone to your computer works. But then you need to actually know where your cable is.

[black roadster]

I will upload the photos through the Flickr app and then link to those. The CraigsPro+ app lets me just add the photos from my phone for CL ads.

[redmenace]

If you have an iPhone, you don't need to go through the computer -- just pick a photo hosting site that makes An App For That. If you don't have an iPhone, well... you don't have an iPhone.

(BTW @ Rob®: bluetooth > cable)

[miataspeedracer]

Justin--no idea how you browse your iPhone photo library from your Mac.

Sounds like I need to download the Shutterfly or Flickr app to my iPhone to eliminate at least one step along the way. Thanks!

[Flyin96M]

I would think it would be the same way you browse to a flash drive or camera. BTW you will only have access to the photos you took with your phone and not your other photos.

[miataspeedracer]

I would think it would be the same way you browse to a flash drive or camera. BTW you will only have access to the photos you took with your phone and not your other photos.

My Mac doesn't recognize a plugged-in iPhone as an external device like a flash drive...

[Rob®]

What software version do you have? I have 4.2.8, and it pops up as a removable device. The only thing I can do is pull pictures from it though. I can't touch settings, I can't add pics to the folder, etc. Just drag them to the desktop or wherever else I want to save them.

I could have sworn it didn't let me do that before, but my phone didn't do a lot of other things it should have before I reinstalled the software. So I just brushed it off as that. But it's worked ever since I did the reinstall, even after I updated to the newer software later. I have a Verizon phone, but it should be identical software-wise. And I have Win7 on a PC.

[Flyin96M]

My Mac doesn't recognize a plugged-in iPhone as an external device like a flash drive...

Well then it sucks to be you

[SirHustlerEsq]

My Mac doesn't recognize a plugged-in iPhone as an external device like a flash drive...

This is the Apple device being intuitive and easy to understand. When it becomes overly intuitive like this it's time to spend another $4000 on a new Apple product that cannot be called a "computer".