All view postcards, not just vintage collectable postcards, have two sides, one being the picture side and the other for the message and recipient’s address. But just because there are two sides to every collectable postcard that doesn’t mean collectors want to see both sides, except in the following main cases where showing both sides of your vintage postcard can significantly add to its selling price on eBay.
* The most common reaction is to show the image side of a vintage or more recent postcard, but in fact the image side may not be its main selling point. In reality the ‘other’ side might be much more interesting to collectors and help your card fetch ten times more money that the image side only. You’ll sometimes hear the non-view side of a postcard called ‘other’ because many people – wrongly – assume the address side is less important than the picture side. However, very often the view side is plain and boring and lacks all interest to collectors and showing that side only in your eBay listing might mean your postcard goes unsold. The ‘other’ side though, well that may feature a rare stamp or an unusual postmark, or maybe it has a famous celebrity signature, all of which can turn an otherwise worthless picture side into a hot seller on eBay.
* If the image side of your postcard is in good condition and the back is stained, because the ink got smudged in the rain when it was delivered for instance, then your buyer will be very disappointed and could leave negative feedback on eBay if you didn’t mention the stains on the back of the card or, better still, you uploaded an image showing those stains.
Those are just two instances when it’s wise to show both sides of a postcard when selling it on eBay, there are many more, but none of those reasons involves adding to your eBay listing fees. That’s because the best way to display postcards you are selling on eBay is to scan both sides then add the separate scans to one image so image and address sides show together in your eBay listing. That means you pay for one image to be uploaded but you actually show two. It’s very easy and takes a few minutes longer to list your postcards but showing both sides can add significantly to your final selling prices on eBay.
