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About FreeForm
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 Way back in 1999 when eBay was just beginning to become a household word there wasn't a whole lot of support available for sellers to show more than one photo with their item descriptions.
Coincidentally, at that time I was also just beginning to hit my stride with web programming and decided to see what I could do to help.
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The result was an on-line program I not so creatively called "The Form" that was, in fact, a form page into which text and photo URLs could be typed into pre-ordered slots and HTML was output for use on eBay. Within a year or so I added the ability to save work and to apply color to the text and background. Again not very creatively, I called it "The Form With Color and Save". That program, in turn, eventually developed into what "FreeForm" is today, finally a reasonably creative name reflecting the ability to re-arrange the form itself as well as providing many additional formatting capabilities.
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All the while I was working on and improving FreeForm and its predecessors I wanted to also include hosting of the photos sellers used in their item descriptions to eliminate copy and pasting of URLs and many problems common to using hosting methods that aren't specifically intended for use with eBay. The problem was that I couldn't add the hosting for free (my costs would be prohibitive) and it was out of the question to begin charging for use of FreeForm. FreeForm is and I plan for it always to be a virtually free to use service.
The compromise was to create a separate paid hosting service Easy Auction Picture Hosting (EAPH) and include features in FreeForm very close to my original hope of the hosting being built in. Along with providing a point and click interface from within FreeForm I was able, as a result of EAPH being a paid service, to add other features including unlimited saving and web page publishing directly from within FreeForm. All done without getting in the way of those can not afford to use paid hosting. Perfect. For those who can afford it, the tools I have built into the separate EAPH service make it probably the most helpful and feature packed hosting service you will find for eBay sellers.
I tend to use variations of ''I hope this helps'' and ''I wish you success'' as the closing for my emails. That is how I view the services I provide and my hope for those who use them. I am happy to help any way I can - please feel free to write!
Rob Bell
rob@robshelp.com
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There are no advertising banners, Google search inserts, etc. at either the RobsHelp or EAPH web sites. Nothing to get in the way of your productivity. Refreshing isn't it!
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Yes, you can create attractive, effective, and professional appearing eBay item descriptions, About Me pages, and eBay Store pages.
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